A woman attends a rally calling on greater social equality, organized by non-unionized fast food workers demanding for a wage raise from $7.25 per hour to $15.00 per hour.

A Reporter's Housing Crisis, Aparna Nancherla on Netflix, Deporting a U.S. Citizen, Globalized Workers' Rights

Midday on WNYC | Mar 23, 2018

Wall Street Journal reporter Ryan Dezember discusses his recent essay, “My 10-Year Odyssey Through America’s Housing Crisis.” Comedian, actor and Twitter-sensation Aparna Nancherla talks about her new special on Netflix’s The Standups. Gregory Copeland, Staff Attorney in the Immigration Law Unit at The Legal Aid Society, and his client James Busse, a U.S. citizen who was detained and set for deportation, discuss ICE's deportation practices. Annelise Orleck, professor of history at Dartmouth, discusses her new book "We Are All Fast-Food Workers Now: The Global Uprising Against Poverty Wages."

This episode is guest hosted by Hari Kondabolu. 

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