KCTS 9 Connects For November 09, 2007

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KCTS 9 Connects For November 09, 2007

Were voters forgiving of candidates who ran afoul of the law? And did voters make the right call on the massive Roads-and-Transit initiative, or shoot themselves in the foot? Knute Berger argues that the eugenics movement is alive and well in the hearts and minds of some scientists and that "applied Darwinism" is still a threat, even in the liberal Northwest. But 60 years later, a Seattle investigative journalist picked up the story, and uncovered evidence that the men didn't do it.
Originally Aired: Nov 09, 2007
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Were voters forgiving of candidates who ran afoul of the law? And did voters make the right call on the massive Roads-and-Transit initiative, or shoot themselves in the foot?

Haunting Miscarriage of Justice
Were voters forgiving of candidates who ran afoul of the law? And did voters make the right call on the massive Roads-and-Transit initiative, or shoot themselves in the foot?
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Crosscut Conversation: Eugenics
Knute Berger argues that the eugenics movement is alive and well in the hearts and minds of some scientists and that "applied Darwinism" is still a threat, even in the liberal Northwest.
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Roundtable
But 60 years later, a Seattle investigative journalist picked up the story, and uncovered evidence that the men didn't do it.
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