Coffee House Forum airs an eclectic potpourri of current events and public affairs. Host: Mark Cohen
|
December
|
What impact will the Massachusetts Supreme Court's decision permitting same-sex marriage have on our region? Commenting are
Maryland Senator Sharon Grosfeld (D-Montgomery County) and Michael Crawford Associate Field Director of the Human Rights Campaign.
|
November
|
Democrats in Annapolis prepare for another session in which the governor will press for slots as the solution to the budget
deficit. House Ways and Means Committee Chair Sheila Hixson is ready to deal but Del. Luiz Simmons of Rockville warns that
gambling sucks the lifeblood out of low-income communities.
|
October
|
A public hearing on Pepco's responsiveness to widespread electricity outages in August and September filled the Kensington
Town Hall. We'll hear from Pepco officials, Pepco customers, and speak with District 5 Councilmember Tom Perez.
|
September
|
With state budgets in deep red, four-year public college tuition rates are rising dramatically (e.g., U. of Maryland up over
20% this year). How are community colleges -- the entry point for most students into higher education -- faring? We speak
with Dr. Ronald A. Williams, president of Prince George's Community College.
|
July
|
Who is responsible for chicken waste polluting the Chesapeake Bay, contract farmers or, as well, the big poultry processors
for whom contract farmers raise the chickens to specification? Maryland Gov. Bob Ehrlich recently scrapped a rule that made
the processors liable too. According to Theresa Pierno, vice president of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Ehrlich's approach
will harm both farmers and the Bay.
|
June
|
A look back at the 2003 legislative session in Annapolis and a look ahead to battle lines over the continuing budget crisis,
with House majority leader Kumar Barve (D- Dist. 17).
|
May
|
In an early defeat for his Administration, the Maryland Senate rejected Governor Bob Ehrlich's nominee for Environment Secretary.
Senator Brian Frosh (D-Dist. 16, Mont. County), who led the fight against the Lynn Buhl nomination, comments.
|
April
|
Gov. Bob Ehrlich's transportation package for Congress focuses on the Inter-County Connector but, to the surprise of some,
it also includes the Inner Purple Line. So, will there be transit linking Bethesda-Silver Spring-College Park-New Carrolton?
Montgomery Council Member George Leventhal comments.
|
March
|
Maryland, like may states, faces a growing budget deficit. The governor, who pledged to not raise the income or sales tax,
proposes slots as the solution. Steve Hill, director of the Maryland Budget and Tax Policy Institute, argues that slots aren't
a silver bullet, and that the General Assembly could consider closing gaping corporate tax loopholes and adding a new tax
bracket for upper-income residents to raise revenues.
|
February
|
We observe a delegation from MoveOn.org, which favors letting the weapons inspectors in Iraq do their jobs and to not rush
into war, as it meets with freshman Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD). In 1988, as a Senate staffer, Van Hollen interviewed scores
of Kurds gassed by Saddam Hussein. But Van Hollen argues that President Bush has not made the case for war against Iraq.
|
January
|
The lone law school in the DC-Baltimore area that is dedicated to training public interest lawyers is seeking full accreditation
this year. What makes UDC's David A. Clarke School of Law different? We ask its dean, Shelley Broderick.
|
| Back to Top of Page |
|
In Sickness & in Health highlights mainsteam and alternative approaches to wellness. Host: Cathy Kristiansen
|
April
|
The Pentagon loves the incredible penetrating power of depleted uranium weapons but, some fear, DU may be a cause of what's
popularly known as Gulf War Syndrome. Steve Robinson of the Gulf War Resource Center says it's time to take a closer look
at DU.
|
| Back to Top of Page |
|
 Musical Traditions tunes in a variety of folk, ethnic & world music host: David Eisner
|
December
|
The American debut of the Russian vocal group, Svetilen, on a tour sponsored by the American Folklife Center at the Library
of Congress. Soaring harmonies.
