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Tuesday, May 26 2015

  • Nick Offerman; A New Plan for NYCHA; Quranic Interpretations May 26, 2015

    NYCHA's general manager on the city's new plan;&nbsp;Albany news; United Airlines and Port Authority; NJ foster care; interpretations of the Quran; and Nick Offerman's "gutsiest" Americans. (episode)

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    • Albany News May 26, 2015

      A round-up of Albany news, including the renewals of rent laws and mayoral control of schools.

    • A Plan to Save NYCHA May 26, 2015

      NYCHA's general manager talks about the city's plan to improve public housing developments.

    • Airline Investigation Looms Over Gov. Christie and Cronies May 26, 2015

      How United Airlines wined and dined&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;amongst&nbsp;other things &ndash; top officials,&nbsp;in seeking&nbsp;fee reductions&nbsp;from the Port Authority.&nbsp;

    • Black Mothers Judged More Harshly by NJ's Child Services May 26, 2015

      New Jersey's Public Radio's&nbsp;investigation revealed that in 2013 &nbsp;black children were &nbsp;more than four times as likely as white children to enter foster care in New Jersey.

    • Finding Space for Dialog in the Quran May 26, 2015

      British journalist&nbsp;Carla Power recounts the year spent studying the Quran with&nbsp;Sheikh Akram, a former colleague from Oxford, confronting the misperceptions dividing their communities.

    • Nick Offerman's 'Mix-Tape' of Great Americans May 26, 2015

      America's Nick Offerman (and TV's Ron Swanson) offers his list of people who've made this country more decent,&nbsp;from Frederick Douglass to Yoko Ono to&nbsp;Laurie Anderson.