Federal Monitor Says Violence at Rikers Continues; Sen Gillibrand on the Debt Ceiling Deal; After Uvalde;

The Brian Lehrer Show | May 31, 2023
Coming up on today's show:
  • The federal monitor released a report full of disturbing recent incidents at Rikers Island involving detainees and correction officers. Matt Katz, WNYC Public Safety correspondent, discusses what's in the report and what it shows about detainees' safety at the jail complex.
  • U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D NY) talks about her work in Washington, the debt ceiling compromise, and more.
  • Maria Hinojosa, founder of Futuro Media and president of Futuro Investigates, anchor and executive producer of Latino USA, and the author of the Once I Was You: A Memoir of Love and Hate in a Torn America (Simon and Schuster, 2020), talks about her PBS Frontline documentary and Latino USA special episode that examines the tragedy at Uvalde, and where we go from here.
  • Callers in their 20s and 30s discuss whether they aspire to work a "dream job" that speaks to who they are and provides broader meaning to their lives, or if they prefer a "good enough job" that pays the bills and requires them to find purpose beyond the office.
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