The Health Care Draw; TRussia Daily AMA; The Sunset Park Neighborhood; Beyond Trans

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jun 30, 2017

Coming up on today's show:

  • Kaiser Health News' chief Washington correspondent, Julie Rovner talks about the latest in the Republican efforts to "repeal and replace" Obamacare after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell withdrew his first try for revision and a new CBO score.
  • On the final day of the TRussia Daily series, MSNBC analyst and Mother Jones Washington bureau chief David Corn answers anything and everything about the Trump and Russia investigation.
  • As part of WNYC's, The Affordability Project, WNYC reporters Jessica Gould and Paige Cowett talk about the newest NYC neighborhood they have been covering: Sunset Park, Brooklyn and how it has been developing fast. 
  • Heath Fogg Davis, associate professor of political science at Temple University and author of Beyond Trans: Does Gender Matter, provocatively questions the need for gender categories in the law, specifically with ID documents, public restrooms, colleges, and sports.  

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