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A letter to a rapist; desegregating public schools; American isolation versus intervention; what the oil crisis cost us; 50 years of NYC media. (episode)
You might've seen it all over the internet or newspapers: the recent case involving a Stanford student who raped an unconscious woman and has been sentenced to 6 months in jail.
New York City Council member Ritchie Torres and Yasmeen Khan, education reporter for WNYC, discuss possible solutions to racial segregation in New York public schools.
Presidents have been grappling with the question of isolationism since George Washington, who warned America not to get too cozy with other countries.
Hear how the 1973 oil crisis contributed to Americans losing faith in government with Meg Jacobs, research scholar in the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University.
The Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment is celebrating its 50th anniversary. Commissioner Julie Menin talks about some of the anniversary events around town.