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Monday, September 24, 2007

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UAW Workers Strike at General Motors

United Auto Workers walked off the job at General Motors plants across the country today, including the Allison Transmission plant right here in Maryland.

Bill Barry

Director of Labor Studies
Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC)


Tavis Smiley Discusses Upcoming Presidential Forum

Charles Robinson talks with PBS host Tavis Smiley about the upcoming All-American Presidential Forum at Morgan State University. The Forum is on Thursday, September 27th.

Tavis SmileyTavis Smiley

Host, The Tavis Smiley Show


The Veterans History Project

Maryland Secretary of Veterans Affairs James Adkins and State Archivist Ed Papenfuse join Jeff to talk about a huge project to record the experiences of Maryland World War II vets. For more information on the project, visit the Maryland Generations link below.

James Adkins

Secretary, Maryland Department of Veterans affairs


Ed PapenfuseEd Papenfuse, Ph.D.

State Archivist, Maryland



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