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As the financial crisis stretches across all NYC city services, your commute may be affected. The MTA’s latest budget crunch could lead to higher fares, East River tolls may go up, and even congestion pricing isn’t fully off the table. Plus, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner John Burns reflects on three decades of reporting in China, Afghanistan, Yugoslavia and Iraq.
What's Next for Defense?
John Bennett, staff writer for Defense News, previews the Defense Department under the Obama Administration.
Education Benefits for Vets
Patrick Campbell, Chief Legislative Counsel for the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, talks about the education benefits veterans are entitled to, now and under the new GI bill that goes into effect next year.
Are you a veteran? Find out what the new GI bill means for you.
Community of Veterans
Old President, Meet the New President
John McKinnon, White House Correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, discusses the details of the meeting between President Bush and President-Elect Obama and highlights some of the key policy differences that are coming to the forefront.
What do you think: Should taxpayers bail out the auto industry? Comment below!Word from Abroad
John Burns, London bureau chief for the New York Times, reflects on his work in China, Afghanistan, Yugoslavia, and Iraq.
Number Crunch
John Liu, NYC Councilman (D-20th, Queens) and Josh Robin, NY1 reporter, discuss the MTA budget crunch, East River tolls and congestion pricing, and if Albany can overturn the term limits extension.
Open Phones: Thicker than Voting?
Barack Obama and George Bush have met face-to-face. Are you finding post-election reconciliation in your life? Are you part of a Red/Blue family that has since made nice?
Tell us your story. 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 [41]
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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