This Afternoon on Between the Lines

5:30 PM Between the Lines A review of the week's under-reported news stories and this week's interview segments:

• Economic Crisis Demands Big Ideas and Urgent Action. Interview with Thea Lee, AFL-CIO Policy Director, conducted by Scott Harris.

• Obama Appointment of Rahm Emanuel as Chief of Staff Troubles Many Progressives. Interview with Rabbi Michael Lerner, Editor of Tikkun magazine, conducted by Melinda Tuhus.

• Incoming Obama Administration Must Balance Issues of Race and Class. Interview with Manning Marable, Professor of Political Science and African American Studies at Columbia University, conducted by Scott Harris.

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