The first segment looks at the ongoing debate of the Roe v. Wade decision on women's rights of access to legal abortions. Pro-choice speaker and author of "The Worst of Times" Patricia G. Miller and pro-life speaker Susan Smith were briefly interviewed. The second segment focused on the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) and its Chairman, Representative Kweisi Mfume of Baltimore, MD. He and Civil Rights lawyer Derrick Bell spoke about the future of the CBC in light of a newly elected Democratic president, Bill Clinton. Together they touched on topics like universal healthcare, civil rights enforcement versus legislation, urban policy and housing, and institutional and jounalistic racism.
