Gwen Ifill discusses the enduring complexity of race and politics in America after the election of President Barack Obama. She is the author of the national bestseller The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama, which is now available in paperback from Anchor Books. Ifill is senior correspondent of The News Hour with Jim Lehrer, and moderator and managing editor of PBS' Washington Week. She spoke with Stephanie Lecci. Ifill will be giving the 2010 Nieman Lecture at Marquette University on "Politics, Policy and Reality: What's Really Going on in Washington" on Thursday.
We hear about a new screenplay based on the life of James Cameron, the founder of America's Black Holocaust Museum and the last known survivor of a lynching attempt, in 1930. James Cameron died in 2006 - his son Virgil is leading efforts to reopen the museum. Fran Kaplan is the co-author - with her son Aaron Greer - of the screenplay, called Fruit of the Tree. Virgil Cameron and Fran Kaplan spoke with Mitch Teich.
Dan Harmon spoke with technology commentator Dave Haseman about the new Windows 7 operating system. Haseman is the director of the Center for Technology Innovation at the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee. He’s a regular contributor to Lake Effect on computers, software and high-tech.
Can you sum up your life in six words? Larry Smith and Rachel Fershleiser are the co-editors of It All Changed in an Instant: More Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous & Obscure, published by HarperCollins. Smith is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Smith Magazine, and Fershleiser is senior editor. They spoke with Mitch Teich. You can submit your own six-word memoir here.
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Dan Harmon spoke with technology commentator Dave Haseman about the new Windows 7 operating system. Haseman is the director of the 
Can you sum up your life in six words? Larry Smith and Rachel Fershleiser are the co-editors of It All Changed in an Instant: More Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous & Obscure, published by HarperCollins. Smith is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of 
