The brutal title of the recent play from a powerful drama by playwright John Henry Redwood reflects the bigotry of the Jim Crow South. We meet the Cheeks family and their friend Yaveni Aarohnson, struggling against punishing racism. It’s a story of love and loss, of bonds forged and broken and an unflinching look [...]

A judicial war in Washington. Senate Democrats are filibustering Bush federal court nominee Miguel Estrada. The president calls it a travesty. Democrats call Estrada a “stealth candidate” for the bench.
Guests:
Nan Aron, President of The Alliance for Justice
Jennifer Braceras, John M. Olin Fellow in Law at Harvard University and appointed to the U.S. [...]

Will Bagdad begin the process of disarmament by tomorrow’s deadline?
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Fred Rogers died today. He was 74. For more than 30 years, his television show, “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood,” was an American institution. Remembering Fred Rogers, and how he changed children’s programming.
Guests:
Gary Knell, President and CEO of the Sesame Workshop
Peggy Charren, Founder of Action for Children’s Television.

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War talk, terror warnings, a harsh winter, and job insecurity. A look at the factors that caused the Consumer Confidence Index to plummet this month, dropping to its lowest point in 10 years, and its significance for the economy.
Guests:
Ken Goldstein, Labor Economist for the Conference Board
J. Walker Smith, President of Yankelovich Partners, Inc.
Richard Cooper, Professor [...]

Guests:
Gerald Baker, Foreign Policy Correspondent, The Washington Post

After an eight-month review of Tittle IX, two of the three female athletes on the commission don’t agree with the findings and today will issue a minority report.
Title IX helped more women get into sports, but 31 years later, opponents complain it’s pushing men out. Last June, U.S. Education Secretary Rod Paige appointed [...]

Life in the maximum security state. Offices and shopping malls could be “soft targets” for terrorism. The answer could be perpetual electronic surveillance and rifle-toting guards everywhere. Is this where you want to live?
Guests:
Matthew Brzezinski, contributing editor for The New York Times Magazine and author of “The Homeland Security State: How Far Should We Go?”
David [...]

Guests:
Bradley Graham, the Washington Post

Record labels are under attack. From file sharers, performers, even some industry insiders. Why the music industry could be on the verge of a revolution–or collapse.
Guests:
Charles Mann, correspondent, The Atlantic Monthly
John Snyder, President of the Artists House Foundation, a board member of the National Association of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS), and a 32-time Grammy [...]

On Friday and Saturday, seven of the eight announced Presidential candidtes gathered to speak before their party faithful. It was a chance for the candidates to separate themselves from President Bush, and from each other.
The Democrats are ready to rumble but is America listening? Do Presidential politics take a back seat to a nation [...]

The goal of American cyber-warfare experts is to win a war in Iraq without firing a shot. But can infromation warfare disarm Saddam Hussein?
Guests:
Eric Schmitt, military correspondent, The New York Times

Squabbling within the Arab League over if and when it should convene its annual meeting has exposed the wide range of sentiments in the Arab world vis a vis a war in Iraq. A look at Arab world view on the looming war.
Guests:
Fawaz Gerges, chair of the Middle East and International Affairs Department at Sarah [...]

The United States, Great Britain and Spain announced a new Security Council resolution today declaring that Iraq had lost its “final opportunity” to disarm peacefully. Is this the final step toward war?
Guests:
Colum Lynch, United Nations reporter, The Washington Post

Forty-seven years ago, when they were just seventeen, the Kossoy Sisters recorded “I’ll Fly Away” and thirteen other ballads in their first album “Bowling Green”. Nearly a half century later, they’re back with a new album “Hop on Pretty Girls”, singing to a younger audience hungry for the simple, evocative folk songs. [...]

He’s America’s best friend, and he has supported the Bush administration’s Iraq policy from the beginning. Will Tony Blair, the British Prime Minister, sacrifice his career end to do what he believes is right?
Is America’s best friend in trouble? Does his stance influence your feelings about war with Iraq?
Guests:
Michael White, political editor the Guardian [...]

Is morality dictating how Americans vote? Increasingly, the answer is yes–and even more so than in the past. Why American attitudes on sex and religion is becoming a decisive indicator of voter behavior.
Guests:
Thomas Byrne Edsall, political reporter, The Washington Post
Kellyanne Conway, Republican pollster
Jack Beatty, On Point news analyst and a senior editor at [...]

A vision of a post-Saddam Iraq. We’ll look a the parties vying for control if regime change becomes reality.
Guests:
Nicholas Lemann, writer for the New Yorker magazine, author of article “After Iraq”
Janine Zacharia, Washington correspondent for the Jerusalem Post
Entifadh K. Qanbar, director of the Iraqi National Congress, Washington Office

“Sexless marriages are an undeniable epidemic,” says TV’s Dr. Phil. The latest numbers show more than 40 million Americans are mired in low-sex or no-sex marriages.
Marriage has changed. In the old days, the husband was the breadwinner and wives had the expectation of raising children and pleasing their husbands. That idea has gone [...]