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Another Crane Collapse

We get an update on this morning's crane collapse on the Upper East Side.

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Save Our Kids

The six teenagers that were shot in Marcus Garvey Park over the weekend were only the latest victims of an uptick in violent crime that has arrived with the warmer weather. We discuss the situation with Eric Adams, NY State Senator (20th district), and Jackie Rowe Adams, co-founder of Harlem Mothers S.A.V.E. (Stop Another Violent End).

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Eye of the Storm

The biggest story about former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan's new book What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception might be the book itself -- or, rather, the tempest of controversy it's created in the media and the White House. Peter Osnos. the founder and editor-at-large of McClellan's publisher Perseus Books, tells us about how the book was leaked to the press and how the firestorm took shape.

Read Peter Osnos' Blog Post From Last November

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Balancing Assimilation and Autonomy

Is it the job of public schools to foster one common identity or to accommodate distinct group identities? Martha Minow, professor of law at the graduate school of education at Harvard and the co-editor of Just Schools: Pursuing Equality in Societies of Difference (Russell Sage Foundation Publications, 2008), and Gillian Smith, principal of the Facing History School in New York City, discuss which approach better serves the students and society at large.

Event
There is an upcoming conference celebrating the publication of Just Schools with educators and contributors to the book.
Location: New York University's Kimmel Center, 60 Washington Sq. South, E&L Auditorium, 4th Floor.
Time: June 2, Registration begins at 10:30am; introductions begin at 11:00am. Lunch will be provided and the day ends at 4:30pm.

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Crane Collapse: Update

WNYC reporter Matthew Schuerman brings us the latest on the Upper East Side crane collapse.

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Oh, The Humanity

What does it mean to be human? Does it describe our biology, our conscious intelligence, our ethics or our morality? Or is it something else entirely? This Saturday, as part of the inaugural World Science Festival in New York, a distinguished panel of scientists and scholars will debate the issue. Nobel Prize-winning biologist Paul Nurse and neuroethicist Patricia Churchland are participating in a sold-out event as part of the festival; they offer their views.

What do you think it means to be human? Comment below!

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Goin' On Pilgrimages

In The Road Trip Pilgrim's Guide: Witchdoctors, Magic Tokens, Camping on Golf Courses, and Everything Else You Need to Know to Go on a Pilgrimage (Mountaineers Books, 2007), Dan Austin tells how to make your next trip a transformational experience.

Have you been on a pilgrimage? Comment below!

Event
Dan Austin will be reading tonight at 7:00 p.m. at East West Books, 78 Fifth Ave. at 14th St.

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