Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., left, and New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, right, tour the Edison Field Medical Station at the site of the N.J. Convention & Exposition Center in Edison, N.J.

NJ Sen. Cory Booker; Albany Lawmakers Back in Session; Reimagining Education; Dr. Howard Koh

The Brian Lehrer Show | May 26, 2020

Coming up on today's show: 

  • U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D, NJ) talks about the latest national political news.

  • NYS Senator Robert Jackson (D 31st, West & Upper Manhattan) talks about the return to session for the legislature, plus his recent hearing on COVID-19's disparate impact on minorities.

  • Earlier this month, Governor Cuomo appointed an advisory panel to “reimagine education.” Noliwe Rooks, the director of American Studies at Cornell University, former associate director of African American studies at Princeton University and the author of Cutting School: Privatization, Segregation, and the End of Public Education (The New Press, 2017) talks about her concerns for what should, and shouldn't change and Jessica Gould, WNYC reporter, shares what she's heard from teachers, parents and students.

  • Dr. Howard Koh, professor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and former assistant secretary for health for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2009-2014), talks about the latest COVID-19 news.

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