To help you navigate the challenges of the economic downturn, here’s a list of web sites, nonprofits, and public agencies in NYC and NJ that focus on unemployment, career services, mortgages and foreclosure, health insurance benefits, financial services and mental health.

Jeff Zeleny (NYTimes), Jeanne Cummings (Politico), John Dickerson (Slate), Jim Barnes (National Journal), and host Gwen Ifill discuss:
* Obama Plans First Actions as President
* Future Tax Policies Come Into Question
* Cabinet Officials Soon to Be Decided
Watch here. (Originally aired 11/7/2008)

Religion played a significant role throughout the long election campaign and here to help assess that role is R&E. In some of the Midwestern swing states that were decided by just a handful of votes, Obama came close to getting 30 percent of the white evangelical vote. Watch. (Originally aired: 11/7/2008).

On Nov. 10, 1969, Sesame Street, with its cast of puppets teaching kids the alphabet and how to count, made its broadcast debut (here is the rundown of that very first show). Today, it is one of the most widely-viewed children’s programs in the world, airing in more than 120 countries.

We’ve worked hard to improve the Thirteen online schedule, something we know you visit frequently. It’s easier to navigate, search, and has at-a-glance listings for six channels (Thirteen, WLIW21, Kids Thirteen, WLIW Create, V-Me, and WLIW World).

Does Barack Obama’s victory mean a new and permanent political alignment in American politics? Bill Moyers speaks with Kevin Phillips about how America has changed since Phillips penned “The Emerging Republican Majority” 40 years ago. Watch.

In this one-hour dialogue with New Yorkers hosted by Rafael Pi Roman, the Governor addresses the state’s worst financial crisis in decades. Questions were submitted via Thirteen.org and in person, and encompass a wide range of topics–Watch now.

Studs Terkel passed away recently, and it prompted us to unearth one of his more unusual segments from the archives: ‘Talkin’ With Terkel’ has Terkel sitting around jawing with a passel of regular Chicago folks–and smoking and drinking. From 1971, the first season of Great American Dream Machine.

David Brancaccio sits down with Harvard Law professor Charles Ogletree, who some say is being considered for a top Justice Department position, to get early insight on what we might expect from an Obama Administration. Watch.

New York State projects a $12.5 billion deficit in next year’s budget. How should the State best address this problem: by raising taxes or cutting programs? Take our poll…