Tova Wang on Voter Supression. Kara McGraw, singer, composer

Demos Fellow and voting expert Tova Andrea Wang on voter supression.   Tova outlines the history of voter suppression in the US and how it went from a local problem to a national - and Republican - strategy in the 1960's.  Tova's new book, The Politics of Voter Supression from the The Century Foundation is ripping the mask off of the so-called voter fraud scam being used by Republicans nationwide to suppress voting in Democratic districts.  The charges against a major Republican voter registration firm - the Romney campaign firm -  this week underscores how keeping people from the polls has become an integral part of Tea Party and Republican victories, threatening to end demomcracy as we know it in America. 2:08 pm  

Geoffrey Lean of the London Daily Telegraph reports on the problems with high speed rail in London - similar to those in California, and how biofuels are threatening the world's food supply.  Geoffrey is a 3-time winner of the UK Pulitzer prize and former Editor of the UNEP's environmental website.  He is our regular environmental correspondent and gives us a look at the world every week through British eyes. 2:20 pm ET.

Kara McGraw joins is at 2:40 for Music Friday.  Kara combines theater and pop music for a sound unique in the nation.  Her new album, The Hound and the Hare will make you laught, cry and hum all day.