A collection of stories tagged 'ed gordon' from NPR. http://www.reverbiage.com/ Copyright 2006 Reverbiage.com. Reverbiage is not affiliated with NPR nor its member stations. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:53:38 EST Sam Moore of the legendary duo Sam & Dave talks with Ed Gordon about his new solo album Sam Moore: Overnight Sensational. The album will be released August 29. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/22669 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5663330 Thu, 17 Aug 2006 09:00:00 EDT Teen "fight clubs" may be part of an emerging nationwide trend -- why is American culture so violent, and how can we keep children from emulating our worst behavior? Deborah Prothrow-Stith, an advocate for youth violence prevention and professor at the Harvard School of Public Health, talks with Ed Gordon on how best to address the problem. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/26886 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5663321 Thu, 17 Aug 2006 00:00:00 EDT Authorities in Arlington, Texas have uncovered a disturbing new trend: teenagers getting together for clandestine "fight clubs." The impromptu battles are nationwide, Internet savvy and often brutal. Christy Gilfour, spokeswoman for the Arlington Police Department, talks with Ed Gordon about the extent of the trend in her city. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/26887 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5663318 Thu, 17 Aug 2006 00:00:00 EDT Advocates say many homeless people see daily civil rights violations invlolving housing, religion and education. Host Ed Gordon discusses the issue with Maria Foscarinis, founder and executive director of the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/26915 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5643497 Mon, 14 Aug 2006 00:00:00 EDT Host Ed Gordon talks with Claude McKnight and Mark Kibble, founders of the a capella group Take 6, about their career and their new album Feels Good. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/21906 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5586500 Thu, 27 Jul 2006 09:00:00 EDT Rising violence in the Middle East is distracting attention from Somalia, where leaders of a radical Islamist group are in a dangerous confrontation with neighboring Ethiopia. John Prendergast, a senior adviser with the International Crisis Group, offers Ed Gordon his insights. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/21875 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5583377 Wed, 26 Jul 2006 09:00:00 EDT Hollywood producer Lee Daniels talks with Ed Gordon about two of his most challenging, and controversial projects, Monster's Ball and The Woodsman. His directorial debut, Shadowboxer, is out now. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/21703 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5572810 Fri, 21 Jul 2006 09:00:00 EDT Terry Prather, general manager of the Six Flags amusement park in Largo, Md., talks with Ed Gordon about the controversy over banned hairstyles at the theme park. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/27237 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5503209 Thu, 22 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EDT Last month, Marcia Glover-Banks, a single mother of three was battling terminal cancer. During her illness, Glover-Banks wrote and recorded a song with her three young daughters and even wrote a book, Embracing The Journey. She died on June 9 at 42. Host Ed Gordon reads a tribute. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/20538 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5495048 Mon, 19 Jun 2006 09:00:00 EDT "Authenticity" is a loaded term when it comes to racial identity. But author and regular News & Notes commentator Joseph C. Phillips isn't afraid to tackle the topic head-on. He talks with Ed Gordon about his new book, He Talk Like a White Boy: Reflections on Faith, Family, Politics and Authenticity. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/20159 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5457613 Wed, 07 Jun 2006 14:06:00 EDT Writer and director Melvin Van Peebles talks to Ed Gordon about his latest project, a new production of his 1971 Broadway hit, Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death -- a critically lauded play with music about black street life. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/19888 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5441462 Wed, 31 May 2006 10:59:00 EDT Nnegest Likke, the writer and director of the movie Phat Girlz, talks with Ed Gordon about the film's bittersweet box office numbers -- it cost $3 million to produce, and it's earned close to $6.5 million. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/18760 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5368489 Fri, 28 Apr 2006 09:00:00 EDT Actress Angela Bassett talks about her career with Ed Gordon. Her new film is Akeela and the Bee, a story about an inner-city school girl trying to make it to a national spelling competition. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/18761 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5368501 Fri, 28 Apr 2006 09:00:00 EDT Price Cobbs grew up in Los Angeles in the 1930s and 40s, went to medical school and never forgot the struggles of segregation. In 1968, along with fellow psychiatrist William Grier, Dr. Cobbs wrote the book Black Rage. He joins Ed Gordon to talk about his latest book, My American Life: From Rage to Entitlement. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/17988 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5324684 Wed, 05 Apr 2006 09:00:00 EDT Actor Robin Givens talks with Ed Gordon about her new role on Broadway as Roxie in the musical Chicago. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/17919 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5319496 Mon, 03 Apr 2006 09:00:00 EDT Over the last decade Atlanta has become a mecca for black Americans and it serves as the backdrop for a new movie, ATL. Director Chris Robinson tells Ed Gordon about the coming-of-age tale, and why he set his first feature film in the city known as "Hotlanta." http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/17835 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5314605 Fri, 31 Mar 2006 16:00:13 EST Where do black lawmakers stand on the issue of undocumented workers? U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), discusses the issue with Ed Gordon. Waters' district includes Los Angeles and surrounding cities, one of the hotbeds of protests against an immigration crackdown. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/17807 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5311826 Thu, 30 Mar 2006 17:44:39 EST Hundreds of prominent black civic and religious leaders converged on Washington, D.C., this week for the third-annual African American Leadership Summit. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson, the keynote speaker, tells Ed Gordon about the conference. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/17761 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5308713 Wed, 29 Mar 2006 16:02:55 EST Pop diva Mariah Carey talks to Ed Gordon about her early rise to superstardom, her highly publicized emotional meltdown, and her return with a Grammy-winning album. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/17722 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5306375 Tue, 28 Mar 2006 15:32:25 EST Clarence B. Jones is perhaps one of the least-known members of the late Rev. Martin Luther King's inner core of advisers. The civil rights soldier turned investment banker talks with Ed Gordon about black leadership past and present. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/17526 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5294419 Wed, 22 Mar 2006 15:23:21 EST Just a week before the start of the March Madness college basketball tournament, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is confronted with a class-action lawsuit seeking to remove scholarship limits to fund the full cost of going to school for student athletes. Are student-athletes getting the money they need to work and play? Ed Gordon talks to NCAA President Myles Brand. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/27863 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5253651 Thu, 09 Mar 2006 00:00:00 EST Madea's Family Reunion grossed more than $30 million in its opening weekend at the box office. The movie's writer, director and co-star, Tyler Perry, talks with Ed Gordon about the lure of his main character, an outspoken black woman. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/16887 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5243607 Fri, 03 Mar 2006 15:31:18 EST Host Ed Gordon remembers science-fiction writer Octavia Butler, who died on Friday at the age of 58. She was the first African-American woman to gain prominence as a sci-fi author. Her first novel, Kindred, released in 1979, told the story of a black woman who travels back in time to save a white man. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/16564 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5235286 Mon, 27 Feb 2006 15:32:43 EST The Retail Industry Leaders Association has filed a lawsuit challenging a Maryland state law that requires large retailers, like Wal-Mart, to contribute more to employee health-care plans. More than 20 states are working on bills that would force large employers to put profits back into employee health care. Host Ed Gordon is joined by Paul Kelly, senior vice president of federal and state government affairs for RILA, and William Rodgers, professor of public policy and chief economist of the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/27115 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5235268 Mon, 27 Feb 2006 00:00:00 EST Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist joins Ed Gordon to discuss Republicans' 2006 agenda, and how black Americans should look to the GOP -- instead of their traditional alliance to the Democratic Party -- as the party best aligned to the interests of the African-American community. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/776 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5200217 Fri, 10 Feb 2006 00:00:00 EST