Dec 25th, 2009 · Author K.C. Cole writes about physicist and Exploratorium-founder Frank Oppenheimer in Something Incredibly Wonderful Happens. Cole, a friend of Oppenheimer's, digs into FBI files and personal memories to describe the complex man also called the "Uncle of the Atomic Bomb." Originally broadcast Aug. 7, 2009.
Oct 16th, 2009 · The Obama administration has signed up 55 state and local law enforcement agencies to help enforce immigration laws, including an Arizona county sheriff under investigation for racial profiling, the Homeland Security Department announced Friday. Another 12 agreements have been approved and are awaiting local or state approval.
Jul 24th, 2009 · Host Michel Martin and digital media producer Lee Hill talk about the stories that had TMM listeners commenting this week. Today, the arrest of Harvard Professor Henry Gates, racial profiling and the minimum wage increase.
Jul 21st, 2009 · Last year, former New York Post reporter Leonardo Blair was stopped, frisked and later jailed by New York City police after being accused of trying to steal his own car. Blair sued the department for racial profiling and later won a settlement. He weighs in on the strikingly similar incident involving Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., who was recently mistaken for a burglar at his own home.
Jul 21st, 2009 · Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., respected as one of the nation's lead scholars, was arrested last week on his porch in Cambridge, Mass., after authorities mistook him for reported a burglar, described to police as a black male. But although Gates presented identification as owner of the home, he was still taken into custody. Charles Ogletree, Gates' attorney, discusses the case and why his client believes he was racially profiled.
Jul 21st, 2009 · Police responding to a call about "two black males" breaking into a home near Harvard University on Thursday ended up arresting the man who lives there — Henry Louis Gates Jr., one of the nation's pre-eminent black scholars. Gates and some colleagues call his arrest a case of racial profiling. But police say they were responding to a report of a break-in.
Jul 3rd, 2009 · The opera has a scatterbrained story, full of decidedly goofy characters. Yet Rossini's gift for musical profiling, plus a raft of bravura arias and ensembles, make this La Scala production a comic gem.
Jan 29th, 2009 · Immigrant advocates have released a video they say shows federal agents racially profiling Hispanic day laborers at a convenience store in Maryland. They say 24 Hispanics were arrested while white and African-Americans pass by unquestioned. Three of those targeted have filed claims for damages.