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Drawing the Line
How much income should be too much to qualify for government-subsidized health insurance? In New Jersey, a family with two children can qualify if they make up to $70,000 a year. President Bush says that's way too much. On our next program, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D) will make New Jersey's case. Also, the history of flight attendants, voting rights on trial in Port Chester, New York, and a look at black women and mental health.
Taking Stock
John Authors, US Investment editor for the Financial Times talks about why the Dow and the global markets took a plunge
SCHIP's Shape
Frank Pallone, Jr., Congressman (D-NJ 6th), chair of the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee, speaks about efforts to reauthorize the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).
Minority Report
Liz Sadler, municipal reporter at The Journal News, and Randolph McLaughlin, professor of law at Pace University Law School, on the legal challenge facing Port Chester's election system and whether it discriminates against minority candidates
Up in the Air
Kathleen Barry, historian and the author of, Femininity in Flight: A History of Flight Attendants (Duke University Press, 2007) talks about how the history of flight attendants reflects overall changes in women's roles in American society.
Femininity in Flight is available for purchase at Amazon.com
African American Womens Lives: Disparities in Mental Health
Diane Brown, executive director of the Institute for the Elimination of Health Disparities at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ and Barbara Jones Warren, associate clinical professor at Ohio State University and Executive Nurse at the Ohio Health Department discuss the high rate of depression among African American women and why their health needs are not being met
The China Syndrome
Jim Trippon, Editor-in-chief, China Stock Digest talks about why China's government sent the market sliding
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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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