Workplaces Amid Covid; Dianne Morales; Where We Agree; Kids and Climate Anxiety

The Brian Lehrer Show | May 19, 2021

On today's show:

  • Carol Goodman, partner at Herrick, Feinstein LLP and chair of the firm’s employment practice, talks about how workplaces need to adapt to keep employees safe as mask mandates are lifted in New York and once the HERO Act takes effect and Daniel Munoz, politics, government and economic development reporter for NJBIZ, talks about why Gov. Murphy says lifting the mask mandate now would be unfair to NJ businesses.
  • Dianne Morales, former nonprofit executive and 2021 mayoral hopeful talks about her plans for the City's economy, both in recovering from the pandemic losses and in addressing pre-existing inequality.
  • David Schleifer, director of research at Public Agenda, a nonpartisan public opinion research organization, and Gerard Robinson, USA Today opinion contributor, AEI scholar and a former secretary of education in Virginia and Florida education commissioner, and talk about the latest report from on America's "Hidden Common Ground" and what research shows as issue that run counter to narratives of "bubbles" and separate realities.
  • As parents and kids emerge from the pandemic, the climate crisis has come into focus for many, causing anxiety especially among kids. Mary DeMocker, author of The Parents’ Guide to Climate Revolution: 100 Ways to Build a Fossil-Free Future, Raise Empowered Kids, and Still Get a Good Night’s Sleep (New World Library, 2018), talks about how to help kids deal with their climate anxiety and empower them along the way.

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

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