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Religious Evolution
On the next Brian Lehrer Show, the history and future of Islam. Reza Aslan, scholar of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies discusses his book No god but God and why he thinks we are in the midst of the Islamic Reformation. Also: 16-year-olds who want to vote in City elections.
Leaving Behind an Act
Richard Blumenthal State Attorney General of Connecticut
- on Connecticut's law suit against the US Department of Education's No Child Left Behind Act
» Connecticut State Attorney General
Testing the Water
Dr. Betty Sternberg Commissioner of Education for the State of Connecticut
- says that the state of Connecticut is being pushed into this law suit against the US Board of Education on No Child Left Behind
» Connecticut Department of Education
Heads Up
Kati Haycock Director of Education Trust a nonprofit whose mission is to make schools and colleges work for all of the young people they serve.
- disagrees with Connecticut's potential lawsuit on the US Department of Education's No Child Left Behind
» Education Trust
Youth and Reconciliation
Michal Adut, student at La Guardia High School
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Nadiya Chadha, student at Bronx Science
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Francine Baras, Executive Director of Future Voters of America
- on their bid to give 12-16-year-olds a stronger voice in politics
» More on the Future Voters of America
Islam of God
Reza Aslan, Author, No god but God : The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam (Random House, March 2005)
- charts the history of Islam and the struggle between Wahhabism and reform-oriented Islam, dragging the West along
New York 51: District 31
James Sanders, Jr. New York City Council Member (D-31) representing: Far Rockaway, Laurelton, Rosedale; parts of Springfield Gardens, and Chair of the Economic Development Committee
- on life and politics in his Queens district
» James Sanders Jr.
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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 [41]
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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