it's published by oxford university press. one of the co-authors and editors is angela hawken who is a public policy professor at pepperdine university where we are on location. angela hawken is this book pro-or anti-legalization of marijuana? >> guest: neither. if it's written by four authors and that is what is the genius of oxford university press bringing together four different opinions and together figuring out what the evidence base is. the problem with issues surrounding marijuana is there are such strong advocacy groups on both sides of the issue and when the public reads about it they have no idea which direction they are being pulled into. >> host: where do you stand personally initiate? >> guest: i was hoping you'd wouldn't accept that now that you did in chapter 16 of the book each of the authors was required to basically declare the subject and for many academics it's an uncomfortable thing to do. you don't want to show your hand in and research we have provide as unbiased as we are able to set of perspectives. in

murder of latasha harlins" justice, gender, and the origins of the la riots" published by oxford university press. the author is ucla history professor brenda stevenson. professor stevenson who was latasha harlins? >> guest: 14 year-old african-american girl who lived in south central los angeles at the time of her death living with her grandmother and her cousins and her aunt a freshman in high school and was killed on march 16, 1981, in south-central at a store by the shop keeper. >> host: why was she killed? >> guest: there was a struggle over a bottle of orange shoes that cost $1.79. latasha harlins interest in a store that we can see on the video camera at about 9:30 a.m. and goes to the refrigerated cases to picks up a bottle of orange juice and places it in her backpack the top is portrait doing all in walks forward to the counter and the owner asks if she is trying to steal the orange juice. latasha harlins says no. and i am trying to pay for it. obviously there is a language difference and difficulty because the owner is from south korea an english is not particularly good. so there is a

none of us agree with each other on legalization and that is the genius of oxford university press bringing together for opinions and together figuring out what the true evidence base is. the problem with the issues surrounding marijuana is there are such such strong ethics he groups on both sides of the issue that the issue that's on the publicly that they now have no idea which direction they are in pulled in. the idea is to get for people to disagree on issue legalization to agree on the facts surrounding marijuana. >> host: where you stand personally on the issue? >> guest: why was hoping you wouldn't affect another you did in chapter 16 of the book each author was required to publicly basically declare their position on the subject and for many of us who are academics that's an uncomfortable thing to do because you don't want to show your hand. in their research would provide as unbiased as we are able to do set of perspectives on this case were asked to show our hand. at the four authors i was the one that was most in favor of marijuana legalization which i think was surprising to man

riot published by oxford university press. the author is ucla history professor, brenda stevenson. brenda stevenson, who was latasha harlins? >> guest: and african-american girl who lived in south-central los angeles issue is that it was her grandmother, aunts, cousins. she was a freshman in high school and she was killed on march 16, 1991 in a store at figaro street in south los angeles. by the shopkeeper. >> host: why was she killed? >> guest: she was killed because there was a struggle over a bottle of orange juice that cost $1.79. latasha had entered the store and we can see all this on the video camera within a story. she entered the store at nine dirty a.m. she goes to the refrigerated cases the refrigerated cases and accept this bottle of orange juice, which is a quart bottle. she places it in her backpack. the top is protruding now. shoebox forward to the counter. she immediately asks latasha issue is trying trying to steal her orange juice. latasha said no, i am not feeling orange juice. i'm trying to pay for it. obviously there's some language differences and difficulties

riot published by oxford university press. the author is ucla history professor, brenda stevenson. brenda stevenson, who was latasha harlins? >> guest: and african-american girl who lived in

murder of latasha harlins" justice, gender, and the origins of the la riots" published by oxford university press. the author is ucla history professor brenda stevenson. professor stevenson, who was latasha harlins? >> a 15 year-old african-american girl who lived in south central los angeles at the time of her death she was living with her grandmother, her aunt and cousin. a freshman in high school and she was killed march march 16, 1991 in south central in a store at empire market. by the shop keeper. >> host: why was she killed? >> guest: there was a struggle over a bottle of orange juice that cost $1.79. she has entered the store we can see this on the video camera within the store intering in 938 and goes to the refrigerated cases and picks up a bottle of orange juice and places it in her backpack the top is protruding out and walks forward to the counter. the owner is there and immediately asked if she was trying to steal her orange juice. latasha says no. i am trying to pay for it. obviously there is a language difference and difficulties because and as a naturalized citizen she is from so

it's published by oxford university press. one of the co-authors and editors is angela hawken who is a public policy professor at pepperdine university where we are on location. angela hawken is this book pro-or anti-legalization of marijuana? >> guest: neither. if it's written by four authors and that is what is the genius of oxford university press bringing together four different opinions and together figuring out what the evidence base is. the problem with issues surrounding marijuana is there are such strong advocacy groups on both sides of the issue and when the public reads about it they have no idea which direction they are being pulled into. >> host: where do you stand personally initiate? >> guest: i was hoping you'd wouldn't accept that now that you did in chapter 16 of the book each of the authors was required to basically declare the subject and for many academics it's an uncomfortable thing to do. you don't want to show your hand in and research we have provide as unbiased as we are able to set of perspectives. in

new words the online dictionary of the oxford university press based on how often they appear online ong enough to be printed in the next real edition of the oxford english dictionary, the oed. some new words will leave those unfamiliar with them gaping. who knew using e-cigarettes involved an act called vaping. an article that numbers things from one to ten statistical is really something we should refer to as a listicle. when tooting your own horn too much makes other people gag. self depredate a little bit it's called a humblebrag. and for every tv show you view you make a notch just watch a series all at once, in other words, binge-watch. will everyone of these new words survive throughout the ages? first wait and see if they get in to the next oed pages. >> osgood: a farewell to actress lauren bacall is next. nelson: when i started high school in jersey city making it to the finish line seemed like a distant dream. mr. cunningham: i know how hard nelson works running track and he works just as hard in my honors class. nelson: i thought i wasn't good at history but mr. cunningham,