Trump Versus the CDC; The City Reaches Out to People With Disabilities; Dignifying Work; Mutual Aid
The Brian Lehrer Show | May 6, 2020
Coming up on today's show:
- Dr. Ashish Jha, professor of Health Policy at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Director of the Harvard Global Health Institute, explains the relationship between the Trump administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and how it may impact the outcome of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Victor Calise, commissioner of the New York City Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities, answers questions from listeners with disabilities and talks about how the city is reaching out during the COVID-19 crisis.
- Gene Sperling, director of the National Economic Council under both President Obama (2011-2014) and President Clinton (1997-2001) and the author of Economic Dignity (Penguin Press, 2020), talks about his call for a living wage, now more than ever, and other ideas from his new book.
- Laura Jean-Jacques and Virginia Bechtold, volunteers with Flatbush United Mutual Aid, talk about the mutual aid groups of neighbors helping each other during this pandemic.
