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From the passenger's perspective, airplanes haven't changed much in the last decade. But behind the scenes, technology is transforming the way aircraft are built and powered, and how airports are run. Tech Tuesday explores how technology is changing everything from your airline's carbon "footprint" to how you locate your luggage.
Jim Mathews, Editor in Chief, Aviation Daily
Steven Lott, Head of North American Communications, International Air Transport Association
Robert W. Mann, Jr., Principal, R.W. Mann & Company
As Virginia Tech reopens the building where a student killed dozens of people in April, officials take a closer look at the state's mental health system. Join Kojo for a look at the reforms under consideration to ensure people with serious mental health issues -- such as Virginia Tech gunman Seung-Hui Cho -- don't hurt themselves or others.
Brian Moran, Virginia State Delegate (D- 46th District, Alexandria); Chairman, House Democratic Caucus
Richard Bonnie, Director, University of Virginia Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy; Chairman, Virginia Supreme Court Commission on Mental Health Law Reform
The criminal justice system is supposed to be blind to race, ethnicity and class. And yet the headlines are full of examples of uneven and unfair outcomes. After a dozen years as a public defender, Angela J. Davis argues that American prosecutors are part of the problem, pursuing convictions at the expense of justice. She joins Kojo to discuss the power of the American prosecutor.
Angela J. Davis, Professor of Law, Washington College of Law, American University; former director of the Public Defender Service, District of Columbia; author "Arbitrary Justice: The Power of the American Prosecutor " (Oxford University Press)
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