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Coronavirus Exposes Faults in Healthcare System; On Biden's Black Support; NYC's Gifts to the Tech Sector; Nurses Speak About Coronavirus

Vice President Mike Pence speaks to reporters in the Brady press briefing room of the White House, Tuesday, March 3, 2020, in Washington.

Coming up on today's show:

  • Elisabeth Benjamin, vice president of health initiatives at Community Service Society, co-founder of Healthcare for All New York, talks about how the coronavirus crisis highlights the disparity of healthcare coverage in this country, and the government is up to the task of protecting, and paying for coronavirus testing and treatment for all Americans.     

  • Jonathan Capehart, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and member of The Washington Post editorial board, explores the so-called, "Black Vote," and why, a group that has faced historical and continuing disenfranchisement tends to vote as a bloc, and why that bloc is breaking for Biden.

  • Sharon Zukin, professor of sociology at Brooklyn College and the City University of New York Graduate Center and the author of The Innovation Complex: Cities, Tech, and the New Economy (Oxford University Press, 2020), talks about how New York’s economy has boomed since the Great Recession its booming tech sector -- and the costs 

  • Lisa Baum, occupational health and safety representative for the New York State Nurses Association, shares how the nurses she works with are preparing for coronavirus in the hospitals they work in, plus fields calls from health care workers.