Campaign Mudslinging Rachets Up; Oscar, Oscar - Who's Got An Oscar; The State Of The Black Civil Rights Movement Today
Campaign Mudslinging Rachets Up
The recriminations in the Clinton versus Obama contest are heating up, with Senator Hillary Clinton saying "shame on you" to Obama, and accusing his campaign of Karl Rove-style mailings. The issue: flyers from the Obama campaign that say Clinton's healthcare plan would force poor Americans to buy health insurance even if they can't afford it. Meanwhile, a photo of Barack Obama in traditional Kenyan dress was circulated by the Clinton campaign, echoing the efforts of a campaign staffer who circulated an email that claimed Obama is a Muslim. In the last debate, Senator Obama said politics has entered "silly season." Maybe he should have said "slinging season." Larry asks Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, Political Analyst for KNBC and senior scholar at USC's School of Policy, Planning and Development, Tom Hollihan, Professor of Communications at the Annenberg School of Communication, and KPCC's listeners what they think.
Guests:
Sherry Bebitch Jeffe - Political Analyst for KNBC and senior scholar at USC's School of Policy and Development
Tom Hollihan - Professor of Communications at the Annenberg School of Communication
Oscar, Oscar - Who's Got An Oscar
Larry gets listeners reactions to the winners and losers at the 80th Annual Academy Awards that were presented Sunday night at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood.
The State Of The Black Civil Rights Movement Today
The lives of many African Americans have dramatically improved within the last generation from education levels to household income. However, millions have been left behind, living in poverty, in substandard housing, with little hope for economic advancement, educational opportunity or security. Black civil rights organizations have traditionally been charged with improving the lives of African Americans but there are those that claim that these groups are stuck in the past and have not adjusted to the realities of the 21st century. Larry Mantle moderates a panel of African American leaders who will discuss the relevance of traditional black civil rights organizations and the state of the black political leadership in America today.
The panel includes:
Ward Connerly - Former Regent of the University of California, author of Proposition 209, and Founder and Chairman of the American Civil Rights Institute
Blair Taylor - President and CEO of the Los Angeles Urban League
Eva Paterson - President of the Equal Justice Society of San Francisco, and former Director of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights
Joe Hicks - Vice-President of Community Advocates, Inc.