City officials announced yesterday that, due to budget cuts and rising demand, no more Section 8 housing vouchers were available and they would revoke about 3000 that have not been fully utilized. Bill de Blasio, Brooklyn City Councilman and Public

President Obama is in Copenhagen to persuade the world's countries to sign on to climate change legislation. One of the main sticking points is China's reluctance to agree to emissions verification. David Fahrenthold from the has the latest developments. Lucia

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, is commonly known as the "bible" of psychiatry. Christopher Lane, Northwestern University English literature professor and author of Shyness: How Normal Behavior Became a Sickness, discusses the controversy around revising this manual.

In spite of a challenging year, there are still plenty of reasons to love our great city. From Gail Collins to graffiti, deputy culture editor David Haskell, shares some of those reasons.

Beth Fertig, WNYC reporter and author of Why cant U teach me 2 read?, followed LaGuardia Community College professor Jorge A. Perez' remedial math class this semester for the series, .

It's not too late. There are plenty of craft markets open this weekend for pre-holiday shopping. Hear about several and call in with your own while Robert LaValva talks about his attempt to revive the food markets of old.

WNYC Reporter Matthew Schuerman reports on recent developments at development hotspots around the city: Atlantic Yards, West Harlem, Kingsbridge Armory and the Broadway Triangle. He is joined by Ruben Diaz, Jr. for more on the Kingsbridge project and 's Daniel

Representative Anthony Weiner offers his take on the latest developments in health care reform, and whether progressives should give up on the bill altogether.

The weekly series on holiday hosting continues with Tamara Reynolds and Zora O'Neill, authors of Forking Fantastic!: Put the Party Back in Dinner Party. This week: Holiday Traditions like -- What are your family's holiday food traditions? Comment below.Live Chat

Sunita Viswanath, founder and board member of , offers her take on the new U.S. strategy in Afghanistan.

Nancy Zimpher, chancellor of the , advocates for the SUNY system as an economic engine for New York.

Ed Viesturs, first American to climb world's three tallest mountains and author of K2: Life & Death on the World's Most Dangerous Mountain (Broadway, 2009), discusses his co-authored book.

As majority leader Harry Reid (D-NV) struggles to find the 60th vote for health care reform, David Drucker, staff writer, follows the politics in the U.S. Senate.

WNYC reporter Fred Mogul discusses efforts by state regulators to control health insurance premiums, and the effect on insurance industry profits.

Author of the QVC cookbook Top Secret Recipes Unlocked: All New Home Clones of America's Favorite Brand-Name Foods (Plume, 2009), Todd Wilbur explains how to recreate favorite processed foods in home kitchens.

Renowned climate scientist James Hansen discusses his new book Storms of My Grandchildren: The Truth About the Coming Climate Catastrophe and Our Last Chance to Save Humanity and developments in Copenhagen.

Instead of thinking about the US according to geography, the groups counties in all 50 states into community types based on similarities in culture and local economy. Project director Dante Chinni discusses how played out differently in the community types,

Yesterday we talked about volunteering in schools, and promised to give fathers a chance to call in and talk about the work they do. Here's their chance!Do you man the bake sale (literally)? What kind of work do you see

Gene Russianoff, staff attorney at NYPIRG , and Neysa Pranger, director of public affairs for the , review the drastic service cuts approved by the MTA's Finance Committee to close a budget gap.

According to a New York Times/CBS News , about 70% of unemployed adults are thinking about changing fields. We want to hear from you.If you're unemployed, are you thinking of changing your line of work? What did you do and