Politics + Foreign Policy / WPRB News Former Programs
Tags: airport security, Aku Ammah-Tagoe, Flora Thomson-Deveaux, haisong jiang, Homeland Security, national security, Nikki Leon, rosy yang, The Dispatch, travel
May 24, 2010
In January 2010, a graduate student named Haisong Jiang crossed a Newark Airport security line in order to say goodbye to his girlfriend one last time. In March, he pleaded guilty to defiant trespass. His punishment? Community service and a $500 fine (plus court fees). A bill to tighten airport security is now advancing through the New Jersey Legislature.
We wanted the story straight from Jiang. Rosy Yang reports.
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In New Jersey, the re-arrest (recidivism) rate for adult offenders is about 55%. We’ve got a lot of people ending up in jail more than once here—about 31% of all adult prisoners.
Who do these numbers represent? We look at one prisoner from Atlantic City to learn more. Tasnim Shamma reports.
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History / Politics + Foreign Policy / WPRB News Former Programs
Tags: Connor Carreras, law, Naomi Nix, Perry v Schwarzenegger, Proposition 8, Robert George, rosy yang, same sex marriage, Stephen Macedo, The Dispatch
November 1, 2009
This week, Naomi Nix takes a look at the first same-sex commitment ceremony performed in the University Chapel. Scholars Stephen Macedo and Robert George share their thoughts on the issue. And WPRB Contributor Connor Carreras sits down with lawyers on both sides of Perry v Schwarzenegger, a case challenging California’s voter-instituted ban on same-sex marriage that is set to go before a US District Court in January 2010. Listen here.
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This week, WPRB News is airing a two-part series Oct 25 and Nov 1. The Dispatch: Voices on Same Sex Marriage takes taking a look at how different groups have engaged the issue of gay unions. This week, Leif Johnson explores what happens when a University is asked to take a political stance, Sophie Jin visits a march in Washington DC, and historian Neil J. Young explains how one particular religious denomination, the Church of Latter Day Saints, became involved in the passage of California Proposition 8 last year.
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Here’s the full line-up from our recent program on China policy: Princeton University and China Sebastian Jones reports on the ties that bind Princeton University and China– and the potential conflicts of interest that come with them. E. Perry Link Professor E. Perry Link, a distinguished scholar of East Asian and China Studies who, until [...]
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In a WPRB web-exclusive, Ken Silverstein of Harper’s Magazine and Princeton University Woodrow Wilson School Dean Anne Marie Slaughter share their differing views on the recent Olympic games in China.
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Dean of Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School, Anne Marie Slaughter, sits down with Ashley Schoettle to share insights from her stint in China while on sabbatical and her thoughts on the current state of and future possibilities for China. Part One: Web-exclusive:
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Ken Silverstein, The Washington Editor of Harper’s Magazine, joins Sebastian Jones for a discussion of how China policy is shaped in Washington by foreign policy consultants whose actions raise serious ethical questions. Part One: Part Two:
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Professor E. Perry Link, a distinguished scholar of East Asian and China Studies who, until recently, was based at Princeton University and currently teaches at UC Riverside, joins Sebastian Jones for an interview about the challenges academics and universities face in balancing relations with China. Link also touches upon the recent Summer Olympics and tells [...]
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This week we take a look at China policy at the crossroads of business, government and academia. Sebastian Jones reports on Princeton’s delicate relations with Beijing, and we feature interviews with Harper’s Ken Silverstein, Professor Perry Link from UC Riverside and Anne-Marie Slaughter, Dean of Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School, all with three different takes on [...]
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Politics + Foreign Policy
Tags: Brandon Joseph, Election 2008, Folasade John, Leif Johnson, Naomi Nix, October 23, October 30, Sebastian Jones, Sophie Jin, The Dispatch, Yihe Dong
October 30, 2008
Here’s the full October 23 and October 30 Election Coverage line-up The McCain Camp Sophie Jin reports on the McCain campaign on and off campus in the Princeton, NJ area: Sebastian Jones talks with Peter Feldman, Regional Communications Director for NY, NJ and PA for the McCain campaign: The Obama Camp Folasade John reports on [...]
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Melissa Harris-Lacewell joins WPRB’s Leif Johnson for a discussion of Election 2008, particularly what it means for African American voters. In addition to these excerpts of the interview, we’ll be posting a web-exclusive second part in the coming days.
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