'Bye-bye paradise, it was nice while it lasted.' The Paradise Park trailer park in Highlands, NJ remains a jumble of ruined homes with no repairs in evidence three months after Sandy. coastcheck

Coastal Rebuilding; Sen. Gillibrand; Working for Free

The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 7, 2013

The Small Business Administration is granting loans to businesses in hard-hit coastal communities damaged by Sandy. WNYC’s Robert Lewis talks about a ProPublica and WNYC investigation into money going into vulnerable coastal areas. Plus: Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) on a new gun trafficking bill; Max Boot’s new book on current and future insurgencies; a road trip has lessons about gun culture; and what kind of calculation do you make about whether to work for free or not?

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