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The U.S. Park Police are tasked with a big mandate: to protect monuments and landmarks across our region with fewer than six hundred officers. But the agency has limited resources to accomplish that goal, and critics both inside and outside the force say they're understaffed and facing low morale. We look at the challenges confronting the Park Police.
Mary Beth Sheridan, Staff Writer, Washington Post
Jim Austin, Chairman, Fraternal Order of Police- U.S. Park Police Labor Committee
Eleanor Holmes Norton, Delegate, U.S. House of Representatives (D-DC)
Drug courts were designed to stop the cycle of crime and prison by directing repeat offenders toward treatment programs instead of lengthy prison sentences. But several Virginia lawmakers are now moving to erase funding for the state's drug courts, arguing they're too costly during lean economic times. Join Kojo as we explore the history and debate over drug courts.
Caroline Cooper, Director, U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Drug Court Clearinghouse and Technical Assistance Project at American University
Bob Gibson, Reporter, Charlottesville Daily Progress
The history of the civil rights movement is all around us -- in the stories of individual activists and the physical sites that commemorate the era. Join Kojo as he discusses the forgotten stories of the civil rights movement with Charlie Cobb, the author of a new travel guide to historic sites around the country.
Charlie Cobb, Senior writer and diplomatic correspondent for AllAfrica.com, and is the Author of On The Road To Freedom: A Guided Tour of the Civil Rights Trail.
Israeli filmmaker Eran Kolirin knew he was tackling a loaded topic when he wrote a movie script about an Egyptian band that is forced unexpectedly to spend the night in an out-of-the-way Israeli village. But few expected the film to stir up controversy in Hollywood. Hear about the award-winning movie, and why you didn't see it nominated for a Foreign Language Academy Award.
Eran Kolirin, screenwriter and director, “The Band’s Visit”
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