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It’s a little over a year before the 2004 election, but the Democratic presidential contenders (10 so far) never stop stumping. Former Vermont governor Howard Dean speaks about his bi... (episode)
Columnist Molly Ivins riffs and rants on the Bush era in America, in her new book Bushwhacked. Across the world, a different kind of columnist, “The Bagdad Blogger”, known as Salam P... (episode)
Former New York Governor Mario Cuomo reacts to Thursday’s Democratic presidential debate, sharing his analysis of how the candidates stack up against each other and President Bush. Fo... (episode)
All 10 candidates, including newcomer Wesley Clark, are expected to participate in today’s Democratic presidential debate in New York. Brian Lehrer previews the debate with humorist a... (episode)
Some parents and school administrators believe the New York State Regents exam has caused such a dramatic decline in New York’s high school graduation rate that the test should be abo... (episode)
In his address to the United Nations General Assembly, President Bush plans to defend the war in Iraq -—a conflict that the U.N. vociferously and repeatedly questioned—- and appeal to... (episode)
Today we look at “Sharia”—a Muslim legal system that has garnered attention lately for it’s harsh sentences, such as a stoning verdict for pre-marital sex in northern Nigeria. But Sha... (episode)
The husband-and-wife team of Judith Sloan and Warren Lehrer (Yes. Brian’s brother.), have gathered the oral histories of new immigrants who have come to Queens— the most diverse local... (episode)
Is the press biased? And, if so, which way does the slant go— to the left or to the right? Eric Alterman of The Nation, and William Kristol, of The Weekly Standard, square off on the ... (episode)
A tenth hat is now in the ring! We’ll get a profile of General Wesley Clark and talk to an organizer from “New York for Clark.” We’ll also discuss the collapse of the huge Enron corpo... (episode)