Thursday Morning Politics; The Latest in NYC Politics; A Plan for Inclusive Arts and Culture; Mourning Constitutional

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jul 20, 2017

Jamil Smith fills in for Brian all week. On today's show you'll hear:

  • Joy-Ann Reid, host of MSNBC's AM Joy, discusses President Trump's "Commission on Election Integrity," the continuing fallout from the failure to reform healthcare and the latest Trump-Russia revelations.
  • Christina Greer, associate professor of political science at Fordham University and the author of Black Ethnics: Race, Immigration, and the Pursuit of the American Dream (Oxford University Press 2013), and Grace Rauh, NY1 political reporter, talk about the state of the mayor's race, Brooklyn Councilman David Greenfield's council race and the race to replace the race to replace councilwoman Julissa Ferraras-Copeland in Queens.
  • Tom Finkelpearl, NYC Cultural Affairs Commissioner, discusses de Blasio's plan to bring affordable, accessible, and more diverse arts and culture to the five boroughs.
  • Heidi Schreck, playwright/actress/producer, paid for college with her speeches on the Constitution in in American Legion contests.  In her recent play she revisits those speeches and what she's learned since about who wrote the Constitution and whose protected by it. She shares her insights.

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