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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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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 [41]
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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