Mayor Bloomberg proposed to reform the juvenile justice system in his State of the City address. Today, thousands of non-violent juvenile delinquents from the city are being housed in detention facilities upstate. We’ll discuss what’s wrong with the system—and how to change it. Also, the latest from Washington on Monday Morning Politics, and writer Michael Pollan explains how science has ruined the way we eat.
Candidate Tancredo
Tom Tancredo , US Representative (R-CO), discusses politics and his run for the presidency in 2008
Monday Morning Politics
Jonathan Martin, staff writer for The Politico, talks about the political news of the week and presidential hopefuls on the road in New Hampshire
Food for Thought
Michael Pollan, writer for the New York Times Magazine and the author of The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (Penguin Press, 2006), explains how science has ruined the way we eat
Flunking Out
Mishi Faruqee, director of the Juvenile Justice Project with the Correctional Association of New York, Bob Hennelly, WNYC Reporter, and Juanita Crawford, member of the Youth Leadership Program, which is part of the Juvenile Justice Project at the Correctional Association of New York; ...
Rally Forth
Leslie Cagan, co-chair of United for Peace and Justice, on yesterday's march on Washington calling for an end to the war in Iraq
Mishi Faruqee
Director of the Juvenile Justice Project with the Correctional Association of New York
Required Reading: January 29, 2007
Iraqis Raid Insurgents Near Shiite Holy City (Washington Post)
Iranian Reveals Plan to Expand Role in Iraq (NY Times)
It Has Unraveled So Quickly (Sunday NY Times)
Feeding Frenzy for a Big Story, Even if It's False (NY Times)
Readin', Writin' & Rookies (NY Daily ...

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