This hour, we’ll talk about ways that local governments and legal systems can foster a more harmonious environment with Washington University in St. Louis law professor John D. Inazu. He writes about the topic in “Confident Pluralism: Surviving and Thriving through Deep Difference.”
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President Obama travels to Dallas today for an interfaith memorial service remembering the police officers killed here last week. KERA will air live coverage of the service, which also features former President Bush, starting at noon. And after the speech, we’ll have a live national call-in special to continue the conversation about race and law enforcement in America.
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Hour 2: As the citizens of Dallas continue to cope with the shock of last week’s brutal attack on law enforcement officers, we’ll talk this hour with city leaders working to hold the community together. We’ll begin the show with a conversation with Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings and we’ll also be joined by Dallas Police Association vice president Michael Mata and Richie Butler, senior pastor of St. Paul United Methodist Church.
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In this special two hour edition of Think, we’ll discuss the Downtown Dallas shootings and their aftermath with eye witnesses, experts in law enforcement and race as well as members of the KERA News team covering the story.
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This hour, we’ll talk about how government funds to help impoverished families are often syphoned off by local governments and private businesses – and how we can correct the problem – with the author of “The Poverty Industry: The Exploitation of America’s Most Vulnerable Citizens.”
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This hour, we’ll discuss the immigration and affirmative action decisions with SMU professor of law Lackland Bloom. And later in the show, we’ll preview the court’s upcoming decision concerning restrictive abortion laws in Texas with SMU associate professor of law Jessica Dixon Weaver.
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This hour we’ll talk about caring for the homeless post-Tent City.
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This hour, we’ll talk about if voters in North Texas feel that their votes count – and if they even plan to vote – with a panel of North Texas political organizers.
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This hour, we’ll talk about if the Founding Fathers set the federal government up for stagnation – and about the idea of updating the Constitution – with University of Chicago professor William Howell.
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This hour, we’ll talk about how that information is gathered – and how presidents have used it through the years – with David Priess, who served as an intelligence officer in the Bill Clinton and George W. Bush administrations. His new book is called “The President’s Book of Secrets: The Untold Story of Intelligence Briefings to America’s Presidents from Kennedy to Obama.”
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This hour, we’ll look at the economic impact that immigrants have on the United States with Pia Orrenius, Dallas Federal Reserve Bank senior economist and a fellow at SMU’s John Tower Center.
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This hour, we’ll talk about finding common ground on issues that are splitting the nation apart with Mark Gerzon, author of “The Reunited States of America: How We Can Bridge the Partisan Divide”.
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