Trump's Tariffs; March For Our Lives NYC; Rebuilding Puerto Rico; Corporate Rights

In this Aug. 30, 2011 photo, Larry Chappell uses a “C Press” machine to form a tank head at JV Northwest, in Canby, Ore. JV Northwest manufactures stainless steel vessels.

Coming up on today's show:

  • Tim Ryan, U.S. Representative for Ohio's 13th congressional district, explains his support for Trump's proposed tariffs on steel and aluminum. Then, Joseph Francois, managing director of World Trade Institute at the University of Bern, joins to discuss his report with the Trade Partnership outlining the effect those tariffs would have on American jobs.

  • Alex Clavering and Kelly Rogers, both student organizers for the NYC March For Our Lives, talk about the planning and goals of New York City's student-led "March For Our Lives," where people will protest for stricter gun control laws on March 24.

  • Yarimar Bonilla, associate professor of anthropology and Caribbean studies at Rutgers University, a visiting scholar at the Russell Sage Foundation and the author of Non-Sovereign Futures: French Caribbean Politics in the Wake of Disenchantment (University Of Chicago Press, October 6, 2015), and Kathryn Wylde, president and CEO of the Partnership for New York City, talk about the role of private investment in rebuilding Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria — and how it may fundamentally change the island.

  • Adam Winkler, UCLA professor of law and author of We the Corporations: How American Businesses Won Their Civil Rights (Liveright, 2018), traces the history of corporate rights in the United States, which goes back 200 years beyond Citizens United.