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10:00Future of American Labor

Guest host: Andrea Seabrook of NPR

As unions struggle to hang on to members and adapt to changes in the workplace, the Teamsters and the Service Employees International Union announced they're withdrawing from the AFL-CIO. A look at the biggest split in American labor since the 1930s.

Guests

Tom Edsall, national political reporter for the Washington Post

Steven Lerner, director of the Service Employees International Union property services division

Andy Levin, director of the "Voice at Work" program for the AFL-CIO

11:00Ronald Walters: "Freedom Is Not Enough" (Rowman & Littlefield)

Guest host: Andrea Seabrook of NPR

A look at the political power of African Americans from the start of the civil rights era to the 2004 presidential election.

Guests

Ron Walters, University of Maryland

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