Progressives and the Biden Appointments; Mayoral Hopeful Raymond McGuire; ICE Detainees on Hunger Strike in NJ; Conflict in Ethiopia
The Brian Lehrer Show | Dec 2, 2020
Coming up on today's show:
- Katrina vanden Heuvel, editorial director and publisher of The Nation magazine, discusses Biden’s cabinet picks and where progressives go from here.
- Raymond McGuire, former Citigroup executive and mayoral hopeful, talks about his views on the issues facing NYC.
- WNYC reporter Matt Katz talks about his recent reporting on a COVID outbreak at the Elizabeth Detention Center, ICE detainees on hunger strike, and why NJ Democrats are reversing their stance to continue jailing NYC immigrants.
-  Ethiopia appears to have quickly won a civil war in its northernmost province of Tigray. Tom Gardner, Addis Ababa correspondent for The Economist, goes over its timeline and what it means to the country's prime minister Abiy Ahmed, who won the Nobel Peace Prize just one year ago.
- Heather Butts, assistant professor at Long Island University, lecturer at Columbia University School of Public Health, and co-founder and executive director of H.E.A.L.T.H. for Youths, talks about her organization's work with at-risk youth.
Transcripts are posted to the individual segment pages as soon as they are available.
