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(Enrico Fuente/flickr)All in the Family
Rupert Murdoch is trying to woo the family that owns the Wall Street Journal. But what does family ownership mean to a major newspaper today? Also, we explore the relationships between nannies and the families who hire them; gang activity in New York, and ATC's Robert Siegel discusses his new report on the exoneration of Larry Peterson.
Gangs of New York
David Brotherton, professor and chair of the Department of Sociology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice/CUNY member of Ph.D. Faculties in Criminal Justice, Sociology and Urban Education, Graduate Center/CUNY, and the author of Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation: Street Politics and the Transformation of a New York City Gang, talks about whether or not gang activity has been on the rise in New York City.
All in the (Newspaper) Family
Alex S. Jones, director of the Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at the Kennedy School, Harvard University, and author of The Trust: The Private and Powerful Family Behind the New York Times, looks at what family ownership means to a major newspaper today in light of the possible sale of the Wall Street Journal.
The Hand That Rocks The Cradle
Lucy Kaylin, executive editor of Marie Claire, and the author of The Perfect Stranger: The Truth About Mothers and Nannies (Bloomsbury 2007), talks about the relationship mothers have with the women who look after their children.
The Perfect Stranger is available for purchase at Amazon.com
The Exoneration of Larry Peterson
All Things Considered host Robert Siegel talks about "The Exoneration of Larry Peterson," a two-part series on a New Jersey man who spent 17 years in prison before being proved innocent by DNA evidence.
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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")
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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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