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On today's show, to kick off morning, Craig lets listeners choose the topic they want to talk about. The choices are: If you're a Catholic, do you care who the next pope is? Would you like to see the first Pope from the New World? Do you think it's possible? Do you think the Detroit City Council did a good job appealing the Emergency Manager decision? The Right to Work law goes into effect later this month and the Legislature is angry that unions negotiating now have put mandatory dues paying into their contracts before the law goes into effect. Do they have a right to complain? Republican legislators are angry about the recent eight-year contract agreement between Wayne State University and their faculty union. They claim that the contract was set at an unusually long length to circumvent the right-to-work law set to take effect at the end of the month. Craig speaks with Wayne State University President Allan Gilmour about the contract and the accusations put forth by Republican legislators. He also takes calls from listeners. The Journal of Law in Society, in partnership with the Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights at Wayne State University Law School, will present its 2013 symposium, "Debunking the Post-Racial Myth: The Profiling of Detroit’s Most Vulnerable Populations," on Friday, March 22 at Wayne Law's Spencer M. Partrich Auditorium. The symposium will explore issues surrounding race relations in Detroit and nearby suburbs, including racial profiling, the war on terror, and the challenges faced by immigrant communities. Craig speaks with Professor Peter Hammer, Director of the Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights and adviser to the Journal of Law in Society, and Kanika Suri, Symposium Director for the Journal of Law in Society, about the symposium and the state of race relations in Detroit. Craig chats with comedians Johnny Walker and Pedro Hernandez about their comedy show that uses humor to address commonly avoided racial issues in our society. A Detroit-based documentary "Can't Hold Me Back" has made the top 25 films of the 2013 PBS Online Film Festival. Craig talks with filmmaker Madeleine Blair, Co-Director Betty Bastidas, and Subject of the Film Fernando Parraz. Detroit Public Schools offers special programs for students by application only, called Application Schools. Craig speaks with James Hearn, Principal of Marcus Garvey Academy, Brenda Belcher, Principal of Benjamin Carson High School, Ahna Felix-Brown, Principal of Detroit School of Arts, and Sherrell Hobbs, Principal of Golightly Education Center, about the Application Schools and what role they play in the long-term education of Detroit's children. Also, the Metro Times stops by for their weekly segment. This week, Craig speaks with their new editor Brian Gottlieb.
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