Political science professor Wendy Brown believes tolerance should never be considered a substitute for equality, and says doing so could mask historical injustices.
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Tom Standage talks about his book, "Writing on the Wall: Social Media -- The First 2,000 Years."
Steve Paulson reports on the state of Chinese literature today. He talks with Annie Wang, Nobel Prize Laureate Gao Xingjian and National Book Award winner Ha Jin.
In 2008, Canadian journalist Amanda Lindhout and photographer Nigel Brennan were kidnapped in Somalia, by Islamist insurgents. They were held hostage for 460 days. Escape became the focus of their being.
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When is government surveillance appropriate? Shane Harris talks about the rise of American surveillance, cyber warfare and privacy.
Sabrina Dhawan tells Steve Paulson that the Bollywood film industry is more productive than its California counterpart.
Senegalese pop star Youssou N'Dour is the top-selling African musician of all time.
Historian Ron Numbers talks with Steve Paulson. Numbers was once an ardent creationist and is the author of "The Creationists," the definitive history of the anti-evolutionist movement.
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