Is a Federal Budget Deal on the Horizon?
Today, as the Tea Party Patriots rally outside the Capitol Building, lawmakers might actually be close to a compromise on the federal budget. Members of the Senate Appropriations Committee met with...
View ArticleWashington: Obama Launches Reelection Campaign, Threats of Gov't Shutdown
President Barack Obama announced his plans to run for reelection in a web video early Monday. Meanwhile, Friday is the deadline for Congress to negotiate a federal budget deal for 2011; and the budget...
View ArticleFinancial 411: Developers, Workers Spar on Contracts
New York City has been transformed in the past decade by a construction boom, which created not just office buildings but lots of new condos. The recession put an end to the rapid growth. Construction...
View ArticleLabor Deals in New York and New Jersey
WNYC senior reporter, Bob Hennelly, the Wall Street Journal's Lisa Fleisher, and Ester Fuchs, professor of international and public affairs and political science at Columbia University and former...
View ArticleNFL Negotiations Resume Tuesday
NFL owners and players resume negotiations in New York today in a bid to settle the longest work stoppage in the history of the league. Negotiators made some progress last week in Minneapolis, but...
View ArticleCloser to a Compromise on the Debt Ceiling
As Democrats and Republicans get closer to a compromise on the debt ceiling, Roll Call staff writer Steven Dennis gives an update on the negotiations, the Gang of Six, and President Obama's...
View ArticleOn Negotiating
Alex Colvin, associate professor of Labor Relations and Conflict Resolution at Cornell University, discusses the art and science of negotiating in light of Washington's debt ceiling talks, recent state...
View ArticleHow To Negotiate: From Debt Ceilings to State Unions
Welcome to Politics Bites, where every afternoon at It's A Free Country, we bring you the unmissable quotes from the morning's political conversations on WNYC. Today on theBrian Lehrer Show,Alex...
View ArticleDebt Ceiling Deal
David Weigel, who covers politics and policy for Slate magazine, Reihan Salam, columnist for The Daily and blogger for National Review Online, and Karen Tumulty, national political correspondent for...
View ArticleNuclear Talks Resume With North Korea
The State Department has announced that the United States will resume nuclear talks with North Korea next week for the first time since 2005. The talks are welcomed by Kim Jong-il, who even hinted at...
View ArticleThe NBA Lockout's Impact on Workers
The NBA remains stuck in a lockout this morning as negotiations between players and owners have failed to produce a new collective bargaining agreement. Tomorrow is scheduled be the first day of the...
View ArticleObama's Public Fiscal Cliff Appeal
Josh King, director of production of presidential events under President Clinton and host of the podcast "Polioptics" on Sirius XM satellite radio, details how President Obama is staying in "campaign...
View ArticleThe Debt Nightmare Returns
For the past few weeks, we’ve been talking about what’s at stake if we plunge off the fiscal cliff, but it looks more and more like America is about to hit its head on the debt ceiling.President Obama...
View ArticleReconciling Congress
Legislators continue to discuss whether they will take on gun control legislation in the wake of the Newtown, CT shooting. Plus, John Boehner's "Plan B" (did you miss Plan A?) to avert the "fiscal...
View ArticleCuomo: Budget Deal Appears Unlikely Before Weekend
State lawmakers are hurrying toward getting a budget agreement in place, with a stepped up schedule of conference committees and meetings with Governor Cuomo.But Cuomo is throwing cold water on...
View ArticleBill Richardson on How to Sweet Talk a Shark
Former governor of New Mexico Bill Richardson and Emmy Award-winning Daily Show writer Kevin Bleyer discuss the world of high-stakes negotiation. How to Sweet Talk a Shark talks about Richardson’s...
View ArticleA Dialogue to Peace? What Happens When Terrorists Are at The Negotiating Table
Should the U.S. government negotiate with terrorists? It's a question that is rarely so straightforward.Today, America's list of enemies is long—from ISIS to Hezbollah, to Hamas and Boko Haram, Al...
View ArticleThe Complex Dynamics of Open Adoptions; ‘White People’ on MTV; The Power of...
The rise of “open adoptions” in the U.S. has led to easier transitions for adoptees and greater peace of mind for birthmothers. Hear stories about open adoptions and the complex emotions they can...
View ArticleThe Necessity of Negotiating With Terrorists
Jonathan Powell, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair's Chief of Staff, founder of the NGO InterMediate and the author of Terrorists at the Table: Why Negotiating is the Only Way to Peace (Palgrave...
View ArticleHow to Negotiate the 'Nonnegotiable'
If the U.S. and Cuba can put their differences aside, what's stopping any political conflict from being resolved? Can't we expect Europeans to negotiate a healthier and productive existence with newly...
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