2018 in National Politics; Tuesday Morning Politics: New York City and State Edition; News From Your Desk; Mainstream Hatred

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jan 2, 2018

Coming up on today's show:

  • Gabriel Debenedetti, national political reporter at POLITICO, looks ahead to 2018 in national political news.

  • Christina Greer, political scientist and the author of Black Ethnics: Race, Immigration, and the Pursuit of the American Dream (Oxford University Press 2013), and Ben Max, executive editor of Gotham Gazette, looks ahead to 2018 in New York City and State politics.

  • Listeners call in to share news from their industry and what they're excited about in 2018.

  • Christian Picciolini, co-founder of Life After Hate and the author of White American Youth: My Descent into America's Most Violent Hate Movement--and How I Got Out (Hachette Books, 2017), tells his story of extremism and its aftermath of working against the white power movement he helped lead.

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