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Boys to Men

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Tuesday, February 06, 2007

On our next program, three takes on the American male, black and white. First, New York Times correspondent Charlie LeDuff goes on a roadtrip in search of the angry and forgotten white men he grew up with in Middle America – his new book is called US Guys. Then journalists Natalie Hopkinson and Natalie Moore look at black masculinity in the hip hop generation. Their new book is called Deconstructing Tyrone.

The Risk of Frisk

Paul Browne, New York City Police Department's chief spokesman, defends the "Stop and Frisk" policy,
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Keith Wright, New York state assembly member (D-70th district-Central Harlem) and Jackie Rowe Adams, co-founder of Harlem Mothers S.A.V.E. (Stop Another Violent End), a group of mothers who lost ...

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Boys Will Be Boys

Charlie LeDuffCharlie LeDuff, author, US Guys: The True and Twisted Mind of the American Man (Penguin Press 2007), discusses manhood in America

US Guys: The True and Twisted Mind of the American Man is available for purchase at

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Being A Black Woman: Raising A Black Man

Natalie Hopkinson , writer for the Washington Post and coauthor with Natalie Moore, journalist, teacher in Chicago, Deconstructing Tyrone (Cleis Press 2006) discuss the difficulty of raising boys in the Hip Hop Generation

Deconstructing Tyrone is available for purchase at Amazon.com

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Meet the Candidates

Maureen O'Connell , Republican candidate for New York State Senate 7th District
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Craig Johnson , Democratic candidate for New York State Senate 7th District, say why they should win the special election to fill former Senator Balboni's seat;
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Larry ...

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Charlie LeDuff




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Charlie LeDuff, New York Times correspondent, discusses manhood in America and his book "Us Guys: The True and Twisted Mind of the American ...

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