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Preply is collecting messages of hope and love from around the world to share with Ukrainian refugees in Poland.

Commentator Don Eberly says our civil society has languished...the institutions that make up this part of the socoety, family, churches, civic organizations are suffering from lack of membership. He says a big reason is because the government has filled many of the voids...but with the federal government moving to limit its role, we need to build back our civil society.

Autherine Lucy Foster's death comes less than a week after university officials dedicated the campus building where she briefly attended classes in her honor.

Noah talks to architect Cesar Pelli about the world's tallest buildings. Pelli designed what is currently the world's tallest: the Petronas Towers in Malaysia. Those will soon be dwarfed by a tower in Shanghai, China. And Donald Trump has plans for a still-taller skyscraper in lower Manhattan. Pelli's own design for a 2,000-foot tall building in Chicago has remained un-built since it was unveiled in 1989. Pelli says there are a lot of hurdles for skyscrapers to overcome before completion. He says with extremely tall buildings, the architect must view the process as adding a story at the BOTTOM, not the top -- to account for all the services, wires, elevators, and so forth that go into making a building work.

The announcement set off a hot municipal contest — and one big thought experiment. Mayors across North America said their cities would be the perfect home for 50,000 jobs and a $5 billion investment.

Robert talks to David Macaulay, host of the five-part PBS Television Series "Building Big," and author of the book of the same name, about the secrets of constructing huge structures. Macaulay describes some of the equipment, and techniques used to erect dams, skyscrapers, tunnels and giant domes. (8:00) On the Web, see /www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig. The book, "Building Big," by David Macaulay, is published by Houghton Mifflin, ISBN # 0-395-96331-1, publication date October 2000.

NPR's Jim Zarroli reports that New York city landlords and striking building maintenance workers resumed negotiations today. Some 30 thousand maintenance workers, elevator operators, janitors and other personnel have been on strike. Labor Secretary Robert Reich participated in the negotiations today in hopes of forcing a settlement.

Heather Cox Richardson joined Civics 101 host Hannah McCarthy at The Music Hall in Portsmouth, NH, on Sept. 29, 2023 to discuss her book Democracy Awakening.

Towns across the U.S. want to stop building homes that are vulnerable to climate-driven disasters, like wildfires, floods and droughts. It's easier said than done.