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(damonabnormal/flickr)Riding the Green Line
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is considering several new eco-friendly initiatives, from growing grass on top of bus depots to using more hybrid vehicles. MTA chief Lee Sander discusses how he hopes to make public transportation greener and greener. Plus, the fortune cookie is Japanese? Jennifer 8. Lee recounts her adventures in American Chinese food.
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Back Seat Smoking
Assemblyman Feliz Ortiz is proposing a law that would make it illegal to smoke in a car if children are present.
Eco-Trains
Elliot Sander, CEO and executive director of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and Jonathan Rose, chair of the Blue Ribbon Commission on Sustainability and the MTA, discuss proposals (like using underwater turbines to generate power from the East River's tidal flow) to make the MTA more environmentally friendly.
Sharpe Convicted
Former Newark Mayor Sharpe James has been convicted of fraud. We get the latest on the story from Mike Kelly, columnist at The Record of New Jersey.
New Jersey Immigration Crackdown
David Wald, director of communications for the NJ Attorney General’s office, discusses New Jersey's policy on police and illegal immigrants in New Jersey. Elizabeth Llorente, ethnic affairs senior writer at The Record, and Shai Goldstein, executive director of the New Jersey immigration policy network, follow up.
Political Microtargeting: Yes Pe-can?
Micro-targeting has become an invaluable tool for marketers and politicians alike. Amy Gershkoff, Director of Analytics at MSHC partners, a political communications firm, discusses how what's in your fridge can predict who you're going to vote for.
American-Born Chinese Food
In her new book, The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food, Jennifer 8 Lee explores the social history of Chinese food.
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Jennifer 8 Lee will be at Asia Society tonight. More information here.
Jennifer 8 Lee went around the world to find the best Chinese restaurant (outside China). What's the best Chinese restaurant in New York -- and what makes your pick special? Add you comment below.
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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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