The history of slavery in the south is well-known, but not many people know the story of New York’s role. A new exhibition at the New York Historical Society looks at 200 years of the city before emancipation. Also: the outcome of the mayoral debate at the Apollo Theater.
Highlights from the Apollo
- a review of the mayoral debate at the Apollo
30 Issues: Translation Services
Andrew Friedman , co-director of Make the Road by Walking
- on the City's translation services
» Make the Road By Walking
- on the City's translation services
» Make the Road By Walking
Slaves of New York
Leslie Harris, professor of history at Emory Univeristy and co-editor, Slavery in New York (New Press 2005)
- on the history of slavery in New York and the exhibition at the New York Historical Society.
» The New-York Historical Society
- on the history of slavery in New York and the exhibition at the New York Historical Society.
» The New-York Historical Society
Making Sense of an Alert
Tim Connors, director of the Center for Policing Terror at the Manhattan Institute
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Angie Marek, US News & World Report writer focusing on Homeland Security
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Bob Hennelly, WNYC reporter covering City Hall and security issues
- on the latest subway threats
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Angie Marek, US News & World Report writer focusing on Homeland Security
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Bob Hennelly, WNYC reporter covering City Hall and security issues
- on the latest subway threats
Nobel Thoughts
William Dobson, managing editor of Foreign Policy magazine
- discusses the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Mohamed ElBaradei and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
» Foreign Policy Magazine
» The Nobel Foundation
» The International Atomic Energy ...
- discusses the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Mohamed ElBaradei and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
» Foreign Policy Magazine
» The Nobel Foundation
» The International Atomic Energy ...
Terrence Stamp at the CPB?
No, it's just Cheryl Halpern, the CPB's new chair, as reported in Current, the journal of public TV and radio.
Cheryl Halpern: formerly of the GOP, now of the CPB
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