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A City Council member proposes to offer New York City ID cards to undocumented immigrants to allow them to get city services more easily. New Haven’s already doing it, but should the government be enabling people here illegally and would it make them more vulnerable to deportation? Also, your reactions to the website and TV show, “Hot Ghetto Mess;” we follow up on the Spitzer "troopergate" controversy, and ask if pit bulls are inherently vicious.
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Identity Politics
New Haven just started a controversial program to issue city I.D. cards that undocumented immigrants can use. Now, New York City council member Hiram Monserratte wants to do the same for immigrants in the city. We talk to the council member about his plan, and to WNPR's Lucy Nalpathanchil about the New Haven initiative.
The "Mess" at BET
William Jelani Cobb, associate professor of history at Spelman College, contributing writer for Essence Magazine and the author of The Devil and Dave Chappelle: And Other Essays (Avalon, 2007) and Cora Daniels, journalist and the author of Ghetto Nation: A Journey into the Land of Bling and the Home of the Shameless (Doubleday, 2007), react to the controversy over the new BET television show “We Got to Do Better” based on the website "Hot Ghetto Mess.”
Following Up: Investigating "Troopergate"
State Senator Tom Duane (D West Manhattan) is the ranking minority member on the Senate Investigations Committee. He explains why he has requested that the investigation of the Governor's aides be referred to the State Ethics Commission.
Following Up: The Role of the Albany Times Union in "Troopergate"
The state Ethics Commission has opened an investigation into the Spitzer administration after the attorney general found governor's aides wrongly misused state police to discredit Senator Bruno in the Albany Times Union. But how complicit is the paper in the scandal? We speak with Albany Times Union Editor, Rex Smith, and Kelly McBride, Ethics Group Leader at the Poynter Institute.
Following Up: Bad Rap for Pit Bulls?
Our coverage earlier in the week of the dog fighting charges brought against Atlanta Falcon Michael Vick provoked the question: Are pit bulls inherently vicious? ASPCA senior vice president Randall Lockwood addresses the issue.
Following Up: Comment and Caller of the Week
A look back at some of the best contributions to the show from listeners this week in response to the following segments:
Is The Simpson's Apu a racist character?
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