Rebeca Ibarra

Host, WNYC News

Rebeca Ibarra appears in the following:

American Ballet Theatre Kicks Off Spring Season

Monday, May 09, 2016

Alexei Ratmansky gets a mini-retrospective with productions of "Sleeping Beauty," a premiere of "The Golden Cockerel" and brand new work set to music by Leonard Bernstein.

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Review: Nicole Eisenman’s 'Al-ugh-ories'

Friday, May 06, 2016

The show inserts the "ugh" into all the "aah's" of art history and mingles humor with actual attempts at beauty. 

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Obama's Corporate Merger Crackdown

Friday, May 06, 2016

Comcast, Pfizer and Halliburton have all wanted to buy other companies — and they’ve all been thwarted by government regulators.

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Man and Machine Join Forces at Met’s Fashion Exhibit

Thursday, May 05, 2016

The Costume Institute's "Manus x Machina" showcases the use of technology in couture.

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Tony Nominations: Nothing but Love for 'Hamilton'

Tuesday, May 03, 2016

In case getting tickets wasn’t hard enough.

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Millennials, We Hardly Know You

Friday, April 29, 2016

What you think you know about Millennials might be wrong. Here's the truth about those 29-year-olds, and how they're affecting the economy.

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Review: A Waitress, a Serial Killer and Eternal Life Come to Broadway

Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Musicals based on 'Waitress,' 'American Psycho,' and 'Tuck Everlasting' are now on Broadway. Theater critics from WNYC and the Daily News review the latest adaptations.

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Jackie Robinson Broke the Color Barrier - But the Racial Struggle Continues in Sports

Friday, April 15, 2016

A sports sociologist says that in sports, racial issues are tougher to camouflage.

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The '94 Crime Bill, Then and Now

Thursday, April 14, 2016

On the campaign trail, black activists blame the tough-on-crime '90s for the era of mass incarceration. Back then, it made sense to members of Congress of all races.

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How Clinton and Sanders Are Courting Black Voters In a Tense Racial Climate

Wednesday, April 13, 2016

The Democratic candidates have both been through ups and downs trying to snag the crucial African American vote.

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For Victims of Child Sex Abuse in New York, Justice Can Be Hard to Find

Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Advocates for victims of child sex abuse continue to push for changes to New York state laws severely limiting the amount of time a victim has to file charges.

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Four High-Ranking NYPD Officers Disciplined Amid FBI Investigation

Thursday, April 07, 2016

The officers were transferred amid a federal corruption probe involving a pair of prominent New York businessmen with ties to Mayor de Blasio.

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Tackling Justice and Police Violence Through Fiction

Wednesday, April 06, 2016

Jonathan Shapiro's new novel, "Deadly Force" takes on policing in communities of color and the rough task of prosecuting dirty cops.

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Report: FBI Investigating Businessmen with Ties to de Blasio

Wednesday, April 06, 2016

FBI agents were visiting senior members of the NYPD at their homes.

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The $15 Minimum Wage Increase Is a Victory for New York Workers — Sort Of

Friday, April 01, 2016

Minimum wage workers in New York City will see their pay rise to $15 an hour by the end of 2018. But outside of the city, the increase will be much slower.

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Prosecutors Hardly Ever Face Consequences for Misconduct: Report

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

A new report from the Innocence Project found prosecutors across the U.S. are almost never held accountable for mistakes that land innocent people in prison.

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Justice Department: Iranians Were Behind Cyberattack on Dam

Thursday, March 24, 2016

 All seven worked for Iranian computer companies that did work on behalf of the Iranian government, the U.S. said.

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Fairway's Deep Financial Troubles

Thursday, March 10, 2016

The specter of bankruptcy might be looming for New York City's iconic supermarket.

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NYC to Install a Record Number of Protected Bike Lanes This Year

Wednesday, March 09, 2016

The city's Department of Transportation is focusing on quality rather than quantity when it comes to new bike lanes.
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Ramarley Graham's Mom: 'Their Lives Don't Matter'

Tuesday, March 08, 2016

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara declined to prosecute NYPD officers for the shooting death of an 18-year-old. Here, the teen's mom speaks out. 

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