Retrofitting Shared Spaces, NYC Restaurant Week, Controversial Practices in Criminal Justice, Black Lives Matter at School

June Williamson, co-author of the book, Case Studies in Retrofitting Suburbia: Urban Design Strategies for Urgent Challenges, talks about some of the successful examples documented in her book of how to retrofit suburban spaces like malls, parking lots, and office parks to accommodate more sustainable designs.

For the first time, NYC's Restaurant Week is to-go only. It also lasts through the month of February. Tanay Warerkar, reporter for EaterNY, joins us for a call-in with restaurant patrons, owners and industry workers.

A new book takes a look at the history and practice of one of the most controversial elements of the American criminal justice system: the death penalty. Author Maurice Chammah joins us to discuss his book Let the Lord Sort Them: The Rise and Fall of the Death Penalty, which won the 2019 J. Anthony Lukas Work-In-Progress Book Award.

[REBROADCAST FROM JUNE 4, 2020] Director Erika Cohn and producer Angela Tucker discuss their documentary "Belly of the Beast," which tells the story of involuntary sterilizations of women, many of them African American, in the federal prison system in California.

This week marks the beginning of Black History Month. It's also the Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action here in New York City, which includes virtual community events and social media actions. We hear from two of the organizers: Martin Urbach, a member of the organization's steering committee and a public school teacher, and Karleny Rosa, a student activist and one of the youth leaders.