Search results for

Betty Johnso

THE FALLOUT OF THE SIMPSON TRIAL WITH FORMER PORTALND POLICE CHIEF PENNY HARRINGTON, WASHINTON POST SPORTS COLUMNIST MICHAEL WILBON AND WASHINGTON, DC TRIAL LAWYER JOAN WILBON.

SUSAN MUSES ABOUT TWO EVENTS THIS WEEK: THE ANNOUNCEMENTS OF MORE NOBEL LAUREATES AND THE RETURN OF ELECTRICITY TO SARAJEVO

3: Co-founders of Brooklyn's Bedford Stuyvesant Volunteer Ambulance Corp. JAMES "ROCKY" ROBINSON and JOE PEREZ. They began the corp in 1988, after watching people die because the Ambulances responded too slowly to calls. (There are 39 volunteer ambulance corps in New York City). They are the focus of a new "The American Promise" PBS documentary. (The program premiered October 1).

NPR'S MICHAEL SKOLER REPORTS THAT THE RWANDAN REFUGEE PROBLEM IN ZAIRE, ALTHOUGH CALM NOW, REMAINS UNRESOLVED AFTER THIS WEEK'S ROUND OF FORCED EXPULSIONS BY ZAIRIAN TROOPS.

THE FOURTH INSTALLMENT OF OUR SEMI-REGULAR RADIO SERIAL... "JULIUS KNIPL (KEH-nipple): REAL ESTATE PHOTOGRAPHER."

SCOTT SIMON AND SIMON HOGGART OF BRITAIN'S THE GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER TALKS ABOUT THE WEEK'S NEWS

MONDAY'S MARCH, AND THE LEADERSHIP OF ONE OF ITS CONVENERS, THE NATION OF ISLAM'S MINISTER LOUIS FARRAKHAN, HAS SPARKED DEBATE ACROSS AN ESPECIALLY RACE-SENSITIZED NATION. WEEKEND EDITION'S DANIEL SCHORR DISCUSSED THE MARCH AND ITS MEANING WITH TWO WELL-KNOWN AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMENTATORS: RONALD WALTERS, CHAIRMAN OF HOWARD UNIVERSITY'S POLITICAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT, AND GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR OF HISTORY AND AMERICAN CULTURE ROGER WILKINS.

ENTERTAINMENT: SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION'S ENTERTAINMENT CRITIC ELVIS MITCHELL TALK ABOUT THE NEW MOVIE "DESPERADO," STARRING ANTONION BANDERAS.

Daniel talks with Phillip Jenkins Professor of History and Religious Studies at Pennsylvania State University about the history of militia movements in the United States. Jenkins says that in the 1940's in particular, there were several right-wing militias run by Christian leaders. They believed the federal government was subverting the constitution and many of them followed a popular radio talk show host who was also a priest preaching anti-semitic and racist views.