The Brian Lehrer Show: From The Left

The Brian Lehrer Show

From The Left

Friday, November 07, 2008

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Conservatives are skeptical of Barack Obama, but what does the progressive critique of the new President’s agenda look like? Plus, next time you go to a bodega, you’ll either have to bring your own bag or an extra nickel. The city is planning to charge for all plastic bags as part of massive budget cuts and revenue increases. Who's in your "Fab Cab"? Design your Dream Obama Cabinet Here!

Feet to the Fire

The left is lining up to make sure the Obama administration follows through on its more progressive promises. Elise Gould, health economist at the Economic Policy Institute, Ted Lewis, human rights director for Global Exchange, and Melissa Harris-Lacewell, Professor of politics and African-American studies at

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Over The Cliff?

WNYC's Bob Hennelly updates the latest NYC budget woes.

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40 Years Later

David Fenton, founder and CEO, Fenton Communications, and former Liberation News Service photographer and Bernadine Dohrn, former Weather Underground leader, now director and clinical professor of law, Children and Family Justice Center, Northwestern University School of Law, discuss the legacy of the 1960s.

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Demographics

John B. Judis, a senior editor of New Republic, a visiting scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and the author of The Emerging Democratic Majority and The Folly of Empire: What George W. Bush Could Learn from Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson (Scribner, 2004) looks at what this ...

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FUF: Prop It To Me

Just how do propositions make it onto the ballot? Kareem Crayton, associate professor of law and political science at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law, explains the often complicated process.

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FUF: Paying Your Share

We follow up on a caller who said that, even though she will pay more taxes under the Obama plan, she is willing to chip in more during tough economic times. Are you in the same situation? How much higher would you be willing to make your taxes? ...

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Frugal Life

Tod Marks, senior editor at Consumer Reports and editor of the blog "Tightwad Tod" and Wall Street Journal columnist Christina Binkley talk about Americans' new-found frugality.

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David Mathieson and Bo Kyi

David Mathieson and Bo Kyi

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Bo Kyi, co-founder of Burma’s Assistance Association of Political Prisoners and Uzbek journalist Umida Niazova are were honored 11/6 at ...

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Marcus Mabry

Marcus Mabry

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The president-elect faces the global economic crisis, and New York Times business editor Marcus Mabry offered his thoughts on where to go from ...

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Geoffrey Gray

Geoffrey Gray

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New York Magazine contributor Geoffrey Gray talked about his recent profile of Gov. Paterson and the resignation of his chief of staff, Charles ...

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Naomi Klein

Naomi Klein

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Naomi Klein, Canadian anti-globalism activist and the author of The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism, reacts to the global financial crisis ...

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