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Thursday January 22, 2004

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12:06Race and Culture in America

A look at the shifting role of race and ethnicity in the U.S., and the impact of non-whites on the culture, economy, and psyche of America.

Guests

Leon E. Wynter, author, "American Skin: Pop Culture, Big Business & The End of White America"; assistant professor of Journalism, Emerson College; and former "Business & Race" columnist, The Wall Street Journal

Debra Dickerson, author, "The End of Blackness: Returning the Souls of Black Folk to Their Rightful Owners"

13:06The Marketing of Higher Education

Across America, the last decade has seen a tremendous rise in universities adopting business practices. From marketing themselves to students over the Internet to fighting with each other over superstar professors -- a look at the rise of the business ethos inside the ivory tower.

Guests

David Kirp, Professor of Public Policy, Unversity of California at Berkeley; also author of "Shakespeare, Einstein and the Bottom Line: The Marketing of Higher Education" (Harvard Univ. Press)

13:32Roe V. Wade

Today marks the thirty-first anniversary of the Supreme Court Roe v. Wade decision. A look at what to expect for the future of this controversial decision.

Guests

Douglas Johnson, Legislative Director, National Right to Life

Jatrice Martel Gaiter, President and CEO, Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington

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