Church volunteers serve garlic bread to migrants camping outside the Sacred Heart Church in downtown El Paso, Texas, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023.

Immigration Challenges; Nurses' New Contracts; What to Know About Gas Stoves; Generational Calls

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jan 17, 2023

Coming up on today's show: 

  • Mayor Adams traveled to the border in El Paso this past Sunday to make the case that the federal government needs to cover the cost of caring for the influx of migrants making their way to NYC. Krish O’Mara Vignarajah, president and CEO of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, talks about the predicament cities are in and the Biden administration's current immigration and border security policies.

  • Nancy Hagans, president of the New York State Nurses Association, explains what will be in the new contracts for nurses, now that the strike in area hospitals is over.

  • Somini Sengupta, international climate reporter for The New York Times and lead writer for the Climate Forward newsletter, explains why gas stoves have recently become a political flashpoint, and digs into what the science says about risks they may pose to our health and to the environment.

  • Millennial and Gen Z listeners call in to talk about their generational identity, and whether they think other generations "get" them or not.

Transcripts are posted to each segment as they become available.

 

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