Immigration Bill Fails; Supreme Court To Rule On Race-Based Admissions; The Age Of Betrayal
Immigration Bill Fails
In a stinging setback for President Bush, the Senate voted today to reject his plan to legalize millions of unlawful immigrants. Larry and his guests from all sides of the issue discuss the bill's failure: congress members Xavier Becerra, Brian Bilbray, and Loretta Sanchez; NPR Senior Washington Editor Ron Elving, and Mark Baldassare, President and CEO of the Public Policy Institute of California.
Supreme Court To Rule On Race-Based Admissions
Today, the Supreme Court handed down a decision that forbids 2 major public school districts from denying or admitting students on the basis of their race. The school systems in Seattle and Louisville, Kentucky both have "integration reform plans" which attempt to diversify schools that are racially homogeneous. What will be the repercussions for schools in Southern California? Larry Mantle and guests Roger Clegg, President of the Center for Equal Opportunity and Anurima Bhargava, Staff attorney for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, discuss the issue.
The Age Of Betrayal
Author Jack Beatty talks with Larry about his new book, The Age of Betrayal: The Triumph of Money in America, 1865-1900 (Alfred A. Knopf) that chronicles the rise of America's "gilded age." Beatty argues that during this period, money, power, and "the corporation" ruled everything from politics to courtrooms.