Coming up on today's show:
- Kassandra Frederique, New York State director at the Drug Policy Alliance, breaks down a report from the Department of Health that reveals that though overdoses are still climbing, the pace is slower than in past years. The report also shows that for the first time in a decade, African American overdose threats outnumber whites in New York City.
- Madina Touré, New York City education reporter for Politico New York, and Clara Hemphill, founder of InsideSchools at the New School’s Center for New York City Affairs, discuss proposals to change admissions policies at NYC’s specialized high schools.
- Ibram X. Kendi, director of The Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American University, columnist at The Atlantic, and author of Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America (Nation Books, 2016), talks about his essay in The Atlantic’s special issue, dedicated to the question “Is democracy dying?” that looks at how restrictions on voting “rob American democracy of its health."
- Nathan Schneider, journalist and professor of media studies at the University of Colorado Boulder, and author of Everything for Everyone: The Radical Tradition That is Shaping the Next Economy (Nation Books, 2018), explains why cooperative businesses are a feasible alternative to traditional economic models.