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Michael Chertoff on Trump-Putin Press Conference & Cyber Security
Michael Chertoff, executive chairman and co-founder of The Chertoff Group, a security consulting company and former Homeland Security Secretary (2005-2009), reacts to the Putin-Trump press conference and the need for cooperation on cyber security. His n
Live Coverage of Putin-Trump Press Conference with David Remnick
David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker and author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire (1994), offers analysis on the Trump-Putin one-on-one, followed by live feed of the press conference following their m
An Argument for Better Relations with Russia
As President Trump's meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin concludes, Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor and publisher of The Nation magazine, argues for improved relations between the U.S. and Russia. In an open letter ahead of the summit, she and
Trump-Putin Summit and Other News
As the Trump-Putin meetings wrap up in Helsinki, Eliana Johnson, White House reporter at POLITICO, talks about what to expect, and reviews all the news Brian missed while on vacation last week.
Brian Lehrer Weekend: The Man Behind the MTA, NY's Abortion Laws, Border Crisis History
In case you missed them, some of our favorite segments from this week. The Man Behind the MTA (First) | New York State's Abortion Laws (starts at 25:25) | Border Crisis History (starts at 49:50) If you don't subscribe to the Brian Lehrer Show on iTunes
The History Behind the Border Crisis
Michelle García, journalist and writer, and Monica Muñoz Martinez, Stanley J. Bernstein assistant professor of American Studies & Ethnic Studies at Brown University and author of the forthcoming book, The Injustice Never Leaves You: Anti-Mexican Viol
Helping with Homecoming
Julie Collazo, writer and founder Immigrant Families Together, and Meghan Finn, core organizer with Immigrant Families Together, discuss their work to reunite families separated at the border and how listeners can help.
Legal Hurtles for Families Separated at the Border
Lenni Benson, professor of immigration law at the New York Law School and founder of their Safe Passage Project, which works with volunteer attorneys and students to provide representation of unaccompanied minors in the immigration process, and Alexandra
Family Reunification Updates
Beth Fertig, WNYC senior reporter covering courts and legal affairs, provides an update on efforts to reunify families.
From El Salvador to Oakland
Lauren Markham, journalist and the author of The Far Away Brothers: Two Young Migrants and the Making of an American Life (Broadway Books, 2017), tells the story of identical twins Ernesto and Raul Flores who fled El Salvador for Oakland, California, and