"Norman Oder on Atlantic Yards oversight and Andrew Rasiej runs down this year's Personal Democracy Forum.  Plus: Summer '09 Event Smackdown with Celebrate Brooklyn, Rooftop Films and River to River Festival organizers."

Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor will face scrutiny in front of the Senate, but also online.  Plus: wounded warriors -- vets with traumatic brain injury, and how to deal with Information Overload.

This week: NASA astronauts streamed their recent work live online, helping create a nationwide buzz about space exploration.  Plus, marriage and divorce in a depression, and the Asian American role in comic books.

This week: the economic down turn has forced many of us to channel our kindergarten class, sharing office space by the day and sharing cars by the hour.  Plus: with car sales crashing, we check in on with car dealers to hear their side of the story.

This week: we look at Freelancers in the recession, and at how to protect this large and vulnerable part of the economy.  Plus: drinking water in Asia is the new environmental frontier, and spring in New York brings exciting wild flowers.

This week: Business experts advise you on how to turn your pink slip to a new entrepreneurial business.  Plus, a close look at what the New York City Council actually does every day.

This week: The eve of Gov. Patterson's new gay marriage proposal is the perfect time to look at gay marriage nationwide and remember the Stonewall Riots.  Plus, Rwanda 15 years after the genocide, and a New School student protest continues online.

This week: The city can be a stressful place.  Two experts on handling stress share some suggestions on how relax.  Plus: getting educated in a modern job marker and how President Obama is doing converting to .gov

This week: Labor leader Randi Weingarten talks about stimulus spending on local education. Manhattan boro prez Scott Stringer brings us up to speed on the Albany's latest MTA plan. Plus: Crain's NY Business editor Greg David fills us in on jobs.

This week: It's a new baseball season! We visit with Harlem RBI to hear about a baseball after school program and the charter school that grew out of it.  Plus: Author Judith Levine on a year without shopping, and former Yankee pitcher Jim Bouton.