Monday Morning Politics; Queens Borough President Primary; Statues Toppled; How Phase Two Reopening is Going; Supreme Court Rules LGBT Workers Are Protected

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jun 15, 2020

Coming up on today's show: 

  • Maya Wiley, NBC News and MSNBC legal analyst and a university professor at the New School talks about the latest national political news.
  • Early and absentee voting is underway in the New York primary and one of the most hotly contested races is the Democratic primary for Queens Borough President. The City Queens reporter Christine Chung, previews the candidates on the ballot.
  • The death of George Floyd has reignited a fierce debate over whether monuments to the confederacy should be allowed to stand in this country. Lecia Brooks, outreach director at the Southern Poverty Law Center talks about what statues have gone down in the past few weeks, and what remains. Plus Gurminder Bhambra, professor of postcolonial studies at the University of Sussex on the parallel protests happening in Britain around symbols dedicated to the British Empire and colonialism.  
  • All of New York State (besides the city) is in phase two of reopening now, which means people can get haircuts, and dine outdoors at restaurants. Listeners call in to share how it's going, whether they feel safe and how well businesses seem to be following the rules.
  • Jami Floyd, WNYC's legal editor and host of All Things Considered, discusses the decisions handed down today, as the Supreme Court term enters its final weeks. Today the Court ruled that LGBT workers can sue employers for workplace discrimination.

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