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You can expect new retail on H Street Northeast, and refurbished businesses & housing along Georgia Avenue Northwest. Join Kojo for a discussion about the future development of DC, and find out what role open space and neighborhood desires are playing in those plans.
Harriet Tregoning, Director, D.C. Office of Planning
It was one of the toughest gun bans in the nation -- until it was struck down by an appeals court earlier this year. Now, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty has made his decision about whether to appeal the case to the U.S. Supreme Court or go back to the drawing board. We'll talk with Fenty and assess the implications for public safety in D.C. and beyond.
Adrian Fenty, Mayor, District of Columbia
The idea of a unified Africa with greater cultural and economic linkages between nations has been talked about for decades. But five years after the African Union was created, there are starkly differing opinions of what integration should mean for the continent. We explore the debate over a future "United States of Africa".
Akwe Amosu, Senior Policy Analyst for Africa, Open Society Institute
Ofeibea Quist Arkton, NPR Foreign Correspondent based in Dakar, Senegal
Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem, Deputy Director, UN Millennium Campaign in Africa; General Secretary, Pan African Movement
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