|
November
|
The Joanne Juskus Trio returns with its distinctive blend of jazz and folk sounds. |
October
|
Swedes also get the Blues, as Robert Lighthouse and his guitar demonstrate. |
September
|
Bill Kirchen has too much fun with his Grammy nominated "Poultry in Motion." |
July
|
House Concerts are growing phenomena around the country. The musicians and audience like the intimacy, the focus on the music,
and the convenience. Did someone mention price? We sample folk/pop, blues and "urban bohemian" jazz at the Dawson Concerts
in North Potomac, Holden's Lair in Baltimore, and Weil Sing in Takoma Park.
|
June
|
Cajun music with Squeeze Bayou. |
May
|
Singer/songwriter Lianna offers "A Beautiful Life." |
April
|
If you mixed jazz, folk, Celtic, classical and pop, you might come up with the sounds of the Joanne Juskus Trio. |
March
|
A world jazz encore engagement with Antonio Parker and the Sounds of the City. |
February
|
Fiddler Bruce Molsky plays "Cotton-Eyed Joe." |
January
|
DooWop and Gospel a cappella harmonies from Reverb. |
| Back to Top of Page |
|
In Step. Innovators and movers in the world of dance. Host: Liz Lerman
|
April
|
Liz Lerman looks in on dance classes at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center and visits with Alcine Wiltz, Dance Department
chair at the University of Maryland.
|
| Back to Top of Page |
|
Writers' Bloc allies readers with authors as they discuss their latest books. Host: Lisa Page
|
December
|
Naomi Ayala hosts for the first time, chatting with children's book author, illustrator and filmmaker, Edwin Fontanez. |
November
|
We take another look at the life of pioneering black woman, Madam C.J. Walker, Her Dream of Dreams. Author Beverly Lowry talks
about the process of writing history, and of a white woman writing about an African-American.
|
September
|
First-time novelist Carolyn Parkhurst made it on both the New York Times and Washington Post Best Seller lists with The Dogs
of Babel. She chats with new co-host Richard McCann.
|
April
|
Remember when conservatives railed against judicial activism? Well, now the shoe's on the other foot. Constitutional scholar
and activist Jamin Raskin discusses his best seller, Overruling Democracy: The Supreme Court vs. the American People.
|
February
|
A ghost story set in a small town is the subject of the latest novel by Robert Bausch, The Gypsy Man. |
January
|
Why does America fascinate and infuriate the world? Mark Hertsgaard, author of The Eagle's Shadow, shares his insights drawn
from interviews with people on five continents.
|
| Back to Top of Page |
|
|
|
May
|
MHz Networks producer Debbie Mintz Brodsky discusses her film, "Teens in Between," about immigrant teens in Annandale, Virginia,
with Denny May, who teaches Developmental English at NOVA.
|
| Back to Top of Page |
|
Feature Reports
|
November
|
The Rave dance scene has been condemned as a haven for so-called "club drug" use by teens, but producer Sarah McAleer found
that music, dance and art may better explain the popularity of Raves. (From The Coffee House archives)
|
October
|
Imagine reducing greenhouse gas emissions from your home by 90%. Mike Tidwell takes us on a clean energy tour of his Takoma
Park house.
|
September
|
Signers are increasingly familiar figures at live cultural events, making them accessible to the deaf. The analog for people
who are blind or of low vision is audio description. Joel Snyder of Audio Description Associates demonstrates.
|
July
|
The sights and sounds of the DC Caribbean Carnival as seen and heard by producer Nigel Bartholomew. |
July
|
Steve Earle, a five-time Grammy nominee with hits on both the Country and Rock charts, is an impassioned crusader against
the death penalty. He tells why he'll never witness another execution.
|
June
|
The U.S. Senate's senior member, Robert Byrd (D-W. Va.), blasts the Bush Iraq policy as a "house of cards" built on deception.
