12 Mar 17:00
In this week's installment of the Barbershop host Michel Martin talks with freelance writer Jimi Izrael, civil rights attorney Arsalan Iftikhar, syndicated columnist Gustavo Arellano, who writes the "Ask A Mexican" column for the OC Weekly, and Zack Rosen, who is the editor-in-chief of TheNewGay. They discuss former New York Congressman Eric Massa's resignation on Monday after allegations that he groped and sexually harassed a number of young, male staffers in his office. They also discuss California State Senator Roy Ashburn, who admitted he was gay this week.

12 Mar 13:21
John Norris says the Sudanese leader Omar Hassan al-Bashir is playing a breathtakingly cynical double game: harboring a notorious Ugandan death cult while pledging to work for peace in Darfur.

12 Mar 12:46
Jonathan Chait says that he's not focused on whether Paul Ryan's budget road map increases or decreases the deficit, but instead, the ideological details that retain the Bush tax cuts for highest earners and eliminate the most progressive elements of the tax code.