Investigating the Insurrection; COVID-19 Variants; A 'Community History' of Blacks in America
The Brian Lehrer Show | Feb 3, 2021
On today's show:
- Katie Benner, Justice Department reporter at The New York Times, talks about where the Justice Department and FBI are in their investigations into the insurrection at the Capitol on January 6th.
- Apoorva Mandavilli, New York Times reporter focusing on science and global health, talks about the latest news on the COVID-19 variants from the U.K. and South Africa, and whether the current vaccines can provide any protection against them.
- Keisha Blain, University of Pittsburgh historian and president of the African American Intellectual History Society, and Ibram X. Kendi, professor in the Humanities and the founding director of the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research and columnist at The Atlantic, talk about this moment in Black history and their new collection of 80 writers' and 10 poets' take on the American story, Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 (One World, 2021).
- Cab drivers call in to share whether they feel safe from COVID while working and what precautions they are taking, plus talk about whether they'll take the vaccine, now that they're eligible.
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