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Could Ohio's Toxic Train Disaster Have Been Prevented?

February 15, 2023 17:00 - 15 minutes - 14.5 MB

Two weeks ago, a train carrying toxic chemicals through a small town in eastern Ohio derailed in a fiery crash and flames and black smoke filled the sky. Federal investigators have said the derailment was caused by a mechanical issue with a rail car axle. But rail companies have used their influence to lobby against federal regulations that could have made an event like this less possible — including mechanical safety upgrades for trains carrying hazardous chemicals and what chemicals are e...

Barrier Breaker: Colorado Representative Leslie Herod

February 15, 2023 17:00 - 15 minutes - 14 MB

Democratic Colorado Representative Leslie Herod joins us for our series Black Queer Rising. Herod has held down the 8 district in Colorado since her victory in the 2016 – and is the first openly queer Black woman in the Colorado House of Representatives elected in the state’s history.  Herod has made a name for herself by tackling and securing sweeping changes with a police reform bill signed into Colorado law in June 2020. Her efforts have de-felonized drug possession and introduced bail r...

New Book: "Gray Love"

February 14, 2023 22:33 - 15 minutes - 13.8 MB

Gray Love: Stories About Dating and New Relationships After 60 is an ambitious effort that includes forty-two essays covering a range of topics. From dating while mourning the loss of a partner, to what to write on an online dating profile. Some stories are sad and tragic while others are funny and joyful. We talk to the Co-Editors of the book Nan Bauer-Maglin and Daniel E. Hood. 

New Parents Should Have the Choice of Whether or Not They Want to "Werk, Werk, Werk"

February 14, 2023 17:00 - 13 minutes - 12.2 MB

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Family and Medical Leave Act, sometimes called the FMLA, which President Clinton signed into law in 1993. The legislation allows up to 12 weeks of “unpaid” leave for qualifying employees to recover from major illness, or childbirth, or to take care of sick family members.  It was a groundbreaking achievement for its time, but also limited. According to a Labor Department survey, about 44% of workers are not eligible for FMLA-leave because they wor...

Spy in the Sky: What to Make of China's Balloon Surveillance

February 13, 2023 22:52 - 14 minutes - 13.4 MB

Late last week a Chinese surveillance balloon flew over the continental United States until it was shot down by a U.S. military jet at the order of President Joe Biden.  U.S. officials say the balloon was part of an extensive surveillance program from China that spanned 5 continents.  In recent days, U.S. forces have shot down 3 more unidentified flying objects across the continent over a 3 day period: over Alaska, over Lake Huron, and over the Yukon in Canada. We speak with Gordon Chang, a...

Keyla Monterroso Mejia is Taking the Lead

February 13, 2023 20:08 - 15 minutes - 14.1 MB

Keyla Monterroso Mejia landed her breakout role as Maria Sofia on "Curb Your Enthusiasm." Keyla’s performance as a bad actor blackmailing Larry David made a splash. She is now the star of Netflix’s "Freeridge," a spin-off of "On My Block."  We talk to Keyla about the new show, Latine representation in Hollywood, and gratitude. 

The “Rih-turn” of Rihanna... and the Super Bowl

February 12, 2023 17:00 - 11 minutes - 10.3 MB

Super Bowl 57 kicks off on Sunday, and sure, we’re all a little excited about the game – the Philadelphia Eagles vs. the Kansas City Chiefs.  But a lot of people will be tuning in just for the halftime show, and the highly-anticipated “Rih-turn” of Rihanna! This is RiRi’s first public performance since the 2018 Grammys, and she had previously rejected doing the Super Bowl halftime show in 2019 in solidarity for Colin Kaepernick. So we spoke to a member of Rihanna’s Navy, Stephanie Holland,...

