Slashing $1B From NYPD; Guaranteed Jobs; Israeli Annexation of the West Bank; The 'Trayvon' Generation's Trauma and Celebration
The Brian Lehrer Show | Jun 30, 2020
Coming up on today's show:
- Juan Manuel Benitez, reporter at NY1 and host of PuraPolítica, discusses Mayor's and NYC City Council's plan to slash $1 billion from NYPD, NYC planning to end solitary confinement in jails and Gov. Cuomo's reservations about indoor dining in Phase 3.
- Pavlina Tcherneva, associate professor at Bard College and research scholar at the Levy Economics Institute and the author of The Case for a Job Guarantee (Polity, 2020), talks about the Modern Monetary Theory and why it allows for full employment at a living wage -- even now.
- Yousef Munayyer, Political analyst, writer and scholar (PhD in government and politics, Non-resident Fellow at the Arab Center in Washington DC, talks about the mixed reaction of US/Israeli policy when it comes to the annexation of the West Bank.
- Elizabeth Alexander, poet, educator, memoirist, scholar and president of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, talks about raising Black sons, and how they and their generation are coping with the trauma of watching police violence against Black people, caught on video.
