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30 Issues: Teachers’ Pay
The Bloomberg administration and the city’s teachers are back at the bargaining table after an arbitration panel suggested teachers get an 11.4% raise in exchange for giving up some perks. Since 2003, the teachers have been without a contract, and Fernando Ferrer says the Mayor could treat them better.
Harriet Is Happy
Dan Klaidman, Washington bureau chief for Newsweek
and
Emily Bazelon, senior editor at Slate
- on the nomination of Harriet Miers to replace Sandra Day O'Connor
» Newsweek
» Slate
» "President Nominates Harriet Miers as Supreme Court Justice" (whitehouse.gov)
Underground Designs
William Bright , web designer and creator of ipodsubwaymaps.com
- on his dispute with the MTA over offering iPod subway maps for download
» ipodsubwaymaps.com
» The MTA's subway map
30 Issues: The Teachers' Contract
Kate Lucadamo, education reporter for the New York Daily News
- explains the new deal reached by the Mayor and teachers
» The New York Daily News
No-Showtime at the Apollo
Bob Hennelly, WNYC reporter
and
Wilbert Tatum, publisher emeritus and chairman of the board of the Amsterdam News
- on Bloomberg's opt-out from the Apollo Theater debate this week
» The Amsterdam News
Miller Tells Her Tale
Arianna Huffington, syndicated columnist, editor of the HuffingtonPost.com, and author, Fanatics and Fools: The Game Plan for Winning Back America (Mirmax, 2004)
-says that Judy Miller is trying to restore her reputation by speaking with the special prosecutor
» The Huffington Post
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The Rocky Road Ahead
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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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