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National News Roundup with Joan Walsh and Ben Berger

Friday, July 30th, 2010

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In this week’s national news roundup, an Arizona court puts the state’s immigration law on hold and Senator Lindsey Graham says he may try to repeal the 14th amendment which grants birthright citizenship.  Also, Shirley Sherrod gets ready to sue Andrew Breitbart, the conservative blogger who falsely portrayed her as racist.  We’ll also cover the ethical troubles of Charlie Rangle, Obama’s struggles with popularity and his appearance on The View, and the Senate’s failure to pass the campaign ad disclosure bill.  Our guests are JOAN WALSH, editor-in-chief for Salon.com, and BEN BERGER, a political scientist at Swarthmore College. 

Writer Francine Prose on why the Diary of Anne Frank continues to inspire

Friday, July 30th, 2010

ProseHour 2

THIS IS A REBROADCAST. In her recent book, Anne Frank: The Book, The Life, The Afterlife, writer Francine Prose explores how the life and death of one girl became emblematic of the lives and deaths of so many and why her words continue to inspire. She contends that Anne Frank was not an accidental writer or casual teenage chronicler, but a writer of considerable talent and ambition.
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