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New York City playground (Whalt/flickr)Fields of Dreams
As Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe explains, the Mayor’s 2030 plan isn’t only about congestion pricing – it also promises an expanded bike route system and a park or playground within a 10-minute walk of all New Yorkers. Also, Princeton professor Eddie Glaude Jr. calls for new leadership in African-American politics, a new biography on Condoleezza Rice, and "Just the Facts" on secularism in Turkey.
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Prose and Condi
Marcus Mabry, chief of correspondents for Newsweek and the author of
Twice as Good: Condoleezza Rice and Her Path to Power (Modern Times/Rodale, 2007)
talks about his new biography of the Secretary of State.
Twice as Good is available for purchase at Amazon.com
A Walk In The Park
Adrian Benepe, Commissioner of New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, talks about what's going on in the city's parks this summer.
Do It Like Dewey
Eddie Glaude, Jr., associate professor at Princeton University and the author of In a Shade of Blue: Pragmatism and the Politics of Black America (The University of Chicago Press, 2007) suggests that pragmatism, the philosophy espoused by John Dewey, offers a promising framework for African American politics.
In a Shade of Blue is available for purchase at Amazon.com
Event: Eddie Glaude, Jr. will be reading tonight at Hue-Man Books (2319 Frederick Doublas Blvd at 125th St.) from 6 – 8 PM.
Just the Facts: Secularism in Turkey
Ivan Watson, NPR’s Istanbul Correspondent, talks about the protests in Istanbul, and the tension between Islam and secularism in modern Turkey.
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