Monday, December 10, 2007

Arlington Goes Green

Monday, Dec 10, 2007 at 12:06 p.m.

Already known for its environmental activism, Arlington launched a plan last January to reduce the county's carbon emissions by 10 percent. It involved everything from buying wind-generated electricity to installing fluorescent light...

Washington Post Ombudsman

Monday, Dec 10, 2007 at 12:25 p.m.

The Washington Post has several critics on staff: some review movies, others recommend restaurants. One has the newspaper itself as her beat. Deborah Howell, Washington Post ombudsman, serves as an independent critic of the newspaper on...

Cultural Competency and Islam

Monday, Dec 10, 2007 at 1:06 p.m.

It's a culture gap affecting American soldiers on the streets of Baghdad and corporate executives in boardrooms across the world: American institutions without a dynamic understanding of Islam and Muslim culture. We meet a leading expert...

The "December Dilemma": Culture, Religion and the Holidays

Monday, Dec 10, 2007 at 1:30 p.m.

In a multi-cultural workplace, how do you celebrate your cultural and religious traditions without alienating people of different backgrounds? From "holiday" office parties to "Chrismukkah" cards to the so-called "War on Christmas", Kojo...

The Kojo Nnamdi Show is produced by member-supported WAMU 88.5 in Washington DC.