Could Congestion Pricing Fix Transportation?; Former White Nationalist Derek Black; Identity Politics; the End of a New York Journalism Era

The Brian Lehrer Show | Aug 23, 2017

Coming up on today's show:

  • One way to fix the broken subway system? Charge congestion pricing. Will Bredderman, contributing politics writer for Crain's New York, and Alex Matthiessen, director of the MoveNY campaign and president of the Blue Marble Project, discuss the proposed plan to tax traffic coming into Manhattan in order to fix the subway system and gridlocked traffic on New York City streets.
  • Derek Black, a graduate student in history who focuses on the early Middle Ages, was following in his father's footsteps as a leader of the white nationalist movement until he began to question its ideology. He joins us to talk about the rise of white supremacy in 2017 and his transition out of the movement. 
  • Michelle Goldberg, senior contributing writer for Slate.com and author of Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism, discusses whether or not the left's focus on identity politics is hurting the party.
  • The Village Voice has announced that it will end its free print edition after more than 50 years in the business. Tom Robbins, investigative journalist in residence at the CUNY School of Journalism and former longtime columnist at The Village Voice, and Michael Musto, former Village Voice columnist and columnist for Out.com, join us to reflect on the paper's heyday and to remember the good and the bad of the storied alt-weekly.

Top Stories

One Refugee’s Journey Through ICE Detention

Black and Latino Leaders React to DSA Wins

Jewish elected leaders criticize Mamdani’s rhetoric after Upper West Side stabbings

Cat Cohen's New Comedy Musical 'Broad Strokes'

YOU ARE ONLINE