With a federal appeals court deciding that the National Security Agency's pattern of collecting bulk data of Americans' phone calls is illegal, the task then fell to Congress to modify the Patriot Act -- or not. But, as Josh Gerstein of Politico points out, the real battle is in the Senate -- where the issue's not just about privacy vs. security, but presidential politics as well. There are two primaries next Tuesday: one about a new governor in Kentucky, the other a new mayor in Philadelphia. Ryland Barton of Kentucky Public Radio talks about what's at stake in the Bluegrass State, and Dave Davies of WHYY reviews the candidates on the ballot in the City of Brotherly Love. One city that's taken a hit this year is Baltimore, which is slowly recovering from the mayhem that followed the death of Freddie Gray, a 25-year old black man who died while in police custody. Kurt Schmoke, the president of the University of Baltimore, talks about his 12 years as mayor of that city and looks at what can be done to improve the lives of the have-nots. Another politician who tried to stand up for society's have-nots was George Wallace. The former Alabama governor was well known for fighting for the "little people" -- though at the same time he had a long career of fighting against the rights of African Americans. His son, George Wallace Jr., acknowledges his father's segregationist past but tries to offer a more balanced perspective. And, in our "this week in political history" segment, he talks about the nightmare of the assassination attempt on his father's life -- 43 years ago this week. Finally, with the death last week of former House Speaker Jim Wright, we replay a conversation we had last year with one of his allies, fellow Texas Democratic congressman Martin Frost. Frost reflects on Wright's career and talks about his legacy.  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
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