Discussing the book "Unto this hour" a novel about the American Civil war with the author Tom Wicker.

Wicker discusses advocacy journalism versus objective journalism, freedom of the press, and the role of the press in American society.

Congressman Herman Badillo discusses the prisoner uprising at Attica Correctional Facility in upstate New York, and how race played a role in the unwarranted killing of inmates and the subsequent government and administrative cover up of the incident. Badillo reads excerpts from his book, "A Bill of No Rights: Attica and the American Prison System," and discusses prisoner rights, rehabilitation, and the endemic injustice and racism in the American prison system.