Apr 30, 2020
New York City is one of several hot spots in the United States facing high infection and death rates from COVID-19. In the Bronx, the City’s most diverse borough, Black and Latino New Yorkers have taken the brunt of the pandemic’s health and economic effects. New York State Assemblyman Michael Blake joins the...
Apr 23, 2020
Testing. Testing. Testing. Despite the plateauing of the nation’s capacity to test the public for new Covid-19 cases, some governors have attempted to begin reopening their economies, a decision that could prove costly in the long run. Dr. Angela Rasmussen, a virologist with Columbia University, joins Daniella and Ed...
Apr 16, 2020
Experts predicted communities in the United States would see a peak in first wave Covid-19 infections by mid-April. Governors around the country have implemented public safety measures that have altered much of civic life. David Cole, the national legal director for the ACLU, joins the pod this week to discuss how...
Apr 9, 2020
While pundits have pegged the coronavirus pandemic as an “equalizer”, experts have begun to take note just how differently Americans are feeling its impacts. In the news this week, our hosts are joined by CAP Action’s Danyelle Solomon to talk about how Black Americans have borne the brunt of this health and...
Apr 2, 2020
The U.S. begins April 2020 with soaring unemployment during the global coronavirus pandemic. On the podcast this week, Daniella and Ed speak with Michigan bartender Sarah May Whitelake about the challenges she and her family are facing during the biggest stress test the American economy has seen in a decade. In the...