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Here and Now for Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Date: 06/18/2008 President Bush is calling on Congress to lift the 27-year ban on offshore oil drilling, insisting that when lawmakers do that, he'll lift an executive order his father signed in 1990 that banned drilling. We speak with Wall Street Journal reporter Stephen Power. A new report on transracial adoption claims that a 1994 law mandating social workers take a colorblind approach when placing children with adoptive parents, may not be helping minority children as intended. We speak with Adam Pertman, the executive director of the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute, a research and advocacy organization that published the report. We also hear from Shannon Gibney, an African American woman who was adopted by white parents. As Midwesterners cope again with flooding, we look back at the flood of 1993 with Adam Pitluk. Pitluk's new book, Damned to Eternity: The Story of the Man Who They Said Caused the Flood" tells what happened to James Scott. Scott, who was volunteering in a community Foneshow does not charge for this service, but standard or other charges may apply from your carrier. Please check your plan to make sure. To stop receiving text messages at anytime, text STOP to 44636. For help, text HELP to 44636 or email support@4info.net. |
