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The American media has devoted much attention to the marital infidelities of former Presidential candidate John Edwards, golf icon Tiger Woods, and actress Sandra Bullock's husband Jesse James. What do these cases say about the state of marriage and monogamy in America? Why do we love to dwell on cheating celebrity spouses and high-profile broken relationships?

Anthony will be joined by a relationship expert to discuss the image of marriage in pop culture and what it means to us.

It's Youth Violence Prevention Week and Anthony will be joined by three leaders working to prevent violence among young people and help them make positive choices.

Go to www.baltimorehealth.org/yvpweek.html for a calendar of events next week dealing with this issue.

Media personality Tavis Smiley set off a firestorm when he suggested that African American leaders such as Al Sharpton, Ben Jealous and Dorothy Height were given President Barack Obama a pass for not having a specific agenda for the black community.

This confrontation between two titan egos and personalities has sparked a nationwide debate about who speaks for the black community, what is the black agenda and what responsibility does America's first black president have to promote the priorities of African Americans?

Anthony will be joined by two student leaders from the Baltimore Algebra Project to discuss their on going activism on behalf of city students, their demands that the legislature not underfund public education in Baltimore and how to stop the pipeline that leads too many young people from the classroom to the criminal justice system!

For months rumors have circulated that Doc Cheatham would leave the presidency of the Baltimore NAACP to run for public office. He joins Anthony to discuss the rumors, his plans and what's next for one of the most visible leaders in Baltimore.

Also, Anthony is joined later in the hour by Deborah Hardnett, the ceo and founder of the Winner's Summit Conference & Expo, an exciting motivational event celebrating and empowering women on March 19-20 at the Hyatt Regency in Baltimore.

http://thewinnerssummit.com/

Join Anthony as he talks with three dynamic authors about their participation in the International Women's History Month Literary Festival taking place on Saturday, March 6, 2010 at the Enoch Pratt Free Library, 400 Cathedral Street, 1-4 p.m.

Some of the nation's leading female authors will be in Baltimore - http://www.prattlibrary.org/

Golf giant Tiger Woods will speak to the public for the first time since his private life of affairs, porn stars and alleged drug use came to light causing his marriage to publicly crumble and several corporate sponsors to drop him as their spokesperson.

What did Tiger say? What does it mean to his career? Can his image be rehabilitated and when will he return to the game he loves?

How influential is the hip hop culture on America? Some people are arguing that we have become a post-hip-hop generation and the music, politics and culture that dominated the last 20 years is no longer relevant.

President Barack Obama went before Congress and the nation this week and declared jobs to be the new administration priority. He proposed cutting federal spending, while protecting the environment, allowing gays to serve openly in the military and he called for a renewed spirit of bipartisanship...but was anyone listening?

With joblessness at a new high and confidence in Washington politicians at an all time low, did President Obama restore hope that we're moving in the right direction?