Betsy Gotbaum

Even Superman Can't Save Us

Alan Gottlieb | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Waiting for Superman, Education Reform, Betsy Gotbaum, Aft, The Lottery, American Federation of Teachers, Randi Weingarten, Denver News
Alan Gottlieb

You are going to be hearing a lot about a film called Waiting for Superman. It's directed by Davis Guggenheim, who made An Inconvenient Truth, and its focus is school reform.

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"Now is the Time to Deliver"

Betsy Gotbaum | Posted 05.25.2011

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Betsy Gotbaum

While it's tempting to think that most Americans are well-informed and immune to health care myths, recent polls show that members of all political parties, across the country, are confused about what will happen to their health care.

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Bloomberg And Quinn Cripple The City Watchdog

Betsy Gotbaum | Posted 05.25.2011

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Betsy Gotbaum

Of course, everybody knows that two people control the city budget: the Mayor and the Speaker. If you don't believe that, there's a bridge near City Hall I'd like to sell you.

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Leila Hadley Luce: The Last of the Great Luces?

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Luce

Leila Hadley Luce was brutally honest. She was stunningly beautiful. And she had enough money to do what she wished with her life.

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Governor Jindal, Governor Sanford... Mayor Bloomberg?

Betsy Gotbaum | Posted 05.25.2011

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Betsy Gotbaum

Mayor Bloomberg refuses to extend federally funded benefits to hungry, out-of-work New Yorkers while they look for jobs. Though with his friends in the financial sector, he isn't so strict.

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