Tomorrow, Joe Biden will be inaugurated as the next president of the United States and Kamala Harris will become the first woman and the first Black and Asian person to become vice president. To discuss, we SPOTLIGHT Christina M. Greer. Greer is an Associate Professor of Political Science and American Studies at Fordham University (Lincoln Center Campus). Her primary research and teaching interests are racial and ethnic politics, American urban centers, presidential politics, and campaigns and elections. Greer's book Black Ethnics: Race, Immigration, and the Pursuit of the American Dream (Oxford University Press, 2013 ) investigates the increasingly ethnically diverse black populations in the US from Africa and the Caribbean. She is currently writing her second manuscript and conducting research on the history of all African Americans who have run for the executive office in the U.S. Media includes: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Newsday, MSNBC, NY1, NPR.
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President-elect Joe Biden has proposed an overhaul of immigration laws that would provide an eight-year pathway to citizenship and an expansion of refugee admissions. To discuss, we FEATURE Yesenia Chavez. Chavez, a daughter of Mexican immigrants, serves as the ACLU's Immigrants' Rights Policy Analyst within the National Political Advocacy Department. Prior to ACLU, she was the Immigrant Women's Health and Rights Policy Analyst at the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, and led the organization's immigration policy efforts against the detention of pregnant individuals, family separation, ICE & CBP funding, and the organization's campaign on the "public charge" rule. Media includes: Good Morning Washington, The Atlantic.
The Senate has begun confirmation hearings for Biden's cabinet appointments. To discuss, we FEATURE Meredith McGehee. McGehee serves as the Executive Director at Issue One. She is one of the nation’s foremost experts on Congress and ethics in politics and has been described as one of the most in-the-know persons about lobbying, money-in-politics, and the role of media in campaigns. As a public interest advocate, McGehee has more than three decades of success focused on political reform and legislative strategy. McGehee has testified several times before Congress, is frequently quoted in national media and, as a public speaker, is known for pulling back the curtain and deciphering how politics — especially in Washington — really work. Media includes: The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Hill, Politico.
President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will speak today at the Lincoln Memorial to honor lives lost to COVID-19. With the pandemic still ongoing, many people are wondering how Biden will tackle the virus since vaccines are still in limited supply. To discuss, we FEATURE Barbara Glickstein. Glickstein is a public health nurse, health reporter and media strategist. Glickstein produces HealthCetera, a podcast that provides evidence-based health news, analysis and commentary. She's a strategist for Carolyn Jones Productions on feature-length documentaries The American Nurse and Defining Hope and the multimedia project www.dyinginamerica.org. Media includes: The Nation, WNBC, PBS.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has reported that the U.S. economy lost 140,000 jobs in December, with women accounting for all the job losses and Black and Latina women being hit the hardest. To discuss, we FEATURE Dariely Rodriguez. Rodriguez is director of the Economic Justice Project at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law where she leads the Committee’s efforts to combat discrimination in employment, healthcare (including reproductive services), and economic opportunities on behalf of communities of color, including women and LGBTQ individuals. Media includes: Newsweek, Bloomberg, Providence Journal, NBC.
The #MeToo movement in France has gained momentum after political scientist and TV commentator Olivier Duhamel was accused of sexually abusing his stepson. Hundreds of people have been sharing their stories of child sex abuse under the hashtag #Metooinceste. To discuss, we FEATURE Aishah Shahidah Simmons. Simmons is the editor of love WITH accountability: Digging Up the Roots of Child Sexual Abuse (AK Press | Fall 2019). She is an award-winning Black feminist lesbian documentary filmmaker, activist, cultural worker, writer, and international lecturer whose work, for the past 25 years, examines the intersections of race, gender, sexuality, and sexual violence. Her work is informed by her lived experiences as a child sexual abuse and adult rape survivor. Media includes: Essence, All in the Family, ColorLines, NBC.
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