Entire Program - March 06, 2009

Jaime Jordan brings you the headlines.

We speak with doctor Olveen Carrasqiyo, an assistant professor at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, to find out whether the country can ever come to agreement on healthcare.  Adi Narayan reports.

Federal immigration authorities say their increasing raids on undocumented workers root out dangerous criminals. But a recent nonpartisan report indicates only 9 percent of those arrested had past criminal records.  Marine Olivesi reports.

After the International Criminal Court this week indicted the president of Sudan for war crimes, supporters of the indictment – and supporters of the president – clashed at the United Nations headquarters.  Luis Andres Henao reports.

She spent the first 16 years of her life in a refugee camp. Now, the Bhutanese woman says she’s finally settled.  James Walsh reports.

A Vietnam veteran shows a dark side of returning home from war – using his art. “Veterans need more than someone just waving a flag in their face,” he says. Chana Dorrough reports.  [Transcript contains a correction.]

Whistle while you work? Commentary by Mathew Katz on bringing back the lost art of whistling.

Mathew Katz brings you the headlines.

City Comptroller William Thompson visited a health center in East Harlem. Originally billed as a discussion on the federal economic stimulus package, it quickly turned into a campaign stump stop.  Sung Moss reports.

During the recession of the 1970s, New York City almost went bankrupt. Things got so bad that nearly a million people fled to the suburbs. Now, some wonder whether lost Wall Street revenue could land the city in a similar situation. Jaime Jordan reports.

A tall, glass building with crops growing from floor to ceiling is one idea: We speak to Dr. Dickson Despommier, Professor of Environmental Health Sciences at Columbia University, on this and other new ways of looking at agriculture.  Jenny Shalant reports.

Nearly eight million people hitch a ride using New York City's transit system every day. A budget crisis means those people could soon have to pony up more money. As Eleanor Boudreau reports, some riders are ready.

Does music have a gender? Reporting from the Sounds of Women concert.  Marine Olivesi reports.

What you can find out about people by looking in their pockets. Commentary from Eleanor Boudreau.

The Sports Museum of America closed last week. Are the Heisman Trophy and other top sports awards now homeless?  Sung Moss reports.

U2 played a "secret" concert in New York today to promote its new album. Our Luis Andres Henao was there.