Progressive Jewish Responses to the Omar Controversy; Speak to the Speaker; The Case for American Diplomacy; 2020 Democrats Embrace Race-Conscious Policies

The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 11, 2019

Coming up on today's show:

 

  • Batya Ungar-Sargon, opinion editor at The Forward, and Jessica Smith, chief operating officer at J Street, offer different responses from the Left to the issues raised by the Rep. Ilhan Omar controversy.
  • Speaker of the New York City Council, Corey Johnson, talks about his recent "State of the City" speech in which he proposed City-control of the subways, plus other issues facing the City Council -- and takes calls from listeners.
  • William Burns, president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, longtime diplomat and State Department official and the author of The Back Channel: A Memoir of American Diplomacy and the Case for Its Renewal (Random House, 2019), talks about his life as an American diplomat and why diplomacy matters.
  • Briahna Gray, columnist and senior politics editor at The Intercept, discusses 2020 Democratic presidential candidates' embrace of race-conscious policies like reparations, and the merits of their plans to address the racial wealth gap.

 

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