Today we discuss the latest accusations against ACORN. Is there an ongoing effort by right-wing interests to undermine the progressive agenda and efforts of reform? Are there parallels between the media scandal created by Fox News around ACORN and the recent uproar that led to Van Jones' resignation, or the backlash against health care reform?
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.
Today we continue with our new series Voices From the Archives, which brings you a selection of our favorite interviews from the past sixteen and a half years of The Marc Steiner Show.
Civil rights lawyer Sherrilyn Ifill joins us to discuss the importance of restoring the civil rights division of the Justice Department, which critics argue was weakened during the Bush administration.
We take a look at current events in Afghanistan, as the recent election continues to be disputed, and the US military approaches the last month of their eighth year of war there.
We're joined by:
Phyllis Bennis - Author of the 2008 book Ending the Iraq War: A Primer
For our second hour, we talk with New York Times religion writer Gustav Niebuhr, who wrote Beyond Tolerance, a book about how we in America are building bridges between faiths.
We start out the hour with a call from Nick Sheridan of the Move-On council in Baltimore. He tells us about a healthcare reform rally taking place at 5:30PM on Wednesday, September 2nd at the Washington Monument in Mt. Vernon.
Anthony McCarthy, host of WEAA's Anthony McCarthy Show, dropped by for his weekly visit. He joined Marc to discuss the top issues in the news today including budget cuts in Maryland and Baltimore City, the continuing battle over health care reform, slots in Baltimore city, and the loss the country has suffered with the death of Senator Edward Kennedy.
A task force of folksingers will perform a free
concert at the Washington Monument Sunday, September 6 at 2:00 pm. More
than two dozen artists are slated for the four-hour program, titled
“Balance The Bucks,“ including several national and award-winning
musicians.
Led by Portland, Oregon’s Delmark Goldfarb, a disabled Marine Corps
For the first hour of today's show, Marc was joined by guests to discuss the upcoming 4-year anniversary of the Hurricane Katrina disaster and where New Orleans stands four years later. Today's panel included:
Today we're launching our new series Voices From the Archives. We'll be bringing you a selection of our favorite interviews from the past sixteen and a half years of The Marc Steiner Show.
For the second hour of today's show, Marc was joined by guests to discuss the world of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA). Today's panel included:
For the first hour of today's show, Marc was joined by guests to reflect upon the life of Senator Edward Kennedy. The discussion panel included:
Many programs that provide crucial services in Baltimore's neediest and most dangerous neighborhoods are seeing their funding dry up. Organizations that work with children and help get gang members and former convicts off the street are concerned about what will happen to their neighborhoods if they can no longer run their programs.
A young, black doctor named Kenneth Edelin was indicted for manslaughter while doing his residency in obstetrics and gynecology in Boston in the early 1970's. The alleged victim was the aborted fetus of a 17-year-old patient. Race, politics, and religion in a tumultuous time and place converged, with Dr. Edelin in the center.
The public option aspect of the health insurance reform plan is in jeopardy. Marc and his guests discuss what reform without a public option would mean for Americans.
Today's panel included:
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.
Was Denise Brown, the campus media advisor at Morgan State University, fired because of her involvement in helping students publish editorials that criticized University administrators? Some MSU students think so, and are concerned that their right to free speech is being infringed upon. Marc spoke with students from Morgan State University about the controversey.
For the first hour of today's show, Marc was joined by guests to discuss the controversy surrounding the arrest of Harvard University professor, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Our panel included:
First, Marc speaks with New York Times reporter John Harwood about the power of lobbyists and special interest groups in the health care debate. Click here to read his piece "The Lobbying Web" from the New York Times last weekend.
Marc and his guests discuss the popularity of the natural hair movement today and its background, the significance of hair in black culture, and changing trends in black hair through history.
Our guests today were:
Marc and guests discuss a new farming program that the Baltimore School system is running here in Baltimore. Great food and opportunities are being provided to students for locally grown, organic fruits and vegetables.
Today's guests were:
