On today’s show: Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai offers her perspective on the problems facing Africa. Then, learn about the landmark Supreme Court decision Marbury v. Madison. Also, author and former priest James Carroll on why he remains a Catholic despite his disagreements with the church. Plus, on Underreported we look at the latest from energy hearings held by the Department of the Interior and at efforts to clean up chromium contamination in New Jersey.
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The Challenge for Africa
In her native Kenya, environmental and political activist Wangari Maathai faced arrest, beatings and was called a subversive for her activism. But in 2004 she became the first African woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace. Her book is called The Challenge for Africa.
Event: Wangari ...
Marbury V. Madison
In their book The Great Decision, former Supreme Court Clerk Cliff Sloan and veteran political aid David McKean, look at how the landmark Supreme Court Case Marbury V. Madison changed the course of American democracy.
Practicing Catholic
National Book Award-winning author and former priest James Carroll explains why he remains an ardent Catholic despite his disagreements with the Church in his book Practicing Catholic.
Underreported: Energy Hearings
The Obama Administration is hoping to take the county in a new direction on energy. We’ll get the latest news on the Department of the Interior’s hearings on US energy policy from Wall Street Journal energy reporter Brian Baskin.
Underreported: Jersey City Hexavalent Chromium
In the 1982 the State of New Jersey began investigating the presence of the dangerous chemical hexavalent chromium on a 16-acre site in Jersey City. Today, the site remains contaminated. We’ll talk to Nancy S. Marks, senior attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council, about why it’s taken so long ...
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