U.S. troops stand in trenches during World War I in France in 1918.

Inside NYC Family Courts, Remembering Dorothy Day, America's Protest Against WWI

The Leonard Lopate Show | Jan 24, 2017

Propublica reporter Joaquin Sapien joins us to discuss his article, “Dysfunction Disorder,” about the powerful family court system in New York City. John Cohen, photographer, musician, filmmaker, folklorist and member of the New Lost City Ramblers, joins us to discuss his life and work in film. Kate Hennessy join us to discuss her book Dorothy Day: The World Will Be Saved by Beauty, about her grandmother, Dorothy Day. Georgetown history professor and author Michael Kazin joins us to discuss his new book, War Against War: The American Fight for Peace, 1914-1918, which looks at the untold story of the socially diverse peace movement that nearly kept the United States out of World War I. 

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