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The Brian Lehrer Show
How a Young Democrat and Afghanistan Veteran Sees Politics Today; Catholic News Roundup; Mass Incarceration and the Challenge of Reentry
4 segments

Coming up on today's show:
- Evan McMorris-Santoro and Elle Reeve, correspondents for VICE News Tonight on HBO, discuss the anniversary of the United Right March rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, recent Trump rallies and national politics.
- Jason Kander, president of Let America Vote, former Missouri Secretary of State, former Army Captain who served in Afghanistan, and author of Outside the Wire: Ten Lessons I've Learned in Everyday Courage (Twelve, August 2018), talks about his book, voting rights, veterans healthcare and the state of national politics ahead of the midterm elections.
- Heidi Schlumpf, national correspondent at National Catholic Reporter and author of several books, most recently Elizabeth A. Johnson: Questing for God (Liturgical Press, 2016), discusses news from the Catholic Church, including recent allegations of sexual abuse in New York, New Jersey and Washington, and the Church’s stance on the death penalty.
- Bruce Western, professor of sociology and co-director of Columbia University’s Justice Lab and the author of Homeward: Life in the Year After Prison (Russell Sage Foundation, 2018), shares his findings from research into the first year after incarceration and argues for more support for reentry.