Craig McCarthy and Disha Raychaudhuri, reporters for NJ Advance Media, talk about The Force Report, a database of police use of force across the state of New Jersey that came out of a 16-month investigation by NJ Advance Media.

Tracking Police 'Use of Force' in New Jersey

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George Takei, actor, activist and writer, discusses his debut picture book, My Lost Freedom: A Japanese American World War II Story (Crown Books for Young Readers, 2024).


My Lost Freedom: A Japanese American World War II Story
(Crown Books for Young Readers, 2024)


EVENT: George Takei and BD Wong will be in conversation at Symphony Space (2537 Broadway at 95th St. in Manhattan) TONIGHT (April 16, 2024) at 8 p.m. Details and ticketing information here.

George Takei on 'My Lost Freedom'

Zohran K. Mamdani, New York State assemblymember (D, D-36, Queens), comments on the sticking points preventing New York State from passing its annual budget as well as his initiative to expand the fare-free bus proposal in light of congestion pricing.

Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani on the State Budget

Doris Kearns Goodwin, presidential historian, author of many books, including Team of Rivals and her latest, An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s (Simon & Schuster, 2024), writes about the life and times she shared with her late husband, Dick Goodwin, a speechwriter and advisor to JFK, RFK and LBJ.

Doris Kearns Goodwin's Personal Take on History

Catherine Christian, former assistant district attorney in the Manhattan District Attorney's office, previews jury selection and the trial of former President Donald Trump in Manhattan.

The Former President on Trial in Manhattan

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Tracking Police 'Use of Force' in New Jersey

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