Tipped Workers Debate; Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Education; Ballots and Bullets; Quinceanera
Tipped Workers Debate
The Federal minimum wage for waiters, bartenders and other tip-earners could be cut as a bill makes its way to the US Senate. Larry talks to Senator Barbara Boxer, pro-labor and pro-business experts about this contentious new minimum wage bill.
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Education
Larry invites listeners to ask their questions of the mayor.
Ballots and Bullets
Larry Mantle talks with scholar Noah Feldman about a new brand of democracy emerging in the Middle East: democratically-elected militant, Islamic parties like Hamas and Hezbollah.
Quinceanera
Magdalena (Emily Ross) is the daughter of a Mexican-American family living in Echo Park, Los Angeles. While dreaming of the day she celebrates her fifteenth birthday, she learns she is pregnant. She seeks refuge with a great-great uncle and gay cousin who are also outcasts, but the unlikely friends face a crisis that threatens their way of life. Larry talks with Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland, who wrote and directed Quinceanera, which opens in theaters this Friday.