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Russia Engages the World

Tuesday, October 14, 2003

By Judith Kampfner

The New York Public Library has one of the largest collections of Russian books, prints, maps and journals outside of Russia. Recently it opened a display of 230 written works they are complimented by paintings and artifacts. Judith Kampfner reports on the impact of an exhibit called Russia Engages the ...

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All's Fair In Love And...

Friday, October 10, 2003

By Richard Hake

As the American League Pennant Race moves up to Boston for game three, so does the historic rivarly between Yankee and Red Sox fans. For generations, New Yorkers and Bostonians have squabbled and shouted at each other over who is the better team. But what happens when a friend or ...

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Degrees of Concern

Thursday, October 09, 2003

By John Rudolph : Feet in Two Worlds

HOST: Steve Curwood
REPORTER: John Rudolph

CURWOOD: From NPR, this is Living on Earth.

CURWOOD: I'm Steve Curwood. This week we visit New York City to face some facts and address some concerns about climate change. Fact: with global warming comes rising sea levels and a new set of ...

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Reading, Writing and Reform: Part 7

Thursday, October 09, 2003

By Beth Fertig

In public schools throughout the city, there's a new curriculum intended to boost reading scores. Just about 40 percent of elementary and middle school students are meeting state standards. As part of our ongoing series Reading, Writing and Reform, WNYC's Beth Fertig visited a school in the South Bronx.

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Degrees of Concern - Part V

Thursday, October 09, 2003

By John Rudolph : Feet in Two Worlds


Most New Yorkers probably think of climate change as some force that melts polar ice caps or inundates islands in the Pacific. Its impact on an urban area like New York is harder to comprehend. Still, that doesn't mean New Yorkers aren't paying attention to climate change. Around ...

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Degrees of Concern - Part IV

Thursday, October 09, 2003

By John Rudolph : Feet in Two Worlds

A few years ago, a group of leading researchers published a report on climate change and its human heath impacts. They concluded that changes in rainfall, temperature and other weather variables may affect the rate of vector-borne illnesses spread by ticks, mosquitoes and other carriers - illnesses such as ...

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Degrees of Concern - Part III

Wednesday, October 08, 2003

By John Rudolph : Feet in Two Worlds

Ever since the concept of global warming was first introduced to the public 15 years ago, most strategies to combat the buildup of greenhouse gasses have focused on cutting emissions at their source. Now as the inevitability of climate change sinks in, people are talking more and more about reducing ...

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Unseen America

Wednesday, October 08, 2003

By Kathleen Horan : Reporter, WNYC News

The city is currently host to some unlikely pairings... Near the brash lights of Times Square, is a photography show on display in a union headquarters. The photographers are Chinese garment workers and low income Jewish retirees. They have few cultural overlaps except the experience of being immigrants and workers. ...

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Carnegie Hall and NY Philharmonic call off deal

Wednesday, October 08, 2003

By Alicia Zukerman

Carnegie Hall and the New York Philharmonic have called off their planned merger. WNYC's Alicia Zuckerman has been covering the story.

Realted Stories:
NEW YORK (2003-06-02) New York Philharmonic to Carnegie Hall

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Degrees of Concern - Part II

Tuesday, October 07, 2003

By John Rudolph : Feet in Two Worlds

In the debate over rebuilding the World Trade Center a lot of attention is focused on how to memorialize those who died on Sept. 11, 2001. Another concern is the environmental impact of the new buildings.

Many people hope to see energy efficient structures and more public transportation ...

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The Art of Losing

Tuesday, October 07, 2003

 

 

Levine: With the series between the Red Sox and the Yankees about to begin, I thought I'd read a poem about losing and the fine art of losing...

Levine: This was written by Elizabeth Bishop who was born in Wooster, Massachusetts where she may ...

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Commentary: True Lies?

Monday, October 06, 2003

By Brian Lehrer

Well, this has been such a mixed up week in the news, I am now having trouble separating real life from the movies.

In True Lies, Arnold plays an undercover CIA agent, whose wife doesn't know that he's searching for nuclear weapons, believed to be in the hands of Arab ...

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Boxed In New Jersey

Monday, October 06, 2003

By Bob Hennelly

While the latest national job numbers show some improvement, the manufacturing sector continues its more than three year decline. Locally, the decline of that sector has left lots of physical evidence that reporter Bob Hennelly has found on the New York-New Jersey waterfront.

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Degrees of Concern - Part I

Monday, October 06, 2003

By John Rudolph : Feet in Two Worlds

We are living in an era of extreme weather. The 1990's were the warmest decade of the 20th century, and by some estimates the warmest decade of the past one thousand years. In addition to warming many scientists believe human-made changes to the world's climate are promoting dramatic swings in ...

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Tony Kushner's "Caroline, or Change" Coming Soon

Monday, October 06, 2003

By Judith Kampfner

Lead: A new musical with story and book by Tony Kushner called "Caroline, or Change" opens later in the month. It's the first time that Kushner has worked with director George C Wolfe since "Angels in America." WNYC's Judith Kampfner snuck along to the Public Theater to watch a rehearsal.

Kampfner: ...

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Bloomberg Announces New Approach to Emergency Housing

Friday, October 03, 2003

By Andrea Bernstein

Mayor Michael Bloomberg has announced the city will change the way it does business with the owners of emergency hotels for the homeless. WNYC's Andrea Bernstein and Amy Eddings reported last June how the current system fails both the homeless and city taxpayers. WNYC's Andrea Bernstein reports.

Just over two ...

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African Burial Ground

Friday, October 03, 2003

By Allison Keyes

In New York today, hundreds of people are expected to turn out to welcome the return of the remains of more than 400 bodies removed from an African Burial Ground during the 1991 construction of a federal office building. NPR's Allison Keyes reports on the deep emotions and new information ...

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"No Match" Letters: Immigrants Lose Jobs

Friday, October 03, 2003

By Cindy Rodriguez

Every year dozens of immigrant workers lose their jobs due to what are called no match letters sent by the Social Security Administration. Unions with a large immigrant membership say the number is likely in the hundreds when you account for those who simply disappear once they're faced with the ...

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Reading, Writing and Reform: Part 6

Thursday, October 02, 2003

By Beth Fertig

Mayor Bloomberg has promised to reform the city school system with the same zeal his predecessor devoted to the war on crime. Bloomberg - and his chancellor, Joel Klein - have tried to streamline the unwieldy system with a new management structure and core curriculum. As part of our ongoing ...

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Brooklyn’s New Bishop

Thursday, October 02, 2003

By Amy Eddings

On Friday, Roman Catholics in Brooklyn and Queens will have a new leader. Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio will replace retiring bishop Thomas Daily, in a solemn ceremony in Bay Ridge. WNYC's Amy Eddings has this report on the challenges he faces in the country's fifth-largest diocese.

Bishop DiMarzio, at farewell Mass: The ...

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