We’re living longer than we used to, but that’s not necessarily a good thing. Atlantic Monthly writer Charles Mann says our coming death shortage will cause problems we’ve never imagined. Plus: New York City Housing and Preservation commissioner Shaun Donovan and a history of girls in college.
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Hevesi Out?
Bob Hardt, executive producer and political editor, NY1
- on the expected resignation of Alan Hevesi
- on the expected resignation of Alan Hevesi
Housing Matters
Shaun Donovan, commissioner of the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development
- on the 421A housing tax break
- on the 421A housing tax break
Who are we?
Sam Roberts, reporter, columnist and editor for The New York Times, and author of Who We Are Now: The Changing Face of American in the Twenty-first Century (Times Books 2004)
- on what the new abstract census says about Americans
Who We Are Now available for purchase ...
- on what the new abstract census says about Americans
Who We Are Now available for purchase ...
Science Times
Charles Mann discusses his essay The Coming Death Shortage
-on how increasing longevity will impact health care, family relationships, and the economy.
Charles Mann's website
The Best American Science Writing 2006 available for purchase at Amazon.com
-on how increasing longevity will impact health care, family relationships, and the economy.
Charles Mann's website
The Best American Science Writing 2006 available for purchase at Amazon.com
Bachelorette of Arts
Lynn Peril, author College Girls: Bluestockings, Sex Kittens, and Coeds, Then and Now (W.W. Norton, 2006)
- on the social history of women attending college
College Girls available for purchase at Amazon.com
- on the social history of women attending college
College Girls available for purchase at Amazon.com
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