On today’s show: where redevelopment stands in New Orleans two years after Katrina. A columnist for the Times-Picayune explains why progress is hard to find there. Then, a new exhibit of contemporary Caribbean art at the Brooklyn Museum. Also, a historian reevaluates the case of Sacco and Vanzetti on the 80th anniversary of their execution. Plus, Rudy Crew, former Chancellor of New York City Schools, on how to save our schools.
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Rudy CrewTwo Years After Katrina
After Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, award-winning Times-Picayune columnist, Chris Rose evacuated his family and then immediately returned to chronicle his city’s devastation. 1 Dead in Attic is a collection of Mr. Rose’s columns that detail not just the city’s dislocation but his own. He joins Leonard to assess where ...
Infinite Island
Curator Tumelo Mosaka joins Leonard to discuss “Infinite Island” – a showcase of eighty works of contemporary Caribbean art currently on display at the Brooklyn Museum.
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Sacco and Vanzetti
Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are among the most famous political martyrs of 20th-century America. Convicted of robbery and murder, these two Italian immigrants and anarchists were executed in 1927. In Sacco and Vanzetti, Bruce Watson details the facts of the case and why public sentiment turned against these two ...
Rudy Crew on Saving Our Schools
It’s been six years since the passage of No Child Left Behind. America spends billions each year on education. And yet, one-third of our eighth-graders can’t do basic math, and only 60% of our 10-year olds can read. Rudy Crew, former Chancellor of New York City schools and currently Superintendent ...
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