A Vision Zero for Long Island; Hacking as Vigilantism; Is Uber “Color-Blind”?

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jul 22, 2015

In Long Island’s Suffolk County, two separate drunk-driving crashes have left seven innocent people dead in just the last ten days. Nassau County Congresswoman Kathleen Rice lays out her proposal to put breathalyzers in new cars. Plus: the 25th anniversary of the American Disability Act; exposing cheaters by hacking the Ashley Madison cheating site; a doctor's guide to medical marijuana; and the not-so-colorblind history of the hail and why many black riders choose Uber over yellow cabs.

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