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As Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe explains, the Mayor’s 2030 plan isn’t only about congestion pricing – it also promises an expanded bike route system and a park or playground within a 10-minute walk of all New Yorkers. Also, Princeton professor Eddie Glaude Jr. calls for new leadership in African-American politics, a new biography on Condoleezza Rice, and "Just the Facts" on secularism in Turkey.
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Prose and Condi
Marcus Mabry, chief of correspondents for Newsweek and the author of Twice as Good: Condoleezza Rice and Her Path to Power (Modern Times/Rodale, 2007) talks about his new biography of the Secretary of State.
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A Walk In The Park
Adrian Benepe, Commissioner of New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, talks about what's going on in the city's parks this summer.
Do It Like Dewey
Eddie Glaude, Jr., associate professor at Princeton University and the author of In a Shade of Blue: Pragmatism and the Politics of Black America (The University of Chicago Press, 2007) suggests that pragmatism, the philosophy espoused by John Dewey, offers a promising framework for African American politics.
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Just the Facts: Secularism in Turkey
Ivan Watson, NPR’s Istanbul Correspondent, talks about the protests in Istanbul, and the tension between Islam and secularism in modern Turkey.
Pragmatism in African-American Politics
Eddie Glaude, Jr., associate professor at Princeton University and author, "In a Shade of Blue: Pragmatism and Politics of Black America", ...
Something About Condi
Marcus Mabry, chief of correspondents for Newsweek, and author, "Twice as Good: Condoleezza Rice and Her Path to Power", discusses his new ...
Parks and Recreation
Adrian Benepe, commissioner for the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, talks about the state of New York City's park ...
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