But Byrd assures, "the truth will emerge."
|
April
|
The Bush Administration likes to talk about the "Coalition of the Willing." Well, meet the "Coalition of the UN-willing." |
March
|
The anti-war ad Comcast refused to televise before or after President Bush's State of the Union Address. |
March
|
In early April, the historic, art deco Silver Theater in Silver Spring will reopen as the state-of-the-art "AFI Silver." We
tour the three-screen theater and hear about what's planned from theater director Murray Horwitz.
|
March
|
Craig Herron's "A Fall From the Clouds" is a love story, a war story, and a beautifully crafted short work of animation. |
February
|
We visit the new Black Rock Center for the Arts in the fast-growing community of Germantown in northern Montgomery County.
Black Rock features a variety of live entertainment, an art gallery, and classes for young people. Produced by Flo Dwek and
Kimberly Keese.
|
January
|
Road signs in need of an editor. |
| Back to Top of Page |
|
In Verse
|
December
|
Get out your duct tape: Leah Harris hears "noises of the coming days"; in "ants," Brandon Johnson wonders if anyone really
sees him; and Scottish poet Grant McLeman and photographer Martin Lueders take a metaphorical "Voyage."
|
November
|
In "FairyTale/Not a Victim," Adriane Harjo fantasizes about cars and romance, and confronts stereotypes about Native Americans. |
October
|
"The Sidewalk" by Scottish poet Grant McLeman (with photos by Johnny Boucher and Martin Lueders); "Street Smarts" by Maritza
Rivera.
|
September
|
JaHipster implores, "Grandma Get your Gun," the wolves are in the yard. |
July
|
"c'mon in: a blues hop" by Brandon Johnson. |
June
|
Scottish poet Grant McLeman and photographer Martin Lueders collaborate in the telling of "Promises," a reflection on missed
opportunities and hope. And Adriane Harjo offers the poem "Honored?", on the naming of cars, liquor and sports teams after
Native Americans.
|
May
|
"Suburbia" by Jessica Simon; ""Remember Playing" by Native Son; "My Daughter's Ashes" by Maritza Rivera. |
April
|
Holly Bass offers a too timely poem, "the boogie." |
March
|
We attend the DC area's first "Poets Against the War" gathering on February 12 at All Soul's Church. Among the poets was Ron
Weber, who read "Signs and Wonder."
|
February
|
"do you remember when prophets talked to God?" JaHipster offers the poem, "prophet." |
February
|
"Soy hija de Huracan," "I am the child of Huracan," begins "Boricua Blues" by poet Maritza Rivera. |
January
|
Poems by Lyubomir Nikolov ("Aladzha Monastery") and Holly Bass ("California"). |
| Back to Top of Page |
|
A Second Look. Journalists put their work under a magnifying lens. Host: Howard Kohn
|
December
|
Al Gore is a serial fibber and George W. Bush is syntactically challenged. That was the consensus media narrative for the
2000 presidential election, argues author David Corn. But in "The Lies of George W. Bush," Corn maintains that Bush was and
is ever bit the liar that Gore was reputed to be.
|
September
|
Author Edwin Black returns to discuss his latest historical investigative work, War Against the Weak, on the eugenics movement
and the American roots of Nazi pseudo-science.
|
March
|
When she last visited The Coffee House in 2000, filmmaker Nina Gilden Seavey previewed her forthcoming film about Russian
teens seeking to hit it big in Nashville. Well, Nina's back, and with clips form her just-released, highly acclaimed documentary,
"The Ballad of Bering Strait."
|
February
|
Around the world, extended families and communal households are giving way to single-family dwellings. As Cat Lazaroff, Washington
Bureau Chief for Environments News Service, notes, a recent study found that this lifestyle change is contributing to a loss
of biodiversity.
|
| Back to Top of Page |
|
Weekend Traveler. Quick getaways in the Washington-Baltimore region.
|
| Back to Top of Page |
|
Photo Essay
|
July
|
Afghanistan remains riddled with land mines and unexploded ordinance, as Martin Lueders discovered with his camera. |
January
|
An Islamist protest against Bush and Blair in Peshawar, Pakistan, the day before US air strikes in Afghanistan began. Photos
and narration by Martin Lueders.
