COVID-19 News Update; What Haaland's Appointment Would Mean for Native Americans; Ask the Mayor; MTA Update; Community Well-Being: Keeping Queens Resilient

The Brian Lehrer Show | Dec 4, 2020

Coming up on today's show:

  • Dara Kass, MD, emergency medicine physician at Columbia University Medical Center and Yahoo News medical contributor, talks about the latest numbers and the latest on vaccine development and distribution.
  • Julian Brave NoiseCat, vice president of policy and strategy with Data for Progress, narrative change director of the Natural History Museum, and a fellow of the Type Media Center, NDN Collective, and the Center for Humans and Nature, talks about the potential for Rep. Deb Haaland to be appointed the first-ever Native American Cabinet Secretary, and what it would mean for Native American communities and environmental policy.
  • New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in NYC.
  • The MTA is in dire financial straits, since ridership has plunged during the pandemic. WNYC transportation reporter Stephen Nessen talks about what the agency is seeking from the federal government -- and what will happen if it doesn't get it.
  • Denean Ferguson, co-chair of QR²-Queens Recovery & Resiliency/FRANC and director special projects at Arverne Church of God, talks about working with with her community through challenges and tragedies from Super Storm Sandy to COVID-19.

Transcripts are posted to the individual segment pages as soon as they are available.

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