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November 5th, 2008 at 6:15 am

This panel discussion, from the Center for Civic Innovation conference on 10/2/2008, addresses the increasing difficulty the U.S. has had in maintaining the nation’s existing infrastructure and building vital new projects.

November 4th, 2008 at 7:11 am

This year Hurricanes Fay, Gustav, Hanna, and Ike all battered Haiti’s north coast. Church and other relief groups and heroic aid workers are helping, but Haiti’s plight remains daunting at best. Watch. (Originally aired: 10/31/2008)

November 3rd, 2008 at 4:13 pm

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November 3rd, 2008 at 3:18 pm

Journalist and historian Louis “Studs” Terkel, who is credited with popularizing oral histories, which he called “guerrilla journalism,” died Friday, October 31, 2008, at his Chicago home at age 96. See interviews with Terkel from around PBS; read more…

October 31st, 2008 at 3:36 pm

Some might argue that the global financial crisis started in New York. But whether the heart of the problem is on Main Street or on Wall Street, it is clear …

October 31st, 2008 at 11:14 am

This panel discussion, from 9/17/2008, addresses the Development and Rezoning Plans for Coney Island and took place at the Municipal Art Society. MAS are trying to spearhead their own plans for the area, at odds with the NYC Department of City Planning. Who will get their way?

October 31st, 2008 at 10:36 am

A ’signature series’ on international perceptions of the US. From Kenya to Argentina, from Egypt to India, world citizens speak out about US foreign policy, culture and infrastructure. Watch segments now.

October 31st, 2008 at 10:11 am

Charlie Rose sits down with The Onion’s Editor-In-Chief Joe Randazzo, Will Graham (Executive Producer/ Director) and Carol Kolb (Head Writer) of the Onion News Network, to talk about politics and comedy this election season.

October 30th, 2008 at 10:49 am

Cynthia Ozick, born in 1928, has written prize winning novels, essays, and poetry; her work has even been translated into 14 languages. Her latest book is Dictation, a quartet of novellas. In this profile she speaks about Jewish writers, New York, and Henry James. Watch…

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Wednesday,
November
19
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10
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President-elect Barack Obama is beginning to create his cabinet and assess roles within the upcoming administration.
Wednesday,
November
19
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Just two days after the judge declared the trial of three men suspected of involvement in Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya's murder would be open to...
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19
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Jeff Seelbach Juan Evo Morales Ayma, President of Bolivia, spoke in New York on Tuesday as part of the Columbia University World Leaders Forum. Morales, the...
 
 
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