|
| Back to Top of Page |
|
WorkLife
|
October
|
When a majority of employees at Comcast in Montgomery County signed cards seeking union protection, the country's largest
cable company fought dirty to keep the union out, argues Pat Hunt of the Communications Workers of America.
|
June
|
With Republicans in control of the White House and Congress, organized labor has focused its proactive legislative agenda
on state legislatures. Commenting is Naomi Walker, State Legislative Issues Coordinator for the AFL-CIO.
|
April
|
Forget the Vietnam-era image of Labor as hardhats attacking anti-war protesters. Today, says former SEIU and Teamster official
Bob Muellenkamp, Labor is more likely marching with the protesters.
|
February
|
In this new segment on workplace issues, we look at the campaign to pass a law in Maryland to make it easier for adults to
get a driver's license, regardless of their immigration status. Commenting are Kim Propeack of CASA of Maryland, and Del.
Ana Sol Gutierrez (D-18th Dist.). The host is Fred Feinstein of the University of Maryland School of Public Affairs. Fred
is a former general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board and chief labor counsel to the US House of Representatives
Labor-Management Relations Subcommittee.
|
| Back to Top of Page |
|
Animation
|
September
|
Award-winning, humorous interplanetary search for intelligent life: "A Narrow Martian of Error" by Angela DiMeglio and Marcus
Hart.
|
July
|
Ernie Berger's "Snack-O-Rama": Anyone who has ever done battle with a vending machine will identify. |
| Back to Top of Page |
|
Artistic Eye
|
November
|
A photo and video exhibit by Jacqueline Terry and Brad McCallum at the Conner Contemporary Art Gallery in D.C. looks at the
lives of homeless teens in Seattle. Commenting on the exhibit and the relationship of art to activism is Blake Gopnik, Chief
Art Critic for the Washington Post.
|
September
|
Inaugurating a new segment, hosted by Welmoed Laanstra, David Fogel of the Gateway Georgia Ave. Revitalization Corporation
leads us on a tour of South Silver Spring retailers who are turning their walls into art galleries.
|
| Back to Top of Page |
| December |
Forum
|
What impact will the Massachusetts Supreme Court's decision permitting same-sex marriage have on our region? Commenting are
Maryland Senator Sharon Grosfeld (D-Montgomery County) and Michael Crawford Associate Field Director of the Human Rights Campaign.
|
A Second Look
|
Al Gore is a serial fibber and George W. Bush is syntactically challenged. That was the consensus media narrative for the
2000 presidential election, argues author David Corn. But in "The Lies of George W. Bush," Corn maintains that Bush was and
is ever bit the liar that Gore was reputed to be.
|
Writers' Bloc
|
Naomi Ayala hosts for the first time, chatting with children's book author, illustrator and filmmaker, Edwin Fontanez. |
Musical Traditions
|
The American debut of the Russian vocal group, Svetilen, on a tour sponsored by the American Folklife Center at the Library
of Congress. Soaring harmonies.
|
In Verse
|
Get out your duct tape: Leah Harris hears "noises of the coming days"; in "ants," Brandon Johnson wonders if anyone really
sees him; and Scottish poet Grant McLeman and photographer Martin Lueders take a metaphorical "Voyage."
|
| Back to Top of Page |
| November |
Forum
|
Democrats in Annapolis prepare for another session in which the governor will press for slots as the solution to the budget
deficit. House Ways and Means Committee Chair Sheila Hixson is ready to deal but Del. Luiz Simmons of Rockville warns that
gambling sucks the lifeblood out of low-income communities.
|
Artistic Eye
|
A photo and video exhibit by Jacqueline Terry and Brad McCallum at the Conner Contemporary Art Gallery in D.C. looks at the
lives of homeless teens in Seattle. Commenting on the exhibit and the relationship of art to activism is Blake Gopnik, Chief
Art Critic for the Washington Post.
|
Writers' Bloc
|
We take another look at the life of pioneering black woman, Madam C.J. Walker, Her Dream of Dreams. Author Beverly Lowry talks
about the process of writing history, and of a white woman writing about an African-American.
