Is it a Constitutional Crisis Yet?; Whitney Heads Under Fire, Face Biennial Boycott; Extending Foster Care; Cordcutters
The Brian Lehrer Show | May 9, 2019
On today's show:
- In the wake of the Mueller report and the president’s refusal to comply with congressional subpoenas, legal experts Jennifer Rodgers, former federal prosecutor and lecturer at Columbia Law School, and Aziz Huq, professor of law at the University of Chicago and co-author of How to Save a Constitutional Democracy (University of Chicago Press, 2018), ponder, "are we in a constitutional crisis yet?"
- Zachary Small, staff writer at Hyperallergic, talks about the backlash that some Whitney Museum executives are facing over their business activities.
- Jess Danhauser, president and CEO of Graham Windham, Pilar Larancuent, director of the Graham SLAM Coaching Program, and Selwyn Bernardez, former foster care youth, detail their "Fair Futures" plan which would extend some foster care services from age 21 to 26 in New York City.
- With the success of streaming websites like Hulu and Netflix, other services are vying for a market share. Steven Zeitchik, reporter covering the business of entertainment for The Washington Post, talks about how a proliferation of streaming services has resulted in higher price tags.
