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Thinking Big for NYC

Thinking Big for NYC

Mayor Bloomberg delivers the keynote address of this conference, emphasizing that rethinking land use is the key to getting big projects done in the boroughs. Other panelists include Amanda Burde, ...
Posted: Nov 1st, 2007 | Comments: 0
Politics of Fear

Politics of Fear

Do environmentalists utilize a politics of fear? Do progressive politics appeal to hopes and desires, or to nightmares? n+1 contributors Meghan Falvey, Alex Gourevitch, Mark Greif and Chad Harbach debate, ...
Posted: Oct 30th, 2007 | Comments: 0
Fear in America

Fear in America

Brooklyn College's Corey Robin interviews Pulitzer Prize Winner Susan Faludi about her latest book, THE TERROR DREAM: FEAR AND FANTASY IN POST 9/11 AMERICA. The discussion took place ...
Posted: Oct 23rd, 2007 | Comments: 0
Hidden Voices: The Lives of LGBT Muslims

Hidden Voices: The Lives of LGBT Muslims

Faisal Alam is the Founder and Director of Al-Fatiha Foundation, an international organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Muslims. He joined Columbia students to learn about, discuss, and ...
Posted: Oct 17th, 2007 | Comments: 0
New York Brownstones: Icons of a Great City

New York Brownstones: Icons of a Great City

Charles Lockwood, author of the indispensable Bricks and Brownstone was described by The New Yorker as the "consummate authority" on this iconic building type. His recent research has ...
Posted: Oct 16th, 2007 | Comments: 0
Civic Activist Boot Camp

Civic Activist Boot Camp

Individuals can affect the urban planning process by protest and resistance, or by working within the system. This forum begins with the proposition that Jane Jacobs was not beholden ...
Posted: Oct 16th, 2007 | Comments: 0
Breaking Ground with Bill T. Jones: Harlem Cultural Capital

Breaking Ground with Bill T. Jones: Harlem Cultural Capital

How does Harlem function as a cultural capital? Bill T. Jones moderates the first of the Breaking Ground series, Harlem community dialogues. Bill T. Jones is the co-founder ...
Posted: Oct 9th, 2007 | Comments: 0
The Nation: Is Peace Possible?

The Nation: Is Peace Possible?

Known for his empathy, humor and hope, Jonathan Schell is The Nation’s peace and disarmament correspondent. His latest book, The Seventh Decade: The New Shape of Nuclear ...
Posted: Oct 9th, 2007 | Comments: 0
Language as a Window into Human Nature

Language as a Window into Human Nature

Harvard University Psychologist Steven Pinker discusses the relationship between language and human nature. What do the names we give things -- and even the prepositions and tenses we use ...
Posted: Oct 5th, 2007 | Comments: 0
Dr. Abdullah Abdullah

Dr. Abdullah Abdullah

Dr. Abdullah Abdullah was appointed Foreign Minister of Afghanistan following the overthrow of the Taliban in 2001, and he maintained the position until March 2006. In this interview with Nermeen ...
Posted: May 8th, 2007 | Comments: 0
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