E-mail a friendApril 10, 2008
Harvard University's Noah Feldman discusses the impact of the rise of the Islamic state on U.S. foreign policy. Radio talk show host Joe Madison explains how the Darfur crisis began in Sudan and describes what it's like to witness the ongoing civil war.
Noah Feldman
Noah Feldman
An expert on Islamic thought, Noah Feldman is a Harvard law professor and an adjunct senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. He's a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine and author of several books, including After Jihad, What We Owe Iraq and, his latest, The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State. Following the '03 invasion of Iraq, Feldman helped write the country's new constitution. The Rhodes Scholar graduated from Harvard College and received his J.D. from Yale Law School.
Joe Madison
Joe Madison
Known as "The Black Eagle" by his WOL-AM listeners in DC and on XM Satellite Radio, radio activist Joe Madison has been jailed for civil disobedience, led voter registration marches and gone on hunger strikes in opposition to apartheid in South Africa, genocide and slavery in Sudan. He's also served in several positions with the NAACP, including on its national board. Recently, Madison led a delegation of U.S. radio talk show personalities in delivering "Sacks of Hope" for returning Southern Sudanese refugees.