Wednesday Morning Politics; Pre-Primary Day; U.S. Considers Sanctions On China Over Muslim Detention; Voting Rights and Democracy

The Brian Lehrer Show | Sep 12, 2018

On today's show...

  • Karen Tumulty, political columnist for The Washington Post, talks about the latest news from Washington, D.C.
  • Ahead of New York's primary election on Thursday, Greg David, director of the business and economics reporting program at The Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism (CUNY), a Crain's New York Business columnist and the author of Modern New York: The Life and Economics of a City  (Palgrave Macmillan Trade, 2012), talks about the promises Gov. Cuomo made when he was first elected, which ones he kept, and which promises fell by the wayside. Plus freelance journalist Jake Shore talks about his reporting on last-minute fundraising for ex-IDC members.

  • Chris Buckley, correspondent covering China for The New York Times, and Josh Rogin, global opinions columnist who covers foreign policy and national security for the Washington Post, detail China's brutal crackdown on the Uighur Muslim minority, and how the Trump administration is weighing sanctions to address the human rights violation.

  • Carol Anderson, professor of African-American studies at Emory University and the author of White Rage, talks about her new book, One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018).

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