|
In Verse
|
In "FairyTale/Not a Victim," Adriane Harjo fantasizes about cars and romance, and confronts stereotypes about Native Americans. |
Feature
|
The Rave dance scene has been condemned as a haven for so-called "club drug" use by teens, but producer Sarah McAleer found
that music, dance and art may better explain the popularity of Raves. (From The Coffee House archives)
|
Musical Traditions
|
The Joanne Juskus Trio returns with its distinctive blend of jazz and folk sounds. |
| Back to Top of Page |
| October |
Forum
|
A public hearing on Pepco's responsiveness to widespread electricity outages in August and September filled the Kensington
Town Hall. We'll hear from Pepco officials, Pepco customers, and speak with District 5 Councilmember Tom Perez.
|
In Verse
|
"The Sidewalk" by Scottish poet Grant McLeman (with photos by Johnny Boucher and Martin Lueders); "Street Smarts" by Maritza
Rivera.
|
WorkLife
|
When a majority of employees at Comcast in Montgomery County signed cards seeking union protection, the country's largest
cable company fought dirty to keep the union out, argues Pat Hunt of the Communications Workers of America.
|
Musical Traditions
|
Swedes also get the Blues, as Robert Lighthouse and his guitar demonstrate. |
Feature
|
Imagine reducing greenhouse gas emissions from your home by 90%. Mike Tidwell takes us on a clean energy tour of his Takoma
Park house.
|
| Back to Top of Page |
| September |
Forum
|
With state budgets in deep red, four-year public college tuition rates are rising dramatically (e.g., U. of Maryland up over
20% this year). How are community colleges -- the entry point for most students into higher education -- faring? We speak
with Dr. Ronald A. Williams, president of Prince George's Community College.
|
Animation
|
Award-winning, humorous interplanetary search for intelligent life: "A Narrow Martian of Error" by Angela DiMeglio and Marcus
Hart.
|
Artistic Eye
|
Inaugurating a new segment, hosted by Welmoed Laanstra, David Fogel of the Gateway Georgia Ave. Revitalization Corporation
leads us on a tour of South Silver Spring retailers who are turning their walls into art galleries.
|
A Second Look
|
Author Edwin Black returns to discuss his latest historical investigative work, War Against the Weak, on the eugenics movement
and the American roots of Nazi pseudo-science.
|
Feature
|
Signers are increasingly familiar figures at live cultural events, making them accessible to the deaf. The analog for people
who are blind or of low vision is audio description. Joel Snyder of Audio Description Associates demonstrates.
|
Musical Traditions
|
Bill Kirchen has too much fun with his Grammy nominated "Poultry in Motion." |
In Verse
|
JaHipster implores, "Grandma Get your Gun," the wolves are in the yard. |
Writers' Bloc
|
First-time novelist Carolyn Parkhurst made it on both the New York Times and Washington Post Best Seller lists with The Dogs
of Babel. She chats with new co-host Richard McCann.
|
| Back to Top of Page |
| July |
Forum
|
Who is responsible for chicken waste polluting the Chesapeake Bay, contract farmers or, as well, the big poultry processors
for whom contract farmers raise the chickens to specification? Maryland Gov. Bob Ehrlich recently scrapped a rule that made
the processors liable too. According to Theresa Pierno, vice president of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Ehrlich's approach
will harm both farmers and the Bay.
|
Feature
|
The sights and sounds of the DC Caribbean Carnival as seen and heard by producer Nigel Bartholomew. |
Feature
|
Steve Earle, a five-time Grammy nominee with hits on both the Country and Rock charts, is an impassioned crusader against
the death penalty. He tells why he'll never witness another execution.
