Betsy DeVos' Crusade Against Public Schools, Richard “Crazy Legs” Colon & Grand Mixer DXT, Bach Live! Michael Moore Makes His Broadway Debut

The Leonard Lopate Show | Aug 23, 2017

Alexandria Neason looks at Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ war on public schools. Richard “Crazy Legs” Colon and Grand Mixer DXT discuss breakdancing and the upcoming “B-Boy Royale” tournament. Cellist Dale Henderson, founder of “Bach in the Subways,” performs live. Michael Moore discusses his new one-man Broadway show.

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'It's chaos': LIRR commuters face shutdown, workarounds on first weekday of strike

The MTA says backup shuttle buses can carry only a fraction of regular LIRR riders.

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The History Wars and America at 250, with the Historian Jill Lepore

Three prominent historians discuss a national milestone arriving in the midst of a politically charged conflict over how Americans see the past. It’s a “goat rodeo,” Lepore says.

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10-Question Quiz: American History

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Democrats make a run for Stefanik's seat

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On an off-Broadway stage, actors bring immigrant stories alive and spark public debate

Immigrants' stories have been unfolding on an off-Broadway stage in an uncommon way. One is of a doctor in her 40s who fled Zimbabwe. Another featured a Colombian woman who regretted leaving her homeland for the United States. A third entered into a marriage of convenience with an American after overstaying her visa, and then suffered a violent assault in the subway.