Jul 29, 2020
Wes Moore, the CEO of the Robin Hood organization, joined Errol to talk about his anti-poverty work amid a growing hunger crisis and racial wealth gap that’s been exacerbated due to the coronavirus pandemic. And as America confronts systemic racism, he discussed Robin Hood’s new efforts to fund nonprofits that...
Jul 22, 2020
The debate over how to reopen schools in the fall is happening in communities all over the country, with educators and families voicing health and child care concerns. But with coronavirus cases continuing to spike in other states, can New York City’s 1.1 million public school students take part in in-person learning?...
Jul 15, 2020
Tanzina Vega has covered race and inequality for many years, including as the current host of “The Takeaway” on WNYC Radio. As the national conversation around race spurs change across the country, she joined Errol to talk about the fight for diversity in her newsroom and at other news outlets. She also talked about...
Jul 1, 2020
While New York City has been well on its way with reopening the economy and easing social restrictions, city officials have been working on figuring out how to find billions of dollars in savings after the coronavirus pandemic put the city deep in the red. Nicole Gelinas, an urban economics expert at the Manhattan...