Tonight on "MetroFocus" - The Right To March, Right To Vote, Project Art and Jamaica Bay
The award-winning series MetroFocus premieres new episodes in the New York and tri-state region weeknights at 5 p.m. on WLIW21, 5:30 p.m. on NJTV and 6 p.m. on THIRTEEN. All episodes are available at metrofocus.org following the broadcast.
The episodes description for tonight, Tuesday, March 15 follow below. Please note episode descriptions are subject to change. Please visit
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Tuesday, March 15 at 5:00 p.m. on WLIW21, 5:30 p.m. on NJTV and 6:00 p.m. on THIRTEEN
The Right to March - After 25 years, members of the LGBT community received the green light to march openly in this year's St. Patrick's Day Parade. Community activist, filmmaker and public speaker Brendan Fay walks us through the long struggle for inclusion in this city tradition.
The Right to Vote - Michael Waldman, author of "The Fight to Vote," joins us to talk about his book on the history of every American's right to be heard at the ballot box. We discuss how voting rights have changed over history and the impact these developments will have on the 2016 presidential election.
Bringing Back the Arts - Studies show children who do not have access to arts education are eight times more likely to land in prison than graduate from high school. But many arts programs are suffering from a lack of funding. For our ongoing American Graduate series, we speak to the people behind Project Art, an organization that is bringing arts education to infants, children and adolescents.
Saving Jamaica Bay - She sits like a wounded sentinel, New York City's guardian angel against rising seas and superstorms. Her name: Jamaica Bay. But she's disappearing at an alarming rate. We take you inside this distressing story with the team behind a new documentary about the fight to save the bay.
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Science and technology, the environment, transportation, poverty and underserved communities. MetroFocus.org amplifies 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/
