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Freedom from “Food Insecurity”
As we begin Thanksgiving week in the United States, we note that the federal government is eliminating the word “hunger” from its official statistics. It will now refer to people experiencing “very low food security.” A spokesperson for the USDA will explain the difference. Also, Monday Morning Politics with Mark Halperin of ABC News.
Monday Morning Politics
Yvette Clark, NYC Council Member and Congresswoman-elect for Brooklyn's 11th District
-on the issues facing the next Congress and Charlie Rangel's calls for a draft
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Mark Halperin, Political Director for ABC News and editor of the political newsletter, The Note and co author with John Harris, The Way to Win: Taking the White House in 2008 (Random House)
- talks about the new Democratic majority in both the house and senate. Plus Charlie Rangel's call for a draft.
Study Abroad
Allen Goodman, president and CEO of the Institute of International Education, which authored the "Open Doors 2006" report
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Richard Tudisco, associate provost and director of the International Students and Scholars Office at Columbia University
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Catharine Stimpson, dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Science at New York University
- why more people are coming to U.S. universities and why more Americans are going abroad
Don't Call it Hunger
Minister Derrick Boykin, who works for Bread for the World
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Mark Nord, sociologist at The Economic Research Service, an agency of the US Dept. of Agriculture, lead author of a government report on household food security.
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Max Finberg, head of the Alliance to End Hunger
- how many people are going hungry in the U.S, and why the government is abolishing that word from food statistics
State Must Pay Up
Beth Fertig, WNYC reporter
-on the Supreme Court ordering the state to pay $1.93 Billion to New York City public schools
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Brian takes calls from listeners on whether they agree with Congressman Rangel that the U.S. should reinstate the draft
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