Some 900 of New Jersey's shakers and movers ride the annual Chamber of Commerce train to Washington.

This week the Christie administration announced plans for events building up to next year's Super Bowl, which will be held at the Jets and Giant's MetLife Stadium. But the American Dream mega-mall is missing from the state's ambitious plans.

Watch President Barack Obama's second inauguration, live from the National Mall in Washington D.C. The ceremony will feature performances by Beyonce, James Taylor and poet Richard Blanco. As you watch, help us create a People's Poem, by Tweeting your ideas using #PrezPoem and follow along with the best responses.

What is your dream for a better America? WNYC is honoring Dr. King's dream for a better America by asking you to imagine what dreams King might still have today. And what dream you still have, 50 years after the original "I Have a Dream" speech.

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo is expected to lay out an ambitious agenda for 2013, including major gun-control legislation. Watch the speech live and Tweet us your thoughts @WNYC.

+ Since Last State of the State, A Mixed Bag for Cuomo 
+ Cuomo to Propose Gun Control Measures

On Sunday, the PBS anthology series Masterpiece Classic begins its third season of Downton Abbey, the British period drama that has taken England — and America — by storm.

NPR's David Greene speaks with Hugh Bonneville, Elizabeth McGovern, Joanne Froggatt, Sophie McShera, Jim Carter and Rob James-Collier — all cast members of the British TV hit Downton Abbey. The third season premieres in the U.S. Sunday on PBS.

With his latest film, director Quentin Tarantino was inspired both by spaghetti Westerns and the drama of slavery and the Civil War. The movie is extremely violent — but, says Tarantino, "What happened during slavery times is a thousand times worse. ... If you can't take it, you can't take it."

Whether we were stepping back to look at the big picture on housing foreclosures nationwide, or getting micro by visiting a 105-square foot studio apartment in the West Village, 2012 was a year of finding fresh angles for the news, and unexpected ways to tell you about it.

This week’s storm knocked out power for 95 percent of Newark residents. It’s coming back now, neighborhood by neighborhood. But as the week wears on, residents are realizing electricity is just part of the challenges they now have to contend with.

Eleven climbers, all scarred in some way by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, tackle a Himalayan climb in Michael Brown's documentary.

Due to the arrival of Hurricane Sandy and the closing of the MTA, the New York Public Radio Gala, which was scheduled to take on Monday, October 29, has been cancelled. 

As schools in Chicago are expected to re-open Monday, the scars from the week-long strike remain. The brutal landscape of education politics was laid bare for all to see. Add to the potent mix a Hollywood movie that seems to blame the teachers' union for failing schools, and it's easy to understand why teachers may feel defensive. WNYC’s Beth Fertig went to a screening of the film, “Won’t Back Down,” with some city educators to discuss the portrayal of their profession in the media.

On September 15, you’ll notice changes to the WNYC FM and AM schedules on the weekends and weeknights.