Chelsea Clinton & More Set for Next METRO FOCUS Tonight

By: May. 21, 2015
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The next edition of the award-winning series MetroFocus premieres in the New York metro area tonight, May 21 at 7 p.m. on WLIW21, 8:30 p.m. on THIRTEEN and 10:30 p.m. on NJTV.

New York Magazine architecture critic and Pulitzer Prize-winner Justin Davidson discusses the potential rise of the "mile-high building" with anchor Jack Ford and what it means for the city and people on the streets below.

In a Listening In segment, Chelsea Clinton, vice chair of the Clinton Foundation, discusses women's rights with NIGHTLINE co-anchor Juju Chang at a Council on Foreign Relations event called Women's Rights as Human Rights: The Path to Full Participation.

Author Arlene Alda talks with host Rafael Pi Roman about the childhood stories she collected of noteworthy Bronx natives from Al Pacino to Colin Powell for her book Just Kids From the Bronx: Telling it the Way it Was, an Oral History.

And Lincoln scholar and author Harold Holzer shares insights on the 16th president from his recent book Lincoln and the Power of the Press, plus highlights from the New-York Historical Society's exhibit Lincoln and the Jews.

Website: thirteen.org/MetroFocus (full episode available to view after 5/21 broadcast)

Facebook: facebook.com/MetroFocus

Twitter: @MetroFocus

MetroFocus Series Overview

MetroFocus is an award-winning multi-platform news magazine focusing on the New York region. The MetroFocus television program features interviews, in-depth reporting, content from many partners and solutions-oriented reports from the community. Major areas of coverage include sustainability, education, Science and technology, the environment, transportation, poverty and underserved communities. MetroFocus.orgamplifies that reporting with daily updates and original stories that also cover culture, government and politics, the economy, urban development and other news in the metropolitan region. More information at: thirteen.org/metrofocus/about-us-faq/

MetroFocus is a production of WLIW21 in association with WNET, parent company of THIRTEEN and WLIW21. For 50 years, THIRTEEN has been making the most of the rich resources and passionate people of New York and the world, reaching millions of people with on-air and online programming that celebrates arts and culture, offers insightful commentary on the news of the day, explores the worlds of Science and nature, and invites students of all ages to have fun while learning.

MetroFocus is made possible by James and Merryl Tisch, the Ford Foundation, Cheryl and Philip Milstein Family, Charlotte and David Ackert, Jody and John Arnhold, Betty and John Levin and the Dr. Robert C. and Tina Sohn Foundation. Corporate funding is provided by Mutual of America.



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