November 2014

November 4, 2014
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November 3: This Day in History

November 3, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc shares some of the events that happened on this day in history, including the 1979 Greensboro Massacre, when five members of the Communist Workers Party were shot by a group of Klansmen and neo-Nazis during a "Death to the Klan" rally, John Willis Menard becoming the first African American elected to the US Congress, and the death of Annie Oakley.
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November 4, 2014
Grounded
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Everyman Theatre World of the Play: A New Top Gun, A New War

October 31, 2014 - Segment 4 - We close out the show with a panel discussion I moderated last weekend at Everyman Theatre in Baltimore, part of the World of the Play series, called "A New Top Gun, A New War."
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November 4, 2014
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The Government War Against Reporter James Risen

October 31, 2014 - Segment 3 - In follow-up to our conversation last week with journalist James Risen, we talk with Marcy Wheeler and Norman Solomon about their article: "The Government War Against Reporter James Risen."
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November 4, 2014
Why Are Black Lawmakers Fighting Clean Energy?
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Why Are Black Lawmakers Fighting Clean Energy?

October 31, 2014 - Segment 2 - We talk about the influence that the Edison Electric Institute, ALEC, and the coal industry are exerting on a number of organizations of Black elected officials.
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November 4, 2014
Harry Houdini
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October 31: This Day In History

October 31, 2014 - Segment 1 - Marc talks about what happened on this day in history, including the day Tennessee sent in leased convict laborers to break a coal miners strike in Anderson County, the day circus and vaudeville performer Mercy Lavinia Warren Bump Stratton was born, and the day Harry Houdini died.
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