WNYC's Beth Fertig reports on one student's journey through the city's special education system. more>

WNYC's Cindy Rodriguez reports on a formerly homeless family that received a Section 8 voucher just to have it taken away two months later. more>

The arrest of Faisal Shahzad in connection with the attempted bombing in Times Square and subsequent arrests has placed the city's Pakistani community in an uncomfortable position. WNYC's Arun Venugopal reports. more>

At the end of last month, WNYC's Brian Lehrer spoke with Coro Fellow Sophia Tu who took part the night before in New York City's annual count of the homeless. Mary Brosnahan, Executive Director at Coalition for the Homeless which surveyed the state of homelessness and Martin Covington, a homeless New Yorker who is taking advantage of the Coalition's services. more>

WNYC's education reporter, Beth Fertig reported on the NAACP, teachers union lawsuit over the closing of 19 public schools. more>

WNYC's Andrea Bernstein reports that the Bronx is the poorest urban area in the country but 13th in receipt of stimulus money in the state. more>

In a story that aired last month on WNYC, Radio Rookie Errika Diaz tells her story of "Money Stress." She like many of her neighbors in the South Bronx has lived in poverty most of her life. more>

In early September, Brian Lehrer discussed a comprehensive new report revealed widespread abuse of low-wage workers in Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York. Annette Bernhardt, policy co-director of the National Employment Law Project and co-author of the new report, Broken Laws, Unprotected Workers, discusses the findings. Plus, Amy Carroll, supervising attorney at Make the Road New York, addresses employment law questions raised by the new report. more>

Two years ago, WNYC's Lisa Chow reports on Chinatown's resistance to gentrification. more>

In June 2008, Marc Perry, Chief of the Population Distribution Branch at the Census and Andrew Beveridge, chair of the Sociology Department at Queens College spoke with WNYC's Brian Lehrer about the Census Bureau's new atlas and the New York specific data. more>

NY State Assemblyman Vito Lopez (D-53), who represents Bushwick and Williamsburg and is Brooklyn Democratic Party chairman, argues in favor of a contested plan to build affordable housing at the Broadway Triangle in Williamsburg. He talked with WNYC's Brian Lehrer on August 5th. more>

WNYC's Andrea Bernstein reports that the Bronx tops in poverty and unemployment in New York State but 14th in receiving Stimulus money. more>

WNYC's Richard Yeh talks with Asian immigrants on Flushing's Main Street. more>

The Census Bureau has begun a public relations blitz to reach New Yorkers.  WNYC's Arun Venugopal reports. more>

WNYC's Brian Lehrer talks with parent activists about mayoral control of schools. more>

WNYC's Beth Fertig presents opinions from parents and others about mayoral control of public schools. more>

WNYC's Beth Fertig reports on the establishment of the Black Male Initiative at Medgar Evers College. more>

Parents say a plan to eliminate more than 3,000 kindergarten slots at city day cares is turning out to be a disaster. more>

WNYC reports a public hearing on mayoral control of New York City's public schools. more>

WNYC's Radio Rookie Shirley "Star" Diaz tells her story of the horrors that brought her to foster care and the prospects that she faces as she ages out of foster care. more>

WNYC reporter talks with South Bronx residents about fare hikes vs. toll increases. more>

Brian Lehrer talks to Inside Schools Director Pamela Wheaton and Judith Amaro, a parent leader in District 6, about city school admission policies and the affects on diversity in Talented and Gifted programs. more>

WNYC's Siddhartha Mitter reported on how the possibility of budget cuts presents a risk to ESL programs. more>