Origins of the Border Crisis; Greenpoint Divided Over Street Redesign; Revisiting a Tragic Newark Murder 20 Years Later; Mutiny in Russia

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jun 26, 2023

Coming up on today's show: 

  • In the latest issue of Foreign Affairs, Julia Preston, contributing writer for The Marshall Project, traces the crisis at the southern border to its roots in America's broken asylum system.

  • Gwynne Hogan, reporter covering Brooklyn for The City, explains why a street safety redesign on Greenpoint's notoriously dangerous McGuinness Boulevard is causing so much controversy in the neighborhood.

  • Jenna Flanagan, host of MetroFocus on WNET and WLIW, talks about her new podcast "After Broad and Market" that looks back at the 2003 murder of Sakia Gunn, a queer teenager from Newark, and what has changed in the 20 years since for the community of queer teens of color.

  • David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker and the host of The New Yorker Radio Hour, shares his analysis of the uprising in Russia against Putin, led by the mercenary leader Prigozhin - and what it means for Putin's grip on power going forward.

Transcripts are posted to each segment as they become available.

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