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Revisiting New York History
The history of slavery in the south is well-known, but not many people know the story of New York’s role. A new exhibition at the New York Historical Society looks at 200 years of the city before emancipation. Also: the outcome of the mayoral debate at the Apollo Theater.
30 Issues: Translation Services
Andrew Friedman , co-director of Make the Road by Walking
- on the City's translation services
» Make the Road By Walking
Slaves of New York
Leslie Harris, professor of history at Emory Univeristy and co-editor, Slavery in New York (New Press 2005)
- on the history of slavery in New York and the exhibition at the New York Historical Society.
» The New-York Historical Society
Making Sense of an Alert
Tim Connors, director of the Center for Policing Terror at the Manhattan Institute
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Angie Marek, US News & World Report writer focusing on Homeland Security
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Bob Hennelly, WNYC reporter covering City Hall and security issues
- on the latest subway threats
» Tim Connors (The Manhattan Institute)
» US News & World Report
Nobel Thoughts
William Dobson, managing editor of Foreign Policy magazine
- discusses the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Mohamed ElBaradei and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
» Foreign Policy Magazine
» The Nobel Foundation
» The International Atomic Energy Agency
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