First 2020 Democrats’ Debate Reactions and Analysis; Prejudice and Pride: The New American Family; SCOTUS Wrap-Up

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jun 27, 2019

Coming up on today's show:

  • Hear analysis of the first-night's debate from Donna Brazile, Fox News analyst, former Democratic National Committee chair and author of Hacks: The Inside Story of the Break-ins and Breakdowns That Put Donald Trump in the White House (Hatchette Books, 2017). Then, Aimee Allison, activist, founder and president of She the People, a national network aimed at empowering women of color as voters and candidates, also discusses the first 2020 Democratic presidential debate. Plus, listeners call in with their analysis.
  • Heath Fogg Davis, professor of political science at Temple University, Director of Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies, and author of The Ethics of Transracial Adoption (Cornell University Press, 2002) and Beyond Trans: Does Gender Matter? (NYU Press, 2017), discusses the political and cultural changes in the aughts that brought non-traditional families into the mainstream.
  • Jami Floyd, WNYC's host of All Things Considered and legal analyst, reviews the opinions released on the final day of the Supreme Court term, including the partisan gerrymandering decisions and the census citizenship question.

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