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(alexerde/flickr)We Need to See Some ID
The Supreme Court just upheld Indiana’s voter ID law. Will verified voting curb voter fraud, or will it discourage voter participation? Also: a look at Sustainable Streets, the city’s new strategic transportation plan, and writer/philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy on Darfur and the role of the artist in political advocacy.
What have you heard?
Tomorrow the Brian Lehrer Show observes the conclusion of National Poetry Month with a poet-in-residence-in-studio who’ll riff on what he hears on the air. Here’s how you can join in: email us a short poem about something you’ve heard discussed on the show in the last month, or so. Start each poem with the words “I heard” and email it to brianlehrershow@wnyc.org. Include your contact information as we might ask you to read it on air during tomorrow’s show.
Much Ado About an ID?
Yesterday the Supreme Court ruled that states can now make voters present a photo ID in order to vote. Michael Waldman, Executive Director of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, explains the verdict. Also in the conversation, Fort Wayne Journal Gazette Washington editor Sylvia Smith. Smith is covering the story for the local Indiana paper. She also gives us a taste of what's in store for the upcoming primaries in Indiana.
Green Streets
The city's Department of Transportation just rolled out its Sustainable Streets plan. Paul Steely White, executive director of Transportation Alternatives, provides analysis.
Seeking Refuge
David Ngaruri Kenney, a political refugee from Kenya and Philip Schrag, professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center, discuss their new book Asylum Denied: A Refugee's Struggle for Safety in America.
Artist as Activist
Writer and philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy discusses the role of artists and intellectuals can play in bringing light to the crisis in Darfur. He participates alongside Mia Farrow in a panel tonight at panel tonight at the PEN World Voices Festival.
Gas Tax Holiday
The two Democratic contenders for president differ over the idea of a summer gas tax holiday. Hillary Clinton supports one; Barack Obama doesn't. We talk about this policy difference with
Do you support a summer holiday from the federal gasoline tax? Comment below!
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