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With the announcement this week that more city parks will offer free wireless internet, expect to see more laptops in a playground near you. But a recent support says prostitution and drug abuse are also on the rise. Today Parks Commish Adrian Benepe takes your questions, comments, and helpful suggestions for keeping the city leafy and green. Plus: Rolling Stone's Eric Boehlert critiquing the White House press corps, calls measuring this year's World Cup fever, and how common are our ancestors?
Monday Morning Politics
Eric Boehlert, contributing editor to Rolling Stone Magazine and author, Lapdogs: How the Press Rolled Over for Bush (Simon & Schuster, 2006)
- on the news of the week and covering the White House for Rolling Stone
» Lapdogs: How the Press Rolled Over for Bush by Eric Boehlert (Simon & Schuster, 2006)
Trenton Turnaround
David Chen, New Jersey State House Bureau Chief
- on the end of the budget standoff in New Jersey
» "Six Days That Shook New Jersey" by David Chen in the New York Times.
Family Ties
Matt Crenson, national writer for the Associated Press
- on his article that says we all share a common ancestor
» "Roots of human family tree are shallow"
by Matt Crenson of the Associated Press.
Park Life
Adrian Benepe, Commissioner, New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
- on what’s going on this summer in the New York City parks
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Happy 150th Birthday, Evolution!
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Richard Dawkins, biologist, professor of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University, and author of many books on science, most recently, The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution, talks about Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, which was published on 24 November 1859.
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What's Next for the Movement?
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In the aftermath of President Obama's campaign, Kevin Powell, Brooklyn-based community activist has written a new book, Open Letters to America: Essays by Kevin Powell, outlining his thoughts about political engagement, particularly among African-American youth.
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No Logo: One Decade Later
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