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One of the County’s Earliest African-American Radio Programs on WNYC 1929-1930

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Department of Agriculture, where he was involved with research related to black farmers. January 15, 1930 – Elmer Carter on “Negro Literature” Elmer Anderson Carter (1890-1973) was the editor of Opportunity, 1928-1942, a magazine published by the New York Urban League, when he appeared in the WNYC studio.

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If-Then and Antiquities of the Future

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Of course, it was this approach we took in the early years of Wired magazine. Wired , in fact, later created the popular “ Found: Artifacts from the Future ” series in the pages of the magazine.). Our agricultural practices and policies? Our insurance industries? Our life expectancies?

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If-Then and Antiquities of the Future

John Battelle's Searchblog

Of course, it was this approach we took in the early years of Wired magazine. Wired , in fact, later created the popular “ Found: Artifacts from the Future ” series in the pages of the magazine.) Our agricultural practices and policies? Our insurance industries? Our life expectancies?

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Robert Reich: “Saving Capitalism” From Itself

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From banking to broadband, pharma to agriculture, Reich details subtle market mechanisms that concentrate power and capital into the hands of the “new oligarchs.” ” The proper role of government, Reich argues, is to insure fairness to all – and today’s capitalist system is anything but fair.