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AP Black History; Suburban Congress Members Take on Congestion Pricing; New CCRB Report on Police During 2020 Protests; Did You Lose...or Get a Job in January?
The Brian Lehrer Show | Feb 6, 2023
Coming up on today's show:
- After Florida Governor Ron DeSantis banned the new AP African American studies course from the state, the College Board released a revised version of the course that many are saying is missing key elements of history. Noliwe Rooks, department chair and professor of Africana studies at Brown University, reflects on what's in, and what students will be missing from the course as it now is.
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U.S. Representative Mike Lawler (R, NY-17) and U.S. Representative Josh Gottheimer (D, NJ-5), explain why they are against the congestion pricing plan, which would charge drivers heading into Manhattan below 60th Street.
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Arva Rice, interim chair of the Civilian Complaint Review Board, explains the details of a new report that looks at police misconduct during the 2020 protests.
- Friday's jobs report was "jaw dropping" according to CNN; "stunningly good" according to CNBC, even though major tech companies laid off thousands of workers. Listeners call in to share if they got a new job, or if they were laid off in the past month or so, and what they think it says about the direction of their industries.
