Doug Hooker – Atlanta Regional Coalition
Douglas Hooker – Atlanta Regional Commission
Doug Hooker is the Executive Director of the Atlanta Regional Commission and tells David just what that organization is and describers it mission. Hooker describes the unique challenge of Atlanta where one metropolitan area is actually divided into 10 counties and dozens of cities.
Deborah Scroggins – Pakistan School Massacre
Deborah Scroggins – Massacre in Pakistan
Journalist and author, Deborah Scroggins, talks about the horrific massacre of schoolchildren by the Pakistani Taliban. Scroggins has written extensively about extremism and traveled extensively from Sudan to Afghanistan. She is the author of Emma’s War and Wanted Women: Faith, Lies and the War on Terror.
Daniel Gordis – Menachem Begin
Daniel Gordis – Menachem Begin
Gordis is an Israeli-based journalist and author who has written for the likes of The New York Times, The Republic, The New York Times Magazine, Azure, Commentary Magazine and Foreign Affairs. He discusses his new book, Menachem Begin: The Battle for Israel’s Soul.
CJ Lawrence – What if they Gunned Me Down
CJ Lawrence – “If They Gunned Me Down” – Ferguson and Black Identity
Lawrence is an attorney and activist who started a national conversation about black identity after the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, By using the Twitter hashtag #iftheygunnedmedown
Charles Blow – Fire Shut Up In My Bones
Charles Blow – Fire Shut Up In My Bones
New York Times Charles Blow talks to David about his autobiography, Fire Shut Up In My Bones: A Memoir. Blow explores his struggles with racial, sexual, spiritual and intellectual identity.