Life for Women in the Trucking Industry, Getting Past Talking Points in Presidential Debates

The Leonard Lopate Show | Aug 23, 2016

Journalist Mary Pilon investigated the hundreds of gender-discrimination claims brought against the trucking industry over the past 20 years. NPR’s Cairo Bureau Chief Leila Fadel discusses Tunisia’s political stability in the five years since the Arab Spring. Elizabeth Cobbs tells the true love story of founding father Alexander Hamilton and his wife, Elizabeth Schuyler, in The Hamilton Affair. Why our presidential debates are so boring, and what can be done to make them better.

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Jack Schlossberg, the Kennedy Running for Congress in New York. Plus, the Astronaut Reid Wiseman

The candidate on the role of social media in politics, and speaking out against his cousin R.F.K., Jr. Plus, the commander of NASA’s Artemis II mission on the dark side of the moon.

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NJ Gov. Sherrill: If state police were too aggressive at Delaney Hall, we'll look into it

New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill took call after call Wednesday night from people who told her state police had been overly aggressive in violent clashes with protesters outside the Delaney Hall immigration detention center this weekend.

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I.C.E.'s "Wartime Recruitment" Campaign

Hiring at the highest-funded U.S. law enforcement agency.

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Ask the Mayor Recap and More News From City Hall

Elizabeth Kim discusses the issues Mayor Mamdani talked about in his first "ask the mayor" segment.

The Brian Lehrer Show |