Demonstrators knee during a solidarity protest for George Floyd, Saturday, June 13, 2020, in West Point, N.Y.

Workplace Rights for LGBTQ Employees; Primary Preview: NY-15; CBS' John Dickerson; Living Alone During the Pandemic

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jun 16, 2020

Coming up on today's show: 

  • Gabriel Arkles, senior staff attorney with the ACLU’s LGBT and HIV Project (and part of the team on the Aimee Stephens case), talks about the landmark Supreme Court decision which ruled that LGBTQ employees can't be discriminated against because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.

  • Early and absentee voting is underway in the New York primary and one of the most hotly contested races is the Democratic primary to fill the House seat left open by Rep. José E. Serrano's retirement. David Cruz previews the candidates on the ballot.

  • John Dickerson, CBS 60 Minutes correspondent, a contributing writer to The Atlantic, co-host of Slate's Political Gabfest podcast, host of the Whistlestop podcast and the author of The Hardest Job in the World: The American Presidency (Random House, 2020), talks about Pres. Trump and his predecessors.

  • Listeners who have lived in self-isolation for several months talk about how they're coping, as states begin to reopen.

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