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In 1966 riots broke out in Brooklyn’s blighted East New York. The mayor at the time, John Lindsay, tapped city planner Walter Thabit to help solve the neighborhood’s problems. We’ll t... (episode)
Today is the 40th anniversary of the March on Washington and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech. We ask what that means to a younger generation of African-Americans ... (episode)
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and Acting EPA Administrator Marianne Lamont Horinko respond to a report that says the White House gave the all-clear on Manhattan air quality too soon ... (episode)
The British are coming! The popularity of The Guardian's Web site skyrocketed during the Iraq war. We talk to New York magazine's Michael Wolff about a new American version of the Lon... (episode)
One more sign that American childhood ain't what it used to be: televised Little League. This year, ABC and ESPN will televise 35 games. And with kids being treated like their big-lea... (episode)
A rebroadcast of a live forum held in Edgewater, New Jersey, on food health and the environment. Organic food advocate, Joan Gussow talks about the politics and personal choices of fo... (episode)
Media activists like to use Fox News owner, Rupert Murdoch, as a symbol of evil corporate media. But Murdoch is only reacting to what people want courtesy of deregulation, so says Atl... (episode)
America’s credo could be “more is better.” And for most people, it would also be better if the other guy had less. We’ll explore why humans are so envious, and what can and should be ... (episode)
This week, in two public meetings of the Charter Revision Committee, New York City will finally get a look at Mayor Bloomberg’s plan for nonpartisan elections. New York Times reporter... (episode)
Experts still aren’t sure about the cause of last Thursday’s blackout, the biggest in U.S. history. But that hasn’t stopped the talking heads from politicizing the issue. Guest host S... (episode)