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Refugees in Darfur, Sudan (Concern Worldwide)Ever Again
The situation in Darfur is worsening, but Congress has cut funding for African Union peacekeeping troops there. New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof says the conflict there is a genocide like the ones that happened in Rwanda and Armenia. University of Oregon’s Paul Slovic says there is a psychological explanation for our ignorance of the conflict. Plus: how certain is the transit workers' contract? What's up with cures for baldness? And the trials and travails of Jack Abramoff.
State of Play
Patrick Healy, political reporter for the New York Times' metro section
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Pete Donohue, transit reporter for the Daily News
- on New York issues: the upcoming political races and follow up on the subway strike
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"Weiner, Looking to 2009, Takes Aim at City Poverty" by Patrick Healy in The New York Times
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"MTA on the 'truth'" by Pete Donohue in The Daily News
The Bald Truth
Burkhard Bilger,
staff writer at The New Yorker magazine,
- on his New Yorker article "The Power of Hair" about cures for baldness
» New Yorker
Ever Again
Paul Slovic, Professor of Psychology at the University of Oregon
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Nicholas Kristof, Columist for the New York Times
- on the genocide in Darfur
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Paul Slovic's research (Decision Research)
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"What's to Be Done About Darfur? Plenty" by Nicholas Kristof in The New York Times (subscription)
Jack in the Box
Karen Tumulty,
national political correspondent for Time Magazine
- on lobbyist Jack Abramoff's plea agreement
» "Bush Says, Bring It On; the Critics Will" by Karen Tumulty in Time Magazine
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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 [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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