Civil rights and environmental activist Van Jones came under fire for his past political views while at the Obama White House, but his work promoting green jobs continues. Plus: Andrew Cuomo gets in the race; a proper ending for Law & Order; and reading the want ads.
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Candidate Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo is officially running for governor in New York. Bob Hennelly, WNYC reporter, and Celeste Katz, Daily Politics blogger for the New York Daily News, discuss Cuomo's campaign.
Green Collar Check-In
Van Jones, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and author of The Green Collar Economy (Harper One 2008), weighs in on public policy and the environment.
Law & Order Finale: Your 5-Line Treatment
Law & Order was cancelled after the season finale had already been filmed. We want you to imagine what a series finale would look like. Post your "ripped from the headlines" plot synopses in a 5-line treatment here!
Randee Dawn, freelance entertainment reporter and co-author of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: The Unofficial Companion, discusses the end of the series and some of the submissions to the law and order finale contest. Rene Balcer, Law & Order executive producer and head writer, talks about how the real writers did it.
The Classifieds: Health Care Professionals at Rikers Island
As part of the Brian Lehrer Show Help Wanted radio series and Facebook community, we're taking a look at one real job listing each day for a week. Judith Gerberg, president of the Career Counselors Consortium who also has had a private career counseling practice in Manhattan since 1985, will give advice for job seekers on how to put your best foot forward to get that job.