Award Winning Poet Danez Smith Rises to the Top

February 11, 2023 17:00 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MB

National Book Award finalist and Lambda Award winning author and poet, Danez Smith creates poetry that viscerally examines the intricacies of gender, the recognition of Black family and kinship, rebirth and growing to know and learn themselves anew every day. They are the author of three books: [Insert] Boy, Don't Call Us Dead, and Homie. They join us to discuss their craft, how poetry saved their life, and their dreams of a Black Queer future.

Earthquake Devastates Turkey and Syria

February 10, 2023 17:00 - 12 minutes - 11.9 MB

A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shocked Turkey and Syria near their shared border on February 6th. As of Friday morning, it is estimated that over 21,000 people have died. Less than 12 hours later, a second quake hit that was nearly as strong as the first. In the days since, at least 100 smaller earthquakes have also hit as aftershocks.  Near the epicenter, in Turkey’s Gaziantep Province, entire districts of cities and towns have been leveled. Thousands of buildings have collapsed in Turkey and ...

Cop City: Welcome to RIOTSVILLE, USA

February 09, 2023 17:00 - 16 minutes - 15.3 MB

Last Tuesday, Atlanta mayor Andre Dickens announced plans to move forward with the proposal to build Cop City despite ongoing opposition from the local community and after police killed environmental activist Manuel Terán AKA Tortuguita.  Environmentalists, local activists, college students, and parks advocates have pointed to their worries of the environmental impact on clearing this forest. And they’ve cited growing fears of police violence as issues of police brutality and police account...

The Embellishments of George Santos

February 09, 2023 16:08 - 12 minutes - 11.6 MB

Over the past few months, news organizations continue to uncover lies and embellishments about Representative George Santos’ past, resume, and campaign finances. The Republican Representative of New York’s 3rd Congressional District, which covers parts of Long Island and Queens, is now facing several investigations into those lies. The Freshman lawmaker was only sworn in a month ago, and is also facing calls from some lawmakers in his own party to step down. Many of his constituents are cal...

Recap: State of the Union 2023

February 09, 2023 02:54 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MB

Last night, President Biden delivered the State of the Union address. It came at a moment when his approval rating is about 41-percent, close to the lowest of his entire presidency.  On the Republican side, Arkansas Governor and former Trump White House Press Secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, delivered the GOP’s response. We hear analysis from Joel Payne, CBS News political contributor and Chief Communications officer for Move On, and Mitch Kokai, senior political analyst for the John Lock...

Electric Literature Editor-in-Chief Denne Michele Norris Makes History and Makes Space

February 09, 2023 02:52 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MB

Denne (den) Michele Norris was born with an “artist’s heart”. And a desire to create space for other storytellers who share lives that exist at the intersection of Blackness, queerness and transness. Her “artist’s heart” allows her to breathe life into characters whose flaws glare up from the page. And her words crack open the hearts of readers, pulling them into scenes dressed in the tension of the unspoken. Denne is Black, queer and long since been on the rise. She’s the “first Black, op...

What Makes a Cervix... Incompetent?

February 08, 2023 17:00 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MB

Science journalist Rachel E. Gross explores how the evolution of medical terminology seems to have stalled when it comes to pregnancy. Patients are encountering terms like “geriatric pregnancy” and “incompetent cervix” that not only add an element of blame to a pregnancy, but also lack the specificity needed for medical care.  Read her recent piece in The Atlantic, "Don't Call My Cervix Incompetent." Listen to Gross's interview with The Takeaway about her book, "Vagina Obscura: An Anatomic...

How Private Equity Shaped the Abortion Pill

February 08, 2023 00:22 - 13 minutes - 12 MB

Medication abortions are the most common method in the U.S. for terminating a pregnancy, and the FDA recently moved to allow retail pharmacies to sell the abortion pill. So despite continuing attacks on abortion rights and access, the abortion pill has been an incredibly lucrative gamble for a secretive group of private equity investors — who are now battling each other for control of its future. We speak with Mother Jones reporter, Hannah Levintova. Her new story is "The Abortion Pill’s Se...

