Archives of the show until 2018. For recent archives, go to: The Marc Steiner Show at the Real News Network
We start the hour off with our weekly segment, "Your Money Matters"
The election of Barack Obama brought to light a divide between the blackelectorate and much of the older generation of prominent black leaders. While the overwhelming majority of black voters backed Obama, many of the civil-rights era leaders initially endorsed Hillary Clinton.
Have you always wanted to improve your money management skills, but didn't know how? The Maryland CASH Campaign has just established the Maryland CASH Academy, which offers free financial education classes. Learn more in this Your Money Matters Segment with Shani Gibson, head of the new Academy.
The election of Barack Obama brought to light a divide between the black electorate and much of the older generation of prominent black leaders. While the overwhelming majority of black voters backed Obama, many of the civil-rights era leaders initially endorsed Hillary Clinton.
We talk to Joanna Smith Ramani, Director of Strategy for the Doorways to Dreams fund in our weekly series "Your Money Matters."
Discussion from the US Social Forum about the strict laws about immigration with Victor Medina and Diane Ovalle. They talk about life for immigrants in Arizona and the attempts they are making to fight against the new laws.
What are you views on this issue and immigration as a whole? Do you believe the laws in Arizona go against the constituition?
The financial reform bill that is currently passing through Congress intends to establish measures to monitor and respond to financial risks and to deal with failing financial institutions.
Oil continues to flood into the gulf, as President Obama held a press conference to defend the US government's handling of the oil spill today. We speak with Jackie Savitz, Senior Campaign Director for the pollution campaigns at Oceana, for an update on the disaster and its implications for the future of US energy policy.
First, a Your Health Today segment. We talk to Christine L. Byerly, a nurse in the University of Maryland Medical Center's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) talks about caring for babies born up to three months prematurely.
We sit down with leaders from the Immigration Outreach Service Center (IOSC) at St. Matthew Catholic Church, which assists immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers here in Baltimore. They are celebrating their 10th anniversery on Monday, April 26th at Gertrude’s Restaurant at the Baltimore Museum of Art. Joining us were:
On the fifth of February, Meshelle and her husband Lamarr Darnell Shields had the the honor of escorting their eight year old daughter Hadiya to the White House for a tour and a reception with President Obama.
For our first segment, Marc talks by phone with Thomas Schaller, a Baltimore Sun columnist and professor of Political Science at UMBC about tomorrow's State of the Union address.
Marc and Anthony review the list of top national stories during the past year and highlight issues already making it to the forefront.
Tonight from West Point, President Obama will outline his strategy for escalation and exit in the war in Afghanistan. His plan of deploying 30,000 more U.S. troops has met with a great deal of controversy, anda lot of house democrats feel that another major escalation is a mistake. If it is, what options do we have? Marc and panel examine the matter from several different perspectives.
First, we speak with Alice McDermott, whose books include After This, Child of My Heart, Charming Billy, At Weddings and Wakes, and That Night.
Marc and Anthony Mccarthy, Host of the Anthony Mccarthy show on WEAA every friday from 5-7pm, have a conversation about the Healthcare Bill & on Barack Obama winning the Noble Peace Prize.
On today's show, Marc talks with:
Marc talks with NY Times columnist Charles Blow about his recent article about President Obama.
It's Monday, so time for our weekly visit from Anthony McCarthy, host of the Anthony McCarthy Show, Friday, 5 to 7 PM on Public Radio WEAA 88.9 FM, the voice of the community.
Last night Barack Obama gave an address to Congress in an attempt to regain control of the spiraling debate about healthcare reform.
We begin our second hour with an in-progress continuation of our conversation with Anthony McCarthy about youth violence and possible solutions for our community.
For our second hour, Marc talks with his guests about Obama's financial plan, particularly with regard to health care.
Our panel included:
For the first hour of today's show, Marc was joined by guests to discuss President Obama's speech which took place today in Cairo, Egypt. Today's panel included:
In our first segment, we examine the past rulings of Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama's pick to replace retiring Judge Souter on the United States Supreme Court. What do her past rulings tell us about what kind of Supreme Court Justice she would make? Will she face a tough confirmation process?
Our panel for this segment included:
Dohrn & Ayers outside of our studio (photo by Justin Levy)
The second hour of today's show was divided into two segments.
For the first segment, Marc was joined by guests to discuss the military policies of President Obama, and whether or not they differ from those of the previous administration.
Guests via phone:
The first hour of today's show was divided into two segments.
For the first segment, Marc spoke with Daniel Becker of the Safe Climate Campaign, to discuss the three things President Obama could do without Congress to cut emissions now.
What is the relationship between racism, immigration, and the privilege and practice of citizenship? Does our citizenship criteria promote or eliminate racial hierarchy? Are societies with strict immigration policies more racist?
Our guests are:
Michael Hanchard - Professor of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University
