The Marc Steiner Show

We revisit our interview with actress Pam Grier, an icon of 1970's cinema.  Grier is best known for her roles in films like Coffy and Foxy Brown, although she has continued to act in films and television, including a starring role in Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown in 1997 and supporting roles in The L Word and Smallville.

The financial reform bill is on the verge of passing the House.  Americans for Financial Reform Executive Director Heather Booth joins us to explain what's in the bill, what compromises have been made, and how it will affect us all.

This Monday, leaders of the NAACP California chapter announced that they support the passing of a marijuana legalization initiative to be voted on in California in November. The measure would allow people age 21 and older to possess an ounce of marijuana.

For the second hour, Marc discusses the finalized Baltimore City budget with guests:

We take a look at the troubling report in the Baltimore Sun that raised the question of why so many reports of rape in Baltimore are categorized as false by the police department.  Baltimore has the highest rate of such cases in the nation.  We're joined by:

Bestselling author Naomi Klein joins us today to talk about the G-20 Summit, and why she believes the participants are forcing the public to pay for the mistakes of the banking industry.

Johns Hopkins Political Science professor Lester Spence is a regular on the Marc Steiner Show. He's out here at the U.S. Social Forum and joined us for an interview along with his father, Vaughn Spence, a veteran political activist. They discuss their hometown of Detroit, the

Today we bring you two hours of special coverage of the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit. 

Actor, producer, and activist Danny Glover sat down with Marc today to talk about why he came to the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit, how he sees his work as a producer as part of a struggle for social justice, and why he's traveling to Baltimore tomorrow to fight for the rights of health care workers. 

First, Alana Vase, Conservation Program Coordinator for the Maryland Sierra Club, and Steven Rivelis, CEO of Campaign Consultation, join us to discuss Hands Across the Sand, a movement to oppose offshore drilling while championing clean and renewable energy sources.  Click here for more info about their coordinated actions a

Eddie Pope played as a defender for 11 years on the United States national soccer team.  He played on the US team in the last World Cup, in 2006, then retired from professional soccer later that year.

In our second hour today, we explore a surprising alliance.  During World War II, many Jewish professors fled from Nazi Germany and were offered positions at historically black colleges.  We discuss the intertwined history of African Americans and Jews with the curators of Beyond Swastika and Jim Crow: Jew

With Father's Day coming up on Sunday, we devote an hour of the show to parenting.

Witold Rybczynski is an architect, writer, professor, and urban thinker.  He joins us to discuss his vision for the future of America's cities.

Actress Pam Grier, an icon of 1970's cinema, joins us in the studio this hour.  Grier is best known for her roles in films like Coffy and Jackie Brown, although she has continued to act in films and television, including a starring role in Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown in 1997 and currently playing roles in The L Word and Smallville.

In another segment of our Your Money Matters series, Frank Cielsa joins us to talk about working with a financial institution.