Author: WNYC

As Donald Trump seeks to gain the Republican presidential nomination, he faces 91 felony charges across four states and several lawsuits, many with dates in court that run right up to the election. We talk with reporter Alan Feuer, who is part of the team at the New York Times covering Trump’s legal battles. The…

Last week, an essay in The Cut by Charlotte Cowles went viral after Cowles described how she was scammed out of $50,000. Readers online seemed confident they wouldn’t fall for such a scheme, but experts caution that you shouldn’t be so sure. Amy Nofziger, director of Victim Support for the AARP Fraud Watch Network, and…

David Shalleck-Klein, founder and executive director of the Family Justice Law Center at the Urban Justice Center, discusses the class-action lawsuit charging the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) uses coercion, traumatizing families, and is joined by Shalonda Curtis-Hackett, a plaintiff in the lawsuit.   Read the full article here

Joy Reid, MSNBC host of “The ReidOut,” has written a new book about the historical relationship between Medgar and Myrlie Evers (now Myrlie Evers-Williams). Medgar and Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story That Awakened America, traces the love story between the two Civil Rights figures, their efforts in Mississippi fighting against Jim Crow laws,…

On today’s show:  Elie Mystal, justice correspondent for The Nation and the author of Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy’s Guide to the Constitution (The New Press, 2022), breaks down the latest on Trump’s legal woes, Alabama’s ruling on IVF and more. David Shalleck-Klein, founder and executive director of the Family Justice Law Center…

Sohla El-Waylly: In my heart, I think I’m a New Yorker, but I’m not. Born and raised in L.A., so that meant that I was deprived from like bagels for a really long time — good bagels.  Ham El-Waylly: Yeah, for the longest time, my only exposure to bagels were like those frozen bagged bagels. …

Wednesday on the NewsHour, the Supreme Court considers the Biden administration’s plan to reduce pollution drifting between states. A key informant in the investigation of Hunter Biden is accused of lying and having ties to Russia. Plus, the future of the U.N. humanitarian aid agency in Gaza hangs in the balance after allegations some employees…

Overall, inflation has plummeted since June 2022, shortly after the Federal Reserve began hiking interest rates, and the Fed is getting closer to its 2% target. But consumer prices are still high. So why is it taking so long for the Fed to cut interest rates? “The Federal Reserve has been faked out before, where we…

A young North Carolina woman has refused to go to a nursing home in another state. While she wants to leave the hospital, she asks to live in her own home, close to family and her school. MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: In North Carolina, there’s an 18-year-old woman who has had to live in a…

In Michigan, a state with a sizable Muslim population, there’s a push to increase the number of licensed Muslim foster care families. AILSA CHANG, HOST: Child welfare agencies often try to place kids with families of the same race or with similar cultural or religious backgrounds. In some communities, that can be hard to do.…