NYC Retirees Protest Health Plan Changes; France's Pension Reform; Humane Policing; Women's Work: Constitutional Law

A protesters holds a board reading: «Pension under pressure» during a demonstration at Republique square in Paris, Tuesday, March 21, 2023.

Coming up on today's show:

  • New York City municipal retirees are speaking out against a plan that would force them to enroll in a Medicare Advantage plan run by Aetna. Marianne Pizzitola, president of the NYC Organization of Public Service Retirees and FDNY EMS Retirees, explains why the retirees are furious and what they'd like to see happen instead.

  • French President Emmanuel Macron has survived two votes of no-confidence over his pension reform plan. Roger Cohen, Paris bureau chief for The New York Times, discusses what's next for the controversial plan, which would raise the age of retirement from 62 to 64 for most workers.

  • Neil Gross, sociology professor at Colby College in Maine, former police officer, and author of Walk the Walk: How Three Police Chiefs Defied the Odds and Changed Cop Culture (Metropolitan Books, 2023), argues police culture can become more humane and effective using the examples of three departments whose chiefs made it happen—in Stockton, California; Longmont, Colorado; and LaGrange, Georgia.

  • As part of Women's History Month, we're sharing stories of the women who moved into traditionally-male professions. Today, Elizabeth Wydra, president of the Constitutional Accountability Center, discusses the field of constitutional law, especially relevant less than one year after Roe v Wade was overturned, and 100 years after the Equal Rights Amendment was introduced (but never adopted).

Transcripts are posted to each segment as they become available.