National Politics Today; Worker Safety; Reopening Schools; Supreme Court Rules on Abortion Access
The Brian Lehrer Show | Jun 29, 2020
On today's show:
- Eugene Scott, political reporter at The Washington Post covering identity politics for The Fix, talks about the latest national political news.
- Charlene Obernauer, executive director at The New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH), talks about what kind of safety precautions employers are required to put in place as more business open amid the pandemic.
- As summer begins, Anya Kamenetz, education correspondent at NPR, and Joseph G. Allen, assistant professor of exposure assessment science and director of the Healthy Buildings program at Harvard University’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health and co-author of Healthy Buildings: How Indoor Spaces Drive Performance and Productivity (Harvard University Press, 2020), talk about whether schools should open in September, and look to lessons on how to do it safely from child care centers that stayed open during lock-down to care for the children of essential workers.
- The Supreme Court ruled in favor of preserving abortion access in Louisiana. Jami Floyd, WNYC's legal editor and host of All Things Considered, explains the ruling and what it means going forward.
