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The Progressive Prosecutor

  • TV critic DAVID BIANCULLI reviews two new outer space adventure series, "Space Rangers," "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine."
  • Marty talks with three young drug dealers from Camden, New Jersey. (Camden is across the river from Philadelphia and is considered one of the most violent cities in New Jersey; it also has a higher than average poverty rate for children. ) The three gang members go by aliases, Eddie Bauer, 16 years old, Kevin Madison, 20, and Sampson Riley, 18. They are members of the 6th & Ferry Gang.
  • Child Psychologist and an expert on how chronic violence affects a child's growth and development JAMES GARBARINO. He's just co-authored a new book, "Children in Danger: Coping with the Consequences of Community Violence," (Jossey-Bass Social and Behavioral Science Series) about the children who grow up in the "war zones" of cities like Los Angeles, Chicago, and Washington, D.C. GARBARINO has also co-authored, "No Place to be a Child: Growing Up in a War Zone." (Lexington Books). GARBARINO is president of the Erikson Institute for Advanced Study in Child Development.
  • 2: Writer LEWIS PULLER. His book, "Fortunate Son," is now out in paperback. His father, Chesty Puller, was a famous Marine. Lewis also joined the marines in 1967, and he was badly wounded in Vietnam.
  • Maureen Corrigan reviews, "The Dutchman" by Martin and Annette Myers.
  • Republican leaders RALPH REED and SENATOR JOHN CHAFEE. REED is the Executive Director of the Christian Coalition, based in Chesapeake, VA. CHAFEE is a Republican from Rhode Island. He's a member of the newly formed Republican Majority Coalition. The Republican National Committee is meeting at the end of this month to elect a new chairman. The two men will talk about what direction the Republican party needs to take to win the 1996 Presidential election, and why the party failed to win i
  • Film critic STEPHEN SCHIFF reviews "Chaplin," the new film directed by Richard Attenborough, and starring Robert Downey Jr.
  • 2: Journalist STEVE ROBERTS. He's the senior writer for "U.S. News & World Report." Before that he covered Congress for The New York Times. He'll talk with Marty about the 103rd Congress which just went into session. It's the most diverse group yet. ROBERTS will tell us what to expect.
  • Professor of Psychology at Yale, EDWARD ZIGLER. He's one of the founders of the Headstart education program which began in the 60's and continues to this day. He's written a new book about the history of the program, "Headstart: The Inside Story of America's Most Successful Educational Experiment.
  • Photojournalist JAMES NACHTWEY (KNOCKT-way). He was in Somalia in October, and photographs of his visit were the cover story in The New York Times Magazine section on December 6, 1992. Terry talks with him about his trip to Somalia: why he took the pictures he did, how he was received, why he wanted to go, etc. NACHTWEY has been awarded the Robert Capa Gold Medal three times. The award is the highest honor among photographers and is given to those for the "best photographic reporting or interpretation from abroad requiring exceptional courage and enterprise," and it entails a deliberate decision to go in harm's way. NACHTWEY is only the seond photojournalist to be given the award three times. He's been to areas of conflict in Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, Lebanon, the West Bank, Sudan, the Philippines, Northern Ireland and more. A book of NACHTWEY's photographs, "Deeds of War," was published in 1989 by Thames and Hudson.