Written Out: The Silencing of Regina Gelana Twala

February 07, 2023 17:00 - 16 minutes - 15.2 MB

Regina Twala was one of southern Africa’s most important intellectuals: a pioneering writer, academic, political activist and feminist. Why, then, has she been all but forgotten? That’s the question Written Out: The silencing of Regina Gelana Twala by Joel Cabrita looks to answer. Dr. Joel Cabrita, Associate Professor of History at Stanford University argues that editors, white academics, apartheid officials, and politicians whose politics were at odds with Regina’s – conspired to erase her...

Brittney Johnson is Spellbinding

February 06, 2023 17:00 - 8 minutes - 8.1 MB

Brittney Johnson is an accomplished actor, artist, and the first Black woman to play the title role of “Glinda” in the Broadway musical Wicked. She brings an exhilarating and sincere performance to any character she portrays. Brittney made Broadway History by being the first Black Woman to play the title role of “Glinda”, in Wicked on Broadway. You can watch this spellbinding performance for yourself, live, through February 12, 2023 at The Gershwin Theatre in New York City. Johnson, who h...

Florida Attacks Black Studies

February 06, 2023 17:00 - 13 minutes - 12.1 MB

In January, Florida's Department of Education rejected an Advanced Placement course in African American studies. Governor Ron Desantis called the course curricula "indoctrination." This move is in line with the state’s Stop Woke Act of 2022, which assumes that Critical Race Theory is running rampant throughout politics and education, that programs focused on race and diversity are discriminatory, and that strictly limits how topics like racism in American history can be discussed in Florida ...

Replay: Understanding An Intersectional Framework of Economic Justice for People Living With Disabilities

February 03, 2023 15:45 - 20 minutes - 18.5 MB

As many as 23 million people in the United States are struggling with long Covid. The sometimes debilitating symptoms include brain fog, fatigue, difficulty breathing, and depression or anxiety.  But almost a year after the Biden administration released guidance stating that people with long Covid can be included under the Americans with Disabilities Act, receiving benefits has been a struggle. Even before the pandemic, roughly one in four Americans were living with a disability. And while...

Preparing for War: The Extremist History of White Christian Nationalism and What Comes Next

February 02, 2023 17:00 - 15 minutes - 14.4 MB

Brad Onishi is a professor of religion and a former evangelical Christian. As he watched the January 6, 2021 insurrection in progress, he wondered: “would I have been there?” That experience is the lens through which he explores history and the future in his new book: “Preparing for War: The Extremist History of White Christian Nationalism — and What Comes Next.” 

Replay: Debunking Gender Roles in the Animal Kingdom

February 02, 2023 14:00 - 21 minutes - 19.5 MB

According to zoologist Lucy Cooke, scientists have traditionally defined females in the animal kingdom with Victorian, sexist stereotypes. In her new book, “Bitch: On the Female of the Species,” Cooke debunks these outdated notions using examples throughout the animal kingdom of females breaking out of their passive roles and displaying aggression, competitiveness, and promiscuity. We spoke with Lucy Cooke about looking at female animals with a new lens, one that shows that males and femal...

Child Poverty Was Cut In Half-- Why Stop Now?

February 01, 2023 17:00 - 13 minutes - 12.4 MB

SNAP or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, is one of the most critical policy tools we have to address hunger and poverty in the U-S. And during the pandemic, it was a literal lifeline.  Congress temporarily increased SNAP benefits giving a boost of 15 percent to everyone who needed it and allowing all families to max out their eligibility based on the size of the family.  This month, the nearly three-year boost to a benefit used by more than 41 million Americans will end.  And ...

Davante Lewis is Louisiana's First Openly LGBTQ+ Public Commissioner

February 01, 2023 17:00 - 12 minutes - 11.2 MB

This Black History Month, Black.Queer.Rising. is back! We are profiling Black and Queer politicians/changemakers, artists, influencers, and more in this month-long series where we honor the impact of Black Queer legacies on today’s society and culture while we forge Black Queer futures. For our first edition, we speak to Davante Lewis, Public Commissioner for Lousiana’s Third District. Lewis is the first Black, openly LGBTQ+ person elected to Louisiana's state government. We spoke with him...

