Few would have guessed two years ago when a novice politician Jon Corzine was elected New Jersey Senator that he would soon become the chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, in charge of the Dems' efforts to retake the Senate in 2004? Plus, Brian explores what it is to be old, marginalized, and poor in New York.
New Jersey's Junior Senior Senator
New Jersey US Senator Jon S. Corzine, chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, on homeland security, budgets and the Democratic field of presidential candidates.
It's All About the Benjamins
Dick Zimmer, president of the Republican Leadership Council and former Congressman (R-NJ-12th District), on fiscal conservatism and a local perspective on the national outlook.
John Edwards
Listen to the John Edwards excerpt...
A Paler Shade of Gray
Harvard Urban Studies professor,Katherine Newman on her book, A Different Shade of Gray: Mid-Life and Beyond in the Inner City (New Press, 2003)
Mexico's Free Trade Jobs Flow Freely To The Far East
Carlos Heredia, a Mexican economist, former member of the Mexican legislature, and a development advisor to Mexico City government, on the relocation of manufacturing from Mexico to China.
Open phones
Open phones on free trade in the Americas.
Building from the Top-Down
Excerpts from a New York City Bar Association panel on rebuilding New York.
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