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Scientists and environmentalists have been working for decades to keep pollution from flowing into the beloved Chesapeake Bay. Now, some say a more radical approach is needed to preserve the Chesapeake and its famed fishing stocks. A look at the latest strategies to save the Bay.
William C. Baker, President, The Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Christopher Conner, Director of Communications, The Chesapeake Bay Program
Donald Boesch, Professor of Marine Science and President of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Patricia Langenfelder, Vice President, Maryland Farm Bureau
Larry Simns, President, Maryland Watermen's Association
The shifting typography of America's relationship with Venezuela. From Pat Robertson's assassination rhetoric, to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's proposal to sell discounted heating oil to poor Americans, we explore an eventful month in relations between the two countries.
Steve Ellner, Professor of Economic History, Universidad de Oriente (Caracas, Venezuela)
Terry Karl, Professor of Latin American Studies and Political Science, Stanford University
In 1948, a brief visit by Jackie Robinson to a small town in Alabama prompted a man named Jesse Norwood to start a baseball team. He didn't know the rules of the game and had never played himself, but he saw a way to teach life's lessons to a neighborhood full of young black boys looking for role models. Hear a story of teamwork, sportsmanship, endurance and more.
Joe Formichella, author of "Here's to you Jackie Robinson: The Legend of the Prichard Mohawks" (MacAdam/ Cage)
Jesse Norwood, Jr., Head, Prichard Mohawk Foundation
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