The Wellness to Qanon Pipeline

January 31, 2023 20:58 - 17 minutes - 16.1 MB

This past month, millions of Americans will have taken up new fitness, health and wellness pursuits. There is typically no shortage of influencers and so-called gurus ready to capitalize on this reliably-annual influx of customers, but that’s taken a more sinister turn in these recent, turbulent years. We discuss the increasing convergence of right-wing conspiracies with wellness circles, how authoritarianism became embedded in the modern history of yoga, and how to practice wellness with aw...

The Future of Police Abolition

January 31, 2023 15:46 - 20 minutes - 18.6 MB

On January 7, Memphis Police officers pepper sprayed and brutally beat photographer and avid skateboarder Tyre Nichols. Nichols complained of shortness of breath, and waited 22 minutes before an ambulance arrived to transport him – in critical condition – to a local hospital. He died on January 10. Memphis police chief Ceralyn Davis called the beating of Nichols a “failure of basic humanity.”  This brutal killing has renewed public discussions of police abolition. We talk with Professor ...

His Name Was Tyre Nichols

January 30, 2023 17:00 - 13 minutes - 12 MB

His name was Tyre Nichols.  He was 29 years old, the youngest of four children. Father to a 4-year-old son. Tyree loved to skateboard. He was just 80 yards away from his mother’s house when he was stopped by Memphis police. Tyre called out to his mother as he was being beaten by five Memphis police officers.  On the evening of January 7, Memphis police stopped Tyre while he was driving. Initially, the police report indicated Tyre was stopped for reckless driving. But after extensive, initi...

Goldie Taylor's "The Love You Save"

January 30, 2023 17:00 - 17 minutes - 15.6 MB

Goldie Taylor brings sharp analysis, keen insights, and deep empathy to her televised appearances and her journalistic coverage. The author of multiple novels, Goldie Taylor’s narrative voice is as memorable as her speaking voice. Earthy and resonant. Now Goldie has written her most personal story– an unflinching memoir, The Love You Save. The book details the brutal journey of her childhood marked by poverty, unkindness, and repeated experiences of childhood sexual assault,  MHP sat down...

Reflecting on History and Remembering Victims on International Holocaust Remembrance Day

January 27, 2023 19:05 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MB

January 27th marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day. On this day in 1945, Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi death camp, was liberated. The Remembrance Day is a day to commemorate the 6 million Jewish lives that were lost at the hands of the Nazi German regime, and the millions of other Europeans the Nazis saw as racially inferior. This included Soviet prisoners of war, Roma and Sinti populations, people with disabilities, and Polish people. But this commemoration of 78 years sinc...

Transformative Takeaway: Saving NOLA's Bike Share Program

January 27, 2023 17:00 - 8 minutes - 7.84 MB

New Orleans launched their bike share program, Blue Bikes, in 2017 in partnership with a for-profit bike share company called Social Bicycles, beginning with 700 pedal bicycles. Geoff Coats was hired to run the program.  Soon after, Uber bought out Social Bicycles (which by then had changed its name to Jump) and Blue Bikes flourished: by 2020, the fleet size was upgraded and almost doubled to 1,350 pedal assist e-bikes. But then, the pandemic hit. Uber paused the program, and then spun it o...

Gun Violence in 2023: 40 Mass Shootings in 26 Days

January 26, 2023 17:06 - 13 minutes - 12.2 MB

We are 26 days into 2023, and the United States has already experienced 40 mass shootings, as of today Thursday morning.  California, a state with some of the nation’s toughest gun laws, has suffered three mass shootings in less than a week. In Monterey Park, California on Saturday, a man with a gun killed 11 people, and injured nine. On Monday, there were two more shootings. In Half Moon Bay, a man killed seven people, and injured one. And in Oakland, another armed individual killed one pe...

