On today’s show:
Christina Greer, associate professor of political science at Fordham University, Moynihan Public Scholars fellow at City College, CUNY, host of the podcast FAQNYC, host of The Blackest Questions podcast on the Grio, previews the Iowa caucuses, plus discusses New York State’s new task force to study reparations.
Wastewater surveillance data suggests a significant COVID surge in the United States. Daniel Griffin, MD, PhD, infectious disease physician with a PhD in molecular medicine, researcher at Columbia, Optum chief of the division of Infectious Disease, president of Parasites Without Borders and co-host of the podcast “This Week in Virology”, explains the data and discusses the state of the so-called tripledemic.
Richard Rothstein, distinguished fellow of the Economic Policy Institute and a senior fellow (emeritus) at the Thurgood Marshall Institute of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, and the author of many books including The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America (Liveright, 2017) and co-author (with Leah Rothstein) of Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law (Liveright, 2023), and Leah Rothstein, community organizer and co-author of Just Action, talk about their books on segregation, and reflect on Dr. King’s legacy.
After Nikki Haley’s epic blundering on slavery’s role in the Civil War, teachers call in on their day off and talk about how they teach children of all ages about the history of the Civil War.
Transcripts are posted to each segment as they become available.
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