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Gay Marriage in New York?

Newsday’s Albany bureau chief James Madore discusses the news that New York State will recognize same-sex marriages performed elsewhere.

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Puerto Rico's Moment in the Sun

Who would have thought that Puerto Rico would play such a key role in the Presidential race? In anticipation of this Sunday's Democratic primary, Juan Manuel Garcia Pasalacua, journalist and talk show host at WUNO San Juan, and Angelo Falcon, professor at Columbia and President of the National Institute for Latino Policy, look at complex political relationship Puerto Rico and its citizens have with the U.S. and New York.

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Garden State: Senate Race

On June 3rd, New Jersey will hold a primary for elected offices. Three candidates are vying for the Democratic party's U.S. Senate nomination. We talk with one of them, Congressman Robert Andrews, about his candidacy.

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Unraveling Traveling: Going It Alone

Wendy Perrin, consumer news editor at Condé Nast Traveler, has joined us every Thursday this May for a month-long series on travel. For our final installment, a panoply of travel-related tips, including how to travel solo. When should you get professional travel advice, and when should you figure it out yourself? As usual, we'll take your calls.

Have any questions for Wendy? Comment below!

Previous installments of Unraveling Traveling: Part One, Part Two, Part Three, and Part Four.

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Birds of a Feather

In The Big Sort: Why the Clustering of Like-Minded America is Tearing Us Apart (Houghton Mifflin, 2008), journalist Bill Bishop argues that for all the diversity we have in America, our communities are more polarized than ever.

Did you move to your current neighborhood to join a certain group? Comment below!

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Gay Marriage in New York, Part 2

William Eskridge, John A. Garver Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale and the author of Dishonorable Passions: Sodomy Laws In America (Viking Adult, 2008), looks at the legal implications of Governor Paterson's directive for state agencies to recognize same-sex marriages performed elsewhere.

Read more about this issue and download the memo from David Nocenti here

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