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American Abu Ghraib?

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Thursday, November 18, 2004

NPR's Daniel Zwerdling has discovered a pattern of abuse of immigrants in American prisons stretching back to the mid 1990s. Focusing on two jails in New Jersey, he found physical assault and the use of dogs to intimidate.

If build it they will come…

Fred Mogul Reporter, WNYC Radio on Gifford Miller's speech this morning about the West Side Stadium
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Not Just Fun And Games

Andrea Bernstein Senior Reporter, WNYC discusses New York's Olympic bid and New York State politics
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The Rules of Attraction

Susan Hughes, visiting assistant professor of Psychology at Vassar, says the voice, not just the body, makes a person attractive
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American Abu Ghraib?

Daniel Zwerdling, NPR senior correspondent, has uncovered a pattern of abuse of immigrants in American jails.
» Immigrant Detainees Tell of Attack Dogs and Abuse

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Becoming One of U.S.

Allan Wernick, Immigration Project Director of the Daily News/CUNY Citizenship Now project and author of U.S. IMMIGRATION & CITIZENSHIP: Your Complete Guide, 4th edition (Emmis Books, 2004), on immigration issues and the Citizenship NOW project
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Kymete Kodra Gashi, immigration ...

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Licensed to Bike

According to Transportation Alternatives as many as 112,000 adult New Yorkers ride their bikes on any given day and up to 2 million New Yorkers own bicycles. With so many of us on two wheels City Councilwoman Madeline Provenzano has proposed a licensing scheme. Under her plan anyone ...

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