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From Williamsburg to the West Bank
Over the past several weeks, the Brian Lehrer Show has examined underlying issues in the Middle East conflict like Israel’s “security fence” and Palestinian terror groups. Today, two Jewish Americans discuss the diversity of views within their own communities on what US policy should be. Plus, Dean tries to resuscitate himself in New Hampshire, “social capital” in New York, and the Exodus Transitional Community helps ex-cons re-integrate in East Harlem.
State of the Stump Speech
Will Saletan Chief Political Correspondent for Slate Magazine and author, Slate's Field Guide to the Candidates 2004(Plume, 2003)
offers further analysis of the State of the Union speech
and
Alexandra Marks Correspondent,The Christian Science Monitor
discusses the New Hampshire Primary, this evening's debate and the field of candidates left
The Pace of New York
Jonathan Trichter founder and director of the Pace Poll
shares the Pace Poll's findings on "social capital" in New York
From Williamsburg To The West Bank
Alisa Solomon staff writer at the Village Voice, professor of English teaching and journalism at Baruch College CUNY Faculty Bio,
and co-editor, Wrestling with Zion: Progressive Jewish-American Responses to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
(Grove/Atlantic, 2003)
and
Zev Chafets Op-ed writer for the New York Daily News
debate American Jewish opinion on American policy on Israel
Easing Re-Entry
Julio Medina executive director of Exodus Transitional Community
in East Harlem
on attending the State of the Union address and his reintegration program for ex-convicts
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Ray Young, the chief financial officer of General Motors, talks about GM’s bankruptcy.
Then, Damon Lester, president of the National Association of Minority Automobile Dealers, and Greg Williams, former owner of the recently closed Huntington Chevrolet in Huntington Station, NY., discusses the effect GM’s bankruptcy has had on dealerships and their employees.- Comments [40]
Tweet If You Use Twitter
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Farhad Manjoo, Slate's technology columnist and the author of True Enough: Learning To Live in a Post-Fact Society talks about what Twitter means and how different groups use it.
What's your take on Twitter? How do you use it? Comment below!- Comments [15]
Don't Say That, Literally
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John Flansburgh of the band They Might Be Giants discusses the running list the band keeps of "things we can no longer say." (a few examples: "my bad" "don't go there" "one hundred and ten percent" and "voted off the island")
What would be on your list of banned words or phrases? Comment below!- Comments [172]
From Denmark with Love
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Jesper Grunwald, senior managing editor with the Danish Broadcasting Corporation, talks about the Danish economy, biking to work, and why the Danes are allegedly the happiest people in the world.
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Squatting, Then and Now
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As former squats in the East Village make the transition to coops, making homes from abandoned housing is again an issue. Andrew Reicher executive director of Urban Homesteading Assistance Board, Frank Morales an Episcopal priest involved in East Village/Lower East Side squatting and homelessness activism since the late '70s, and Rob Robinson, a leader of the Housing Campaign of Picture the Homeless, discuss the return of squatting.
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