Can the Obama administration get the Israeli–Palestinian peace process back on track? Ambassador Maen Rashid Areikat, the PLO Representative to the US, weighs in on the current road-blocks to peace and what can be done to remove them. Plus: Rep. Rush Holt and his opponent in the upcoming election, Scott Sipprelle, weigh in on health care reform; the role of God in politics; and a post NY gubernatorial debate wrap up.
PLO to the USA
Ambassador Maen Rashid Areikat, PLO Representative to the US, addresses the Palestinian political situation and weighs in on the Obama administration's efforts to advance the peace process.
Gubernatorial Debate: Crowded Stage
Gerson Borrero, columnist at El Diario La Prensa and columnist at borreroreport.com, and WNYC reporter and blogger Azi Paybarah, recap last night's NY gubernatorial debate between all seven candidates.
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God and Politics
American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us co-authors Robert Putnam, professor of public policy at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, and David Campbell, associate professor of political science and a research fellow with the Institute for Educational Initiatives at the University of Notre Dame, look at the interplay of religious and political ideas in the US.
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30 Issues: Health Care Reform
Rush Holt, U.S. Congressman (D-NJ 12th), chairman of the House Select Intelligence Oversight Panel, and Scott Sipprelle, Republican candidate for Congress challenging Holt, talk about their views on health care reform and other issues in the campaign.
Walmart and Local Farmers
Corby Kummer, an Atlantic senior editor and the curator of theatlantic.com's food channel, and Preston Green, Generation Organic farmer from southwest Wisconsin, discuss the Generation Organic "Who's Your Farmer?" tour and Walmart's decision to use more local farms as suppliers for their stores and what it might mean for local farmers.