Newsmakers meet New Yorkers as host Brian Lehrer and his guests take on the issues dominating conversation in New York and around the world. This daily program from WNYC Studios cuts through the usual talk radio punditry and brings a smart, humane approach to the day's events and what matters most in local and national politics, our own communities and our lives. WNYC Studios is a listener-supported producer of other leading podcasts including Radiolab, On the Media, Death, Sex & Money, Nancy, and many others.
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30 Issues: Maternal and Other Health Disparities
That Black women are three times more likely to die of pregnancy-related causes than white women is only one statistical marker of the health disparities in the U.S. Jamila Taylor, director of health care reform and senior fellow at The Century Foundation, talks about policies to address the causes behind the statistics and where the two presidential candidates stand on these issues.