WVIZ/PBS ideastream®: Ideas
Ideas is a series of special one-hour programs produced and presented by WVIZ/PBS ideastream®. Topics for each episode are guided by ideastream’s “Listening Project,” a series of surveys, town hall meetings and other community-focused activities. Subjects such as education, the economy and jobs, the environment, economic development, civic affairs, and health and human services are prominently featured. Each Ideas episode also serves as the keystone for a compilation of related programming on 90.3 WCPN, WVIZ/PBS and content on ideastream websites. The goal of this program series is to focus audience attention on an issue or topic of broad community interest. These stories, segments, and entire programs are distinguished by their depth and quality of journalism and the creative storytelling ideastream audiences have come to expect and appreciate.
Thursday, April 6, 2006
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Children of Uganda
If 255,000 Greater Clevelanders - or 15% of our local population - were suffering from HIV/AIDS, we'd probably pay a lot more attention to the disease, right? According to the World Health Organization, at one time 15% of the population of the African nation of Uganda was living with AIDS or HIV. This week, a dance troupe of youth from that nation - many who have lost their parents to AIDS - is performing at the Allen Theatre. Besides the cultural exchange, these kids are in Cleveland to raise awareness of AIDS in their homeland. We'll be joined by a Case professor who has made the AIDS issue in Uganda her life's work; and also by the head of the Greater Cleveland AIDS Task Force, who will speak about the issues here: how they relate to what's gone on in Uganda and what's being done in Cleveland to slow the track of this illness.
Children of Uganda
Cleveland Department of Public Health: Findings among Cleveland Residents Living with HIV/AIDS
AIDS Taskforce of Greater Cleveland
Underage Drinking
It's the drug of choice for young people. Alcohol kills 6six times more young people than all other illicit drugs combined. And while underage drinking has been a concern across the country, a new report released by the Governor's Office reveals that Ohio may have even more reason to worry. 26% of the alcohol in Ohio is consumed by underage drinkers. That's the second-highest rate of underage consumption in the nation. So is it a way of life you just can't fight? Or a tragic disease you can't afford to keep silent about? We'll talk about how to protect your kids.
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcohol
Why Do Kids Drink, What Are the Risks, and How Can Underage Drinking Be Prevented?
View the Governor's Report
Tax and Expenditure Limitation
This November, Ohioans will be given a chance to cast their vote for or against the Tax and Expenditure Limitation amendment. The so-called "TEL" amendment was initiated by Secretary of State Ken Blackwell, a republican candidate for governor. The amendment, if passed, would limit the annual growth of all government spending in the state to either 3.5% or the combined rate of population growth and inflation, whichever is higher. This amendment would apply to every local government and school district. This week, ideastream's Dan Moulthrop explores the TEL amendment with two guests. Kevin O'Brien is with the Center for Public Management, Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State University. He recently co-authored a report critical of the amendment. David Hansen is President of the Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions in Columbus. The Institute is in favor of the TEL amendment.
The Center for Public Management report: A Review of Tax Expenditure Limitations and their Impact on State and Local Government in Ohio
Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions Reports: Comparing Impact of CAP and TEL on Ohio Taxes and Spending; CAP and TEL Comparison Tables; Living with a TEL: Competitive Sourcing and Other Strategies for Effective Government Management in Ohio; Viewpoint: Don’t Taxpayers Deserve a Bill of Rights?
Send questions and comments to ideas@ideastream.org.
