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Michael Eric Dyson talked about his book, Is Bill Cosby Right: Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind?, published by Basic Civitas Books. The book challenged critical comments comedian…

On a panel titled “From Negro to African American: Is There a Limit to Identity Politics?” three authors discussed when or should being Black cease to be relevant to African-American people…

Author Debra Dickerson talked about her autobiography An American Story, published by Pantheon Books. The book examines her life and her rise from the black working middle class through the …

Ms. Dickerson talked about her book, The End of Blackness: Returning the Souls of Black Folk to Their Rightful Owners, published by Pantheon Books. In the book, the author explores the conc…

Professor Lombardo and other panelists discussed his latest translation of Homer’s Odyssey and talked about the enduring importance of the work. During the course of the discussion Mr. Lomba…

The Slate Diaries, published by Public Affairs is edited by Jodi Kantor, Cyrus Krohn, and Michael Kinsley with an introduction by Judith Shulevitz. The book is an anthology of the daily diar…

Professor Ellis is the author of American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson. He discussed the controversy surrounding this week’s discovery of DNA evidence that Thomas Jefferson was …

Telephone lines were opened for viewer comments.

Norah O’Donnell, Roll Call Senior Staff Writer talks about how she was surprised by the resignation of House Speaker Newt Gingrich. She also discussed other current news events and midterm …

American University History Professor Anna Nelson discussed the JFK Assassination Review final report. She was a member of the JFK Records Review Board authorized by the JFK Records Review A…

Matthew Morrissey and Ethan Wallison discussed headline news and responded to audience telephone calls, faxes, and electronic mail.

Leon Buck from the office of Representative Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), and Kevin Washington of the House Republican Conference, discussed headline news and responded to audience telephone ca…

In this Washington Journal segment, Michael Mandel, Business Week Economics Editor, spoke about the economy and newspaper stories of interest to him. He also responded to audience telephone …

In this Washington Journal segment, Mr. Eidinger and Mr. Thiel discussed headline news and responded to audience telephone calls, faxes, and electronic mail.

Mr. Retter discussed his book, Anatomy of a Scandal: An Investigation into the Campaign to Undermine the Clinton Presidency. Ms. Dickerson served as guest host.

Mr. Mangas and Mr. Ueland talked about current news stories of interest to them, and took audience calls, faxes, and electronic mail. Ms. Dickerson served as guest host.