Americana: 31 Oct 2010: Gerrymandering or Redistricting

Once every ten years, when U.S. Census figures are updated,
American politicians have the opportunity to draw crooked lines to
map out districts of political supporters to their advantage. The
abuse of power is called gerrymandering. The honest practice is
called redistricting. Americana talks with the filmmaker Jeff
Reichert about his new film on the history of gerrymandering and
about the debate unfolding about how best to keep the system of
redistricting honest. Matt Frei talks to former poet laureate Rita
Dove about how to define the culture of a nation through poetry.
And Garry Wills discusses his new book "Outside Looking In:
Adventures of an Observer," a memoir that grapples with how to
define oneself.