Women’s clothing usually doesn’t have pockets, and maybe that’s one reason many women feel uncomfortable talking about how much money they make. In her new book, Money: a Memoir, Liz Perle shares the story of how a divorce and the ensuing financial shakeup forced her to confront the size of her paycheck. Also: the trouble with "boot camp", Tom Suozzi's face-off with Eliot Spitzer, and the Radio Rookies.
Capital News
Liz Benjamin, political reporter for the Albany Times-Union and blogger
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Jim Rutenberg, reporter for the New York Times
- summarize the news out of Albany and New York City Hall
» Times-Union Blog
» "City Proposes Tougher Limits ...
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Jim Rutenberg, reporter for the New York Times
- summarize the news out of Albany and New York City Hall
» Times-Union Blog
» "City Proposes Tougher Limits ...
Cash Complex
Liz Perle, editor in chief of Common Sense Media and author, Money, A Memoir: Women, Emotions, and Cash (Henry Holt and Company, 2006)
- on women's complicated relationship to money
» Money, A Memoir (Henry Holt and Company)
- on women's complicated relationship to money
» Money, A Memoir (Henry Holt and Company)
Teenage Wasteland
Maia Szalavitz, senior fellow at stats.org, a media watchdog group, and author, Help at Any Cost: How the Troubled-Teen Industry Costs Parents and Hurts Kids (Riverhead, 2006),
- on the downside of "tough love" boot camps for young adults
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- on the downside of "tough love" boot camps for young adults
» Help at Any ...
Radio Rookies
Kaari Pitkin, senior producer, WNYC's Radio Rookies
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Edward Llanos, high school student
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Amina Tariq, high school student
- on life in Elmhurst
» WNYC Radio Rookies
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Edward Llanos, high school student
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Amina Tariq, high school student
- on life in Elmhurst
» WNYC Radio Rookies
Photo File: Teenage Wasteland and Radio Rookies
Maia Szalavitz talks boot camps
Radio Rookies Senior Producer, Kaari Pitkin, with two of this season's young radio rockstars, Edward Llanos and Amina Tariq
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