The World

The Henry Louis Gates Jr Case: Massachusetts’s View

African American scholar Henry Louis Gates was arrested for breaking into his own home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. To find out how this story is playing locally, The Takeaway turns to Joe Sciacca of the Boston Herald and commentator Callie Crossley.

Conflict & Justice

Last Thursday Henry Louis Gates Jr, one of the nation’s pre-eminent African American scholars, was arrested for breaking into his own home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Charges were dropped but the debate goes on. To find out how this story is playing locally, The Takeaway turns to Joe Sciacca, the Deputy Managing Editor of the Boston Herald. Also joining the discussion is Boston-based TV and radio commentator Callie Crossley.