This week Gov. David Paterson talks with Andrew Ross Sorkin about New York state’s finances and what the stimulus package will mean for New York. Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi explains how his county — the second wealthiest in New York state — will try to reinvent itself amid demographic shifts and the financial crisis.
This week Worldfocus spotlights the issues facing South Africa today, including xenophobic hostilities towards its immigrant population, the devastating AIDS crisis in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, and class divisions and continuing poverty in the post-apartheid era. Watch all.
Students of New York’s literary history ought to be familiar with our latest location, the Fulton Ferry Hotel. Joseph Mitchell, author, immortalized the building in his 1952 New Yorker story, “Up in the Old Hotel.” Much of the hotel remains as Mitchell found it. Watch now.
Starting in 1968, Detroit public TV station WTVS produced an African-American news/public affairs show called Colored People’s Time (CPT). The show’s mission was to build more community involvement among Detroit’s largely African-American urban population. Watch segments from the show….
On Wednesday, Feb. 25, Pres. Obama gave the second Library of Congress Gershwin Prize to Stevie Wonder at a special concert in the White House. You can watch it online now. Read more…
Ed Rendell (PA), Arnold Schwarzenegger (CA) and others discuss the government’s new infrastructure initiatives at the winter meeting of the National Governor’s Association on February 21, 2009, at the Miller Center in Virginia. Watch now!
Reel 13 Indies on Thirteen is happy to announce that Nina Paley’s animated film, “Sita Sings the Blues” will be aired March 7, and the full film will be viewable online starting February 26. Read more about the film, the copyright issues that the filmmaker ran into, and more, here….
Harry from CYBERCHASE For Real takes the stage with three math-tacular magic tricks! Afterward, he’ll reveal the secrets that make the tricks work so you can try them on your friends and family. Try it out!
Online registration is open for Teaching and Learning Celebration, to take place March 6-7 2009 in NYC. View the list of scheduled speakers, which includes Alan Alda, Temple Grandin, Charlie Rose and more.
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