Public Advocate Jumaane Williams; Tourism (Mostly) Returns; Labor News; Getting Back on Sleep Schedules

4 segments
United Auto Workers members walk in the Labor Day parade in Detroit, Monday, Sept. 4, 2023.

On today's show:

  • New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams discusses the latest headlines, including the city's response to the migrant crisis and more.

  • New York City's tourist numbers are steadily climbing, with one noticeable exception. Greg David, contributor covering fiscal and economic issues for THE CITY and director of the business and economics reporting program at the Newmark Graduate School of Journalism and the author of Modern New York: The Life and Economics of a City (St. Martin's Press, 2012), breaks down the tourism numbers and explains why Chinese tourists aren't flocking to the City like they used to.

  • Jane McAlevey, organizer, senior policy fellow at the University of California at Berkeley’s Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, columnist at The Nation and co-author of Rules to Win By: Power and Participation in Union Negotiations (Oxford University Press, 2023), talks about labor news, including the latest on the WGA and SAG AFTRA strikes and the UAW negotiations, and the overall state of organized labor today.

  • Healthy sleep schedules can get out of whack during the summer season. Andrea Petersen, reporter at The Wall Street Journal covering consumer health and author of On Edge: A Journey Through Anxiety (Crown, 2017), discusses her latest reporting on how to get it back on track.

 

Transcripts are posted to each segment as they become available.