Gun Violence in 2023: Nearly 40 Mass Shootings in 26 Days

January 26, 2023 17:00 - 13 minutes - 12.2 MB

We are 26 days into 2023, and the United States has already experienced nearly 40 mass shootings, as of today Thursday morning.  California, a state with some of the nation’s toughest gun laws, has suffered three mass shootings in less than a week. In Monterey Park, California on Saturday, a man with a gun killed 11 people, and injured nine. On Monday, there were two more shootings. In Half Moon Bay, a man killed seven people, and injured one. And in Oakland, another armed individual killed...

Why Titus Kaphar Won't "Shut Up and Paint"

January 26, 2023 17:00 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MB

The paintings produced by artist Titus Kaphar have become some of the most coveted pieces of art in America. His paintings – which reimagine the people included in American history – are displayed in museums from Seattle to New York City, and at auction, they’ve fetched hundreds of thousands of dollars. But the message of the Michigan-born artist’s work – which critically examines how art historically excludes Black and Brown faces – is a source of discomfort for many art collectors, dealer...

Cop City: Forest Defender Killed by Police in Forest Raid

January 25, 2023 21:53 - 13 minutes - 12.2 MB

In a recent interview on The Takeaway, Kamau Franklin said, "What seems to be underreported is that even at the beginning of the protest against Cop City, when people were doing demonstrations and marches on city sidewalks, we would have at the end of those demonstrations, police jumping in the middle of them and arresting people for just standing or talking after demonstrations. And they've come in during demonstrations. They've used pepper spray. They've violently thrown people to the grou...

Are We Being Gaslit on Gas Stoves?

January 25, 2023 21:50 - 13 minutes - 11.9 MB

When a debate over gas stove regulation blew up this month, it revealed that Americans have a deep affinity for these kitchen appliances. But like “natural” gas, it’s all rooted in marketing that the gas industry has fostered over decades as part of its efforts to combat the rise of electric and renewable energy. Research into the health risks of gas stoves as a source of indoor air pollution is growing, and the effects of methane on climate change are already well-established. We speak wi...

President Biden at the Halfway Mark

January 24, 2023 17:00 - 14 minutes - 13.5 MB

We’ve just passed the two year anniversary of the inauguration of President Joe Biden. So how are the American people grading him, halfway through? It’s time for a look back at the accomplishments and setbacks of those first two years — and to consider what they mean for a potential Biden-2024 run. We speak with Julian Zelizer, professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University.

Got Student Loan Questions? We've Got Some Answers

January 24, 2023 17:00 - 15 minutes - 14.5 MB

The Takeaway listeners and producers got the chance to get their student loans questions answered by student loan expert Betsy Moyette while the limbo over Biden's forgiveness plan continues. For the transcript, see above.

Tasers Kill

January 23, 2023 17:00 - 14 minutes - 12.8 MB

On January 3rd, Keenan Anderson returned to the familiarity of L-A for what was supposed to be a short visit. He’d recently set out to embark on a new professional career: that of educator as a high school English teacher in Washington, D-C. Kenan hoped to collect a few belongings left behind in the city after the move to his new home. Instead, the man remembered by his uncle for his fearlessness in the face of challenge and adversity, was killed by officers of the Los Angeles Police Depar...

Wajahat Ali on "Go Back to Where You Came From"

January 23, 2023 17:00 - 8 minutes - 8.1 MB

Wajahat Ali, columnist for The Daily Beast, and author of Go Back to Where You Came From: And Other Helpful Recommendations on How to Become American, begins his book with humorous responses to “fan mail.”  “Go back to where you came from!” writes one fan, to which Wajahat responds “Fremont, California! I’d love to but I can’t afford the rent. I’m priced out.”   Wajahat’s book highlights the struggles and triumphs of growing up in a white America with immigrant parents from Pakistan.  He c...

TV Shows Are Still Missing the Mark On Abortion

January 22, 2023 17:00 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MB

How has entertainment television in the U.S. reