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Will the Internet advance development in Africa or help democratize China? Expert opinions differ, but all agree that technology is fundamentally changing developing countries. Tech Tuesday takes a look.
Ernest J. Wilson III, Author “The Governance of Global Electronic Networks”; Professor of Government and Politics, University of Maryland
Mostafa Terrab, former Director General of ANRT, the Moroccan Telecommunications Regulatory Agency (1998-2002)
Only recently, the location - and even the financing plan - for a Major League Baseball stadium in D.C. was widely considered to be set in stone. Now the future of baseball hangs in the balance, as the D.C. Council votes on competing plans today. Hear news and analysis on this important vote.
James Jones, "Loose Lips" columnist, Washington City Paper
He's legendary to some, unknown to others. It was 1908 when Jack Johnson became the first African-American to win a heavyweight boxing championship. In a Jim Crow era, Johnson's win was controversial, as was his interracial dating and marriage. We look at his life and legend.
Geoffrey Ward, historian, screenwriter, and documentarian; also author of "Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson" (Knopf)
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