Zachary W. Carter on Crime and Policing
New York City experienced a crimewave in the 1970s, and again during the crack epidemic of the 1980s and early 90s. Now violent crime – specifically, ...
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A weekly half-hour program featuring interviews with significant men and women from a variety of fields: officeholders and activists, economists, labor leaders, writers and artists.
Jacob Hacker on Threats to U.S. Democracy
Over one hundred eminent scholars recently signed a statement of concern that asserts, clearly and unequivocally, that “our entire democracy is now at...
AnnMaura Connolly on the Benefits of National Service
Believe it or not, there’s one area of national policy on which Democrats and Republicans seem to agree, and that’s voluntary national service program...
Arva Rice on Vaccine Hesitancy and Access
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a tragically disproportionate effect on America’s black communities, and yet, some members of the African-American and o...
Andrea Williams on Effa Manley and the Negro Leagues
The general, almost universal feeling now, is that it was a good thing when Jackie Robinson broke the Major League color barrier in 1947. However, the...
DNA Test Kits and Family Secrets with Libby Copeland
Genetic testing kits for the ordinary consumer are becoming more and more popular. People love learning about their family histories and their ethnic ...
NYC’s Racial Justice Commission with Jennifer Jones Austin
In a potentially historic move, the city of New York has created a Racial Justice Commission. It will examine the systemic race-based injustices and i...
Eliza Sweren-Becker on Securing Voting Rights
Bob talks with guest Eliza Sweren-Becker, counsel to the democracy program at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law School, about the attempts tha...
Barry B. LePatner on the Return of New York City
Barry LePatner, a lawyer and nationally-recognized authority on real estate and construction, joins Bob to discuss New York City’s path forward. How w...
The Looming Mortgage Crisis with Dr. Samuel Stein
As we emerge, hopefully, from this COVID-19 pandemic, New York is heading straight into a housing crisis. At some point the moratoriums on evictions a...