Rep. Mikie Sherrill; Disaster Aid; Gov. Hochul's First Week; Multiracial Identity
The Brian Lehrer Show | Aug 31, 2021
On today's show:
- U.S. Representative Mikie Sherrill (D, NJ-11) talks about the Afghanistan deadline, plus the House deal on the budget and infrastructure bills.
- After a devastating earthquake in 2010, Haiti received billions of dollars in foreign aid. Jake Johnston, senior research associate at the Center for Economic and Policy Research, talks about why foreign aid can sometimes exacerbate a county's problems and how a newly besieged Haiti could be better helped.
- Gloria Pazmino, politics reporter at Spectrum News New York 1, talks about Kathy Hochul's first week as governor, and how she's handling an influx of crises for New Yorkers including the end of the eviction moratorium, the sunset on expanded unemployment benefits and more.
- We hear from multiracial listeners to talk about the data from the 2020 census that reveals a substantial increase in the number of Americans who identify as such.
 Transcripts are posted to the individual segment pages as soon as they are available.
