National Politics; Immigrant Rights; The Eights | Civil Rights in 1988; Cheating

The Brian Lehrer Show | May 29, 2018

On today's show:

  • New York Magazine national political correspondent Gabriel Debenedetti talks about the latest national political news.
  • Bitta Mostofi, new commissioner of the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs, talks about immigration enforcement and other issues facing immigrant New Yorkers.
  • Mary Frances Berry, professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania, former chairwoman of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, takes a look back at the year 1988 and President Reagan’s impact on civil rights and gender rights.
  • Dr. Kenneth Rosenberg, board-certified addiction psychiatrist, certified sex addiction counselor, talks about his new book,  Infidelity: Why Men and Women Cheat (Da Capo Lifelong Books, 2018).

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