|
Photo Essay
|
Afghanistan remains riddled with land mines and unexploded ordinance, as Martin Lueders discovered with his camera. |
Animation
|
Ernie Berger's "Snack-O-Rama": Anyone who has ever done battle with a vending machine will identify. |
In Verse
|
"c'mon in: a blues hop" by Brandon Johnson. |
Musical Traditions
|
House Concerts are growing phenomena around the country. The musicians and audience like the intimacy, the focus on the music,
and the convenience. Did someone mention price? We sample folk/pop, blues and "urban bohemian" jazz at the Dawson Concerts
in North Potomac, Holden's Lair in Baltimore, and Weil Sing in Takoma Park.
|
| Back to Top of Page |
| June |
Forum
|
A look back at the 2003 legislative session in Annapolis and a look ahead to battle lines over the continuing budget crisis,
with House majority leader Kumar Barve (D- Dist. 17).
|
Feature
|
The U.S. Senate's senior member, Robert Byrd (D-W. Va.), blasts the Bush Iraq policy as a "house of cards" built on deception.
But Byrd assures, "the truth will emerge."
|
Musical Traditions
|
Cajun music with Squeeze Bayou. |
WorkLife
|
With Republicans in control of the White House and Congress, organized labor has focused its proactive legislative agenda
on state legislatures. Commenting is Naomi Walker, State Legislative Issues Coordinator for the AFL-CIO.
|
In Verse
|
Scottish poet Grant McLeman and photographer Martin Lueders collaborate in the telling of "Promises," a reflection on missed
opportunities and hope. And Adriane Harjo offers the poem "Honored?", on the naming of cars, liquor and sports teams after
Native Americans.
|
| Back to Top of Page |
| May |
Forum
|
In an early defeat for his Administration, the Maryland Senate rejected Governor Bob Ehrlich's nominee for Environment Secretary.
Senator Brian Frosh (D-Dist. 16, Mont. County), who led the fight against the Lynn Buhl nomination, comments.
|
Rewind
|
MHz Networks producer Debbie Mintz Brodsky discusses her film, "Teens in Between," about immigrant teens in Annandale, Virginia,
with Denny May, who teaches Developmental English at NOVA.
|
In Verse
|
"Suburbia" by Jessica Simon; ""Remember Playing" by Native Son; "My Daughter's Ashes" by Maritza Rivera. |
Musical Traditions
|
Singer/songwriter Lianna offers "A Beautiful Life." |
| Back to Top of Page |
| April |
Forum
|
Gov. Bob Ehrlich's transportation package for Congress focuses on the Inter-County Connector but, to the surprise of some,
it also includes the Inner Purple Line. So, will there be transit linking Bethesda-Silver Spring-College Park-New Carrolton?
Montgomery Council Member George Leventhal comments.
|
Writers' Bloc
|
Remember when conservatives railed against judicial activism? Well, now the shoe's on the other foot. Constitutional scholar
and activist Jamin Raskin discusses his best seller, Overruling Democracy: The Supreme Court vs. the American People.
|
In Sickness & in Health
|
The Pentagon loves the incredible penetrating power of depleted uranium weapons but, some fear, DU may be a cause of what's
popularly known as Gulf War Syndrome. Steve Robinson of the Gulf War Resource Center says it's time to take a closer look
at DU.
|
Feature
|
The Bush Administration likes to talk about the "Coalition of the Willing." Well, meet the "Coalition of the UN-willing." |
WorkLife
|
Forget the Vietnam-era image of Labor as hardhats attacking anti-war protesters. Today, says former SEIU and Teamster official
Bob Muellenkamp, Labor is more likely marching with the protesters.
|
Musical Traditions
|
If you mixed jazz, folk, Celtic, classical and pop, you might come up with the sounds of the Joanne Juskus Trio. |
In Verse
|
Holly Bass offers a too timely poem, "the boogie." |
In Step
|
Liz Lerman looks in on dance classes at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center and visits with Alcine Wiltz, Dance Department
chair at the University of Maryland.
|
| Back to Top of Page |
| March |
Forum
|
Maryland, like may states, faces a growing budget deficit. The governor, who pledged to not raise the income or sales tax,
proposes slots as the solution. Steve Hill, director of the Maryland Budget and Tax Policy Institute, argues that slots aren't
a silver bullet, and that the General Assembly could consider closing gaping corporate tax loopholes and adding a new tax
bracket for upper-income residents to raise revenues.
