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Azure, 1933 by Oscar Bluemner (Collection of Elaine and Henry Kaufman)
Russ Buettner and Rick Pienciak of the Daily News investigate where the billions of tax dollars allocated to 9/11 recovery really went. Then, we'll preview the Whitney's Oscar Bluemner retrospective, and talk to the 2004 U.S. Women’s Chess champion. Plus, a look at why increasing numbers of European women are converting to Islam...and why it's troubling antiterrorist authorities.
9/11 Billions
$21.4 billion dollars of federal aid were set aside to help New York recover after 9/11. Four years later, a team of investigators from the Daily News have investigated where the money went, and how it was used. Investigative reporter Russ Buettner and assistant managing editor Rick Pienciak, reveal what ...
A Passion for Color
Curator Barbara Haskell, curator of the Oscar Bluemner retrospective at the Whitney describes the German-born artist's contributions to modernism.
Music: Bicentennial Man soundtrack – tracks 2 and 1
Music: Bicentennial Man soundtrack – tracks 2 and 1
Chess Bitch
In chess, the most powerful piece on the board is the Queen. Yet the game is male-dominated, and women players have to overcome negative stereotypes to prove themselves. Jennifer Shahade, the 2004 U.S. Women’s Chess champion, puts the spotlight on some of the world's greatest female players in ...
Turning to Islam
Antiterrorist authorities are concerned by the increasing number of European women converting to Islam…especially in the wake of Belgian convert Muriel Degauque's November suicide attack on US soldiers in Iraq. Peter Ford, Chief European correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor, discusses his recent article “Why European women are ...
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