Entire Program - April 03, 2009

Straphangers ask government officials to drop the idea of fare hikes.

Adi Narayan explores the feasibility of propping up the global financial system.

Jaime Jordan reports on one Queens resident who's fighting back against foreclosure scammers.

Kathleen Brooks has the latest breaking news from Binghamton, New York.

Maura Walz hangs out with seniors in the college office of Frank Sinatra School of the Arts in Long Island City, Queens, as they wait for admissions decisions.

Maura Walz speaks with Sandy Baum, who teaches the economics of education at Skidmore College and led a College Board research group that recommended reforms to the federal student aid system.

Tomorrow marks 5 months since Barack Obama was elected president. Samantha Fields spoke with a group of juniors at Urban Assembly School of Music and Art to ask them whether they think Obama will have any real impact on their lives.

Commentator Kathleen Brooks discusses the passing of celebrated actress Natasha Richardson.

Luis Andres Henao has the latest headlines.

Jenny Shalant visits an employment office in Flushing, Queens, to examine the impact that March's job losses are having on workers' psyches.

Dan O'Donnell spent time in Tompkins Square Park this week to see how the newly jobless are spending their time and buoying their spirits.

Adi Narayan reports on a tough week for smokers and the tobacco industry.

Eleanor Boudreau reports on how FDA oversight will change the way cigarette manufacturers push their product.

Host James Walsh talks to George Grayson, a professor of government at The College William & Mary and author of “Mexico’s Struggle with Drugs and Thugs.” Grayson believes the US needs to legalize marijuana and crack down on illegal immigration to help stem violence south of the border.

Chana Dorrough reports on stage peformances based on works by Toni Morrison and Assia Djebar, which explore the relationship between African-American slavery and female oppression in the Islamic faith.

Mathew Katz tracks the decline of a Cistercian monastery in Roscrea, Ireland.

Brad Davis reports the latest news headlines.