|
Feature
|
The anti-war ad Comcast refused to televise before or after President Bush's State of the Union Address. |
Feature
|
In early April, the historic, art deco Silver Theater in Silver Spring will reopen as the state-of-the-art "AFI Silver." We
tour the three-screen theater and hear about what's planned from theater director Murray Horwitz.
|
A Second Look
|
When she last visited The Coffee House in 2000, filmmaker Nina Gilden Seavey previewed her forthcoming film about Russian
teens seeking to hit it big in Nashville. Well, Nina's back, and with clips form her just-released, highly acclaimed documentary,
"The Ballad of Bering Strait."
|
Feature
|
Craig Herron's "A Fall From the Clouds" is a love story, a war story, and a beautifully crafted short work of animation. |
In Verse
|
We attend the DC area's first "Poets Against the War" gathering on February 12 at All Soul's Church. Among the poets was Ron
Weber, who read "Signs and Wonder."
|
Musical Traditions
|
A world jazz encore engagement with Antonio Parker and the Sounds of the City. |
| Back to Top of Page |
| February |
Forum
|
We observe a delegation from MoveOn.org, which favors letting the weapons inspectors in Iraq do their jobs and to not rush
into war, as it meets with freshman Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD). In 1988, as a Senate staffer, Van Hollen interviewed scores
of Kurds gassed by Saddam Hussein. But Van Hollen argues that President Bush has not made the case for war against Iraq.
|
In Verse
|
"do you remember when prophets talked to God?" JaHipster offers the poem, "prophet." |
A Second Look
|
Around the world, extended families and communal households are giving way to single-family dwellings. As Cat Lazaroff, Washington
Bureau Chief for Environments News Service, notes, a recent study found that this lifestyle change is contributing to a loss
of biodiversity.
|
Feature
|
We visit the new Black Rock Center for the Arts in the fast-growing community of Germantown in northern Montgomery County.
Black Rock features a variety of live entertainment, an art gallery, and classes for young people. Produced by Flo Dwek and
Kimberly Keese.
|
WorkLife
|
In this new segment on workplace issues, we look at the campaign to pass a law in Maryland to make it easier for adults to
get a driver's license, regardless of their immigration status. Commenting are Kim Propeack of CASA of Maryland, and Del.
Ana Sol Gutierrez (D-18th Dist.). The host is Fred Feinstein of the University of Maryland School of Public Affairs. Fred
is a former general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board and chief labor counsel to the US House of Representatives
Labor-Management Relations Subcommittee.
|
In Verse
|
"Soy hija de Huracan," "I am the child of Huracan," begins "Boricua Blues" by poet Maritza Rivera. |
Musical Traditions
|
Fiddler Bruce Molsky plays "Cotton-Eyed Joe." |
Writers' Bloc
|
A ghost story set in a small town is the subject of the latest novel by Robert Bausch, The Gypsy Man. |
| Back to Top of Page |
| January |
Forum
|
The lone law school in the DC-Baltimore area that is dedicated to training public interest lawyers is seeking full accreditation
this year. What makes UDC's David A. Clarke School of Law different? We ask its dean, Shelley Broderick.
|
Photo Essay
|
An Islamist protest against Bush and Blair in Peshawar, Pakistan, the day before US air strikes in Afghanistan began. Photos
and narration by Martin Lueders.
|
Writers' Bloc
|
Why does America fascinate and infuriate the world? Mark Hertsgaard, author of The Eagle's Shadow, shares his insights drawn
from interviews with people on five continents.
|
Feature
|
Road signs in need of an editor. |
In Verse
|
Poems by Lyubomir Nikolov ("Aladzha Monastery") and Holly Bass ("California"). |
Musical Traditions
|
DooWop and Gospel a cappella harmonies from Reverb. |
| Back to Top of Page |
|
