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Thursday, September 28, 2006

On today’s edition of Underreported, we get an update on The Gambia’s president and his vow to rule for the next 40 years. And we talk to the author of a report that claims girls are being abused in two of New York’s juvenile prisons. Then, the influential wine consultant Michel Rolland joins us. And we hear about one man’s life on a Welsh sheep Farm. Plus: two Lasker-winning biologists tell us about their groundbreaking discoveries.


Underreported: Politics in The Gambia

Last week, The Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh was re-elected after making a vow to rule for the next 40 years. Abdoulaye S. Saine, an Associate Professor of African Studies and International Political Economy in the Department of Political Science at Miami University in Ohio, gives us an update on today’s Underreported.

Not Yet Democracy: West Africa's Slow Farewell to Authoritarianism is available for purchase at amazon.com


Underreported: Abuse in Juvenile Prisons

A new report from Human Rights Watch and the ACLU documents abuse and neglect in two high-security New York juvenile prisons. Mie Lewis, the report’s author, tells us that girls at Lansing and Tryon have been violently restrained and sexually abused by staff members. Mie Lewis is the Aryeh Neier Fellow at Human Rights Watch and the ACLU.

Read "Custody and Control: Conditions of Confinement in New York's Juvenile Prisons for Girls"


Talking Wine with Michel Rolland

Michel Rolland, perhaps the most influential (and controversial) wine consultant in the world, joins us.


Running for the Hills

In Running for the Hills, Horatio Clare brings to life the remote sheep farm in Wales where he grew up.

Available for purchase at amazon.com


Events: Horatio Clare will be speaking
Thursday, September 28 at 7 pm
following a cocktail reception starting at 6 pm
The English Speaking Union's New York Headquarters
144 East 39th Street, between Lexington and Third Avenues


Lasker Awards for Medical Sciences

The prestigious Lasker Awards for medical science are sometimes described as "America's Nobels." Two of this year’s winners, Elizabeth Blackburn and Jack Szostack, tell us about their groundbreaking work.



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