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Bad Education
One of the goals of the Federal No Child Left Behind Act is to get Black and Latino school students ahead. We continue our election year series, 30 Issues in 30 Days by looking at whether the law is working. Plus: a Columbus Day look at the Italian mind with the writer Beppe Severgnini.
Monday Morning Politics
Karen DeYoung, associate editor at The Washington Post and author, Soldier: The Life of Colin Powell (Knopf, 2006)
-on North Korea's apparent nuclear test and President Bush's reaction. Also, more on the news of the week and her new biography of Colin Powell.
Viva Italia
» Beppe Severgnini, columnist for Corriere della Serre, Italy's largest daily newspaper and author, La Bella Figura: A Field Guide to the Italian Mind (Broadway Books, 2006)
- explores the quirky and chaotic customs that make up modern Italian culture.
30 Issues: No Child Left Behind
Annette Fuentes adjunct professor at Columbia Journalism School, freelance
journalist; and former editor, "New York Daily News"; former
health reporter, "New York Newsday"
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Sol Stern, contributing editor to City Journal and a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and author, Breaking Free: Public School Lessons and the Imperative of School Choice (Encounter Books, 2003)
- debate the efectiveness of No Child Left Behind in the school system.
Showdown in Trenton
Josh Gohlke, political reporter from The Northern New Jersey Record
-on the debate between Robert Menendez and Tom Kean Jr. and Kean's call for Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert's resignation.
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Michael Moore on Brian's 20th Anniversary
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Live from the Greene Space: Michael Moore talks about his new documentary, Capitalism: A Love Story and Brian celebrates the 20 year anniversary of the show with a 20 year news quiz.
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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Journalist and activist Naomi Klein discusses the ten-year anniversary of the release of her landmark book NO LOGO: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies.
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