On today’s show:
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U.S. Representative Ritchie Torres (D-NY15) talks about the congestion pricing go-ahead, the Supreme Court’s final decisions, and his work in Congress.
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Caroline Lewis, health reporter for WNYC and Gothamist, talks about the judge’s decision to put the switch to Medicare Advantage plans for City retirees on hold while a lawsuit against it is adjudicated.
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Cornel West recently revealed his appointment of Jill Stein as campaign manager for his third-party presidential bid, sparking discussions amongst the socialist left of the United States about the way forward for their political movement. Eric Blanc, assistant professor of Labor Studies at Rutgers University, author of Red State Revolt: The Teachers’ Strike Wave (Verso, 2019), Revolutionary Social Democracy: Working-Class Politics Across the Russian Empire (1882-1917) (Haymarket Books, 2022), and the newsletter laborpolitics.substack.com, and a member of NYC Democratic Socialists of America, discusses the state of the American left pre-2016, how its evolved over the last 7 years, and his theory for how the left should build power moving forward.
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Listeners call in to share how they’ve been using their money since repayment was suspended and how they’re coping with the resuming payments now that student loan forgiveness has been struck down by the Supreme Court.
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