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Ten years ago, World leaders converged in Brazil for a mammoth summit on how to improve living conditions across the globe. The meeting spawned dozens of treaties, many considered groundbreaking, and seemed like a much-needed response to the world’s hunger, poverty and environmental problems. But a decade later, many of the promises remain unfulfilled. And the second Earth summit, kicking off in Johannesburg today proceeds with more meager expectations. Find out what if the latest international brainstorming session can make any difference. Also on the show, Carl McCall is beating Andrew Cuomo in the list of endorsements for the Democratic primary. Find out how ethnic communities feel about the possible future Governor of New York. And some doctors say malpractice insurance is too much for them to stay in business. Hear what they have to say.
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Joel Siegel, political correspondent for the Daily News, reports the latest news in the gubernatorial primary race
The Minority Report
Lorraine Cortes Vázquez, president of the Hispanic Federation and Yvette Jackson, director of community Outreach at Citizens Union, discuss Latino and African-American issues in the gubernatorial election
Malpractice Makes Perfect
Blair Horner, attorney at the New York Public Interest Research Group and Gerard Conway, director of governmental affairs at the Medical Society of the State of New York, debate whether medical malpractice insurance costs are too high.
Atlas Shrugs
Francis Seymour, director of the Institution and Governance Program at the World Resources Institute, gives her take on the Earth Summit in Johannesburg
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Janet Sternburg, Phantom Limb: A Memoir (Davidson & Choy, 2002), talks about how the phantom limb metaphor applies to losing a parent
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