Fixing America's COVID Testing Problem; WNYC's Plan to Cover Race and Social Justice; 'Nice White Parents' and Schools; Restaurateurs Plea for Indoor Dining

A man is administered a COVID-19 test in his car at a drive-thru testing site in Phoenix's western neighborhood of Maryvale Saturday, June 27, 2020.

 

Coming up on today's show:

  • Atul Gawande, staff writer for The New Yorker and a surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, argues testing capacity in the United States could be scaled up to control the coronavirus pandemic, with effective national leadership.
  •  Jami Floyd, senior editor for race and justice at WNYC, talks about her new job leading WNYC's unit that plans to cover the news through the prism of race, class, and social justice.  
  • Chana Joffe-Walt, producer for This American Life and host of the new podcast Nice White Parents, and Dr. Rachel Lissy, senior Program Officer at Ramapo for Children, talk about investigating the relationship between white parents and segregation at one New York City school.
  • New York City Council member (and Democratic candidate for U.S. Representative) Ritchie Torres (D- and Peter Madoniachairman of the Belmont Business Improvement District, and the owner of Madonia Bakery on Arthur Avenue, call on the mayor and governor to allow for indoor dining -- otherwise, they say small restaurants and other mom-and-pop establishments in The Bronx will not be able to stay in business.

For transcripts, see individual segment pages.