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The Future of Guantanamo Bay

Hour 1 Guests: Carol Rosenberg, Benjamin Wittes, David Frakt At least 31 prisoners at the ...

Air Date: March 1, 2013

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The history and legacy of mass incarceration in the U.S.

GUESTS:  KEITH REEVES, JANE SIEGEL, HEATHER ANN THOMPSON As a result of stricter drug laws and more rigid sente ...

Air Date: February 27, 2013

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Cybersecurity and the growing threats

Guests: SIOBHAN GORMAN, ALAN PALLER and JAMES LEWIS On Tuesday, President Obama signed ...

Air Date: February 14, 2013

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Guns and politics

GUESTS: RICHARD FELDMAN and ROBERT SPITZER Vice President Biden is in Philadelphia today to hold ...

Air Date: February 11, 2013

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School closures and safety

The Philadelphia School District’s proposed plan to close 37 public schools by the end of the school year has some people worried about ...

Air Date: February 6, 2013

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Philly Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey; then Barbara Laker on ‘Tainted Justice’ 4 years later

Philadelphia Police Commissioner CHARLES RAMSEY ...

Air Date: February 6, 2013

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‘Pull of Gravity,’ a documentary about re-entry after prison

Seven hundred thousand inmates are released from U.S. prisons each year. A new documentary film funded by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in ...

Air Date: January 31, 2013

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Immigration reform: reaction and response

Yesterday afternoon, President Obama announced his blueprint for immigration reform in response to a set of principles laid out by a bipa ...

Air Date: January 30, 2013

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Debating mental health legislation after Newtown massacre

The massacre last month at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut galvanized the national conversation on gun control, but ...

Air Date: January 25, 2013

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William Ecenbarger on the ‘Kids for Cash’ scandal

[REBROADCAST] Between 2003 and 2008, Luzerne County juvenile court judge Mark Ciavarelli sentenced thousands of children ...

Air Date: January 17, 2013

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Guns & gun laws, after Newtown, CT: US, PA, Philly

In advance of President Obama’s much anticipated news conference later this morning outlining his agenda regarding gun and safety regul ...

Air Date: January 16, 2013

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Journalist Mark Bowden on “The Finish” of Osama bin Laden

[REBROADCAST] Journalist MARK BOWDEN r ...

Air Date: January 11, 2013

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Forty years since Roe v. Wade

Forty years ago this month, the Supreme Court ruled on Roe v. Wade, the historic case that made abortion legal in the United States. The ...

Air Date: January 9, 2013

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Gov. Corbett’s suit vs. the NCAA over Penn State/Sandusky penalties

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett sued the NCAA last week on behalf of the Commonwealth, claiming that the governing body for college spo ...

Air Date: January 8, 2013

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Violence against women

The six men accused of gang raping and killing a 23-year-old Indian woman were formally charged last week. The horrific attack has set of ...

Air Date: January 7, 2013

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