Clergy Abuse Study; Republican Senate Candidate; Global Warming: A National Security Threat?; The Concept Of "Blackness"
Clergy Abuse Study
Today the Los Angeles archdiocese released a report of clergy sex abuse allegations dating back to 1931. In the report 244 priests, deacons, brothers and seminarians are accused of molesting 656 minors in a period from 1931 to 2003 but many of the accusations have already been discredited. This report comes just two weeks before a national study of clergy sexual abuse that is being released by the National Review Board of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. The national survey was conducted by the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York. Larry Mantle talks with Larry Stammer, Los Angeles Times staff writer on religion and Mary Staggs Grant, Western Regional Director of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests.
Republican Senate Candidate
Larry Mantle talks with Toni Casey who is running in the March 2nd primary to be the Republican candidate in the November senatorial race against Senator Barbara Boxer.
Global Warming: A National Security Threat?
In sharp contrast to the Bush Administration, the Department of Defense now appears to be taking global warming seriously. The Pentagon's Office of Risk Assessment recently released a report declaring that global warming is real, that it may happen a lot faster than we all expect, and that its arrival could result in dire consequences and pose a threat to our national security. Should we worry? Larry Mantle talks with Mark Hertsgaard of The Nation magazine and Ken Green of the Fraser Institute.
The Concept Of "Blackness"
Larry Mantle talks with author Debra Dickerson about the new book The End of Blackness. Dickerson contends that the concept of "blackness" has forced African Americans into an unhealthy relationship with white America, and explains the consequences of this. She also explores how both black and white Americans have exploited "blackness," and who gets to decide when racism and the past are over.