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#MutualAid: Neighbors Stepping Up
Laura Jean-Jacques and Virginia Bechtold, volunteers with Flatbush United Mutual Aid, talk about their mutual aid group of neighbors helping each other during this pandemic. ?Flatbush United's Facebook group ?Flatbush United's resource list ?Mutual Aid N
Dignifying Work
Gene Sperling, director of the National Economic Council under both President Obama (2011-2014) and President Clinton (1997-2001) and the author of Economic Dignity (Penguin Press, 2020), talks about his call for a living wage, now more than ever, and ot
The City Reaches Out to People With Disabilities
Victor Calise, commissioner of the New York City Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities, answers questions from listeners with disabilities and talks about how the city is reaching out during the COVID-19 crisis.
Trump Versus the CDC
Dr. Ashish Jha, professor of Health Policy at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Director of the Harvard Global Health Institute, explains the relationship between the Trump administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Preven
Where Did You Catch COVID-19?
Dr. Jessica Justmann, senior technical director at ICAP at Columbia, a global health center at the Mailman School of Public Health, associate professor of Medicine in Epidemiology at Columbia University and an attending physician in the Division of Infec
Race and the Pandemic
Peniel Joseph, professor of history and director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy at the University of Texas at Austin and the author of The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. (Basic Boo
Appreciating Building Service Workers
Kyle Bragg, president of 32BJ SEIU, talks about the essential workers who keep large residential buildings running -- the doormen, porters, and cleaners. The union has designated May 5th "Building Service Workers Appreciation Day" and is asking resident
The NYPD and Social Distancing
An NYPD officer was put on modified duty after a violent social distancing violation arrest was filmed. Donovan Richards, Council member for the 31st District of the New York City Council and Chair of the Committee on Public Safety, talks about the NYPD'
Rep. Nadler on Federal Relief, National Politics
U.S. Representative (D, NY-10), chair of the House Judiciary Committee, Jerrold Nadler talks about the latest news from Washington and his district.
How to Reopen New York City's Restaurants
Henry Grabar, staff writer at Slate, talks about how New York City can safely reopen restaurants while still applying social distancing measures.