Matt Katz

Matt Katz appears in the following:

'Like A Bird'

Friday, October 16, 2020

A debut novel from author and poet Fariha Róisín. 

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QAnon and Its Proliferators

Friday, October 16, 2020

Bloomberg Businessweek reporters Joshua Brustein and William Turton on the connection between a senior vice president at Citigroup and the conspiracy theory QAnon. 

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Immigration Updates Ahead of the Election

Thursday, October 15, 2020

WNYC reporter Matt Katz joins us to discuss how President Trump has transformed immigration policy over his first term. 

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Bias Incidents in New Jersey Increase a Staggering 75 Percent

Thursday, October 08, 2020

New Jersey saw a 75 percent increase in bias incidents from 2018 to 2019, according to a new report from the state Attorney General's Office. 

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Chris Christie Is Still Hospitalized With COVID

Thursday, October 08, 2020

The former governor and Trump aide is on his sixth day at Morristown Medical Center after announcing his positive COVID test.

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Chris Christie Hospitalized With Coronavirus After Going Maskless at the White House

Sunday, October 04, 2020

The New Jersey governor checked himself into a hospital over the weekend after he said he tested positive for COVID-19.

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Homelessness on the Rise Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

Thursday, October 01, 2020

According to the Eviction Lab, in 17 cities that they tracked, there have been more than 53,000 evictions since the pandemic began.

Indoor Dining Returns to Cities Across the Country, Despite Potential Health Risks

Thursday, October 01, 2020

Many states and cities have been slow to allow restaurants to open back up for indoor dining, but New York City, Chicago, and Florida have all recently eased capacity restrictions.

What the Pandemic Means for Child Labor Across the Globe

Thursday, October 01, 2020

Since the pandemic started, experts have warned that it could reverse two decades of progress in the global fight against child labor. 

Held By ICE Longer Than Any New Yorker, Bronx Man Is Finally Freed

Tuesday, September 29, 2020

Ousman Darboe, believed to have been detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement longer than any New Yorker, was freed Tuesday after a judge ordered bond.

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Murphy Doubles Funds for Lawyers for ICE Detainees

Tuesday, September 29, 2020

Until last year, immigrants picked up by ICE in New Jersey did not have access to government-funded attorneys, as they do in New York.

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Out-of-Work Street Vendors Found Income By Feeding Food Insecure New Yorkers

Tuesday, September 29, 2020

A 7-week grant paid street vendors—many of them immigrants—to cook free food for vulnerable New Yorkers, but it's ending this week.

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A New Documentary About Oscar Pistorius

Thursday, September 24, 2020

Director Daniel Gordon on his new ESPN 30 for 30 documentary series “The Life and Trials of Oscar Pistorius." 

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A New Show From Gillian Flynn Features A Pandemic

Thursday, September 24, 2020

Gillian Flynn talks about being the writer, executive producer, and showrunner of a new Amazon Prime original series, "Utopia." 

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How Climate Migration Will Reshape America

Thursday, September 24, 2020

ProPublica reporter Abrahm Lustgarten talks about his most recent article, "How Climate Migration Will Reshape America," in the New York Times Magazine.

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ICE Deports 54 Immigrants From New Jersey

Wednesday, September 23, 2020

It's an unusually high number of immigrants to be removed from the Essex County jail in one day.

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Pandemic Endangers Program That Provides Support For NJ’s Most Vulnerable Kids

Tuesday, September 22, 2020

The program to help vulnerable kids has been around for decades, but it attracts little attention in the media or in budget discussions.

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ICE Accused of Beating Up Uzbek Man at JFK Airport

Monday, September 21, 2020

A lawsuit alleges federal immigration agents hit and used a stun gun on a father they were trying to deport, despite a judges orders blocking the removal.

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Purveyor of QAnon Conspiracy, Outed As New Jersey Resident, Put On Paid Leave From Citigroup

Thursday, September 17, 2020

A leading purveyor of the conspiracy theory known as Q-Anon has been put on leave from his job at Citigroup. 

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Court Ruling Could Mean Deportation of Tens of Thousands in New York, New Jersey

Tuesday, September 15, 2020

The federal court decision upholds the Trump Administration's decision to eliminate Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, for immigrants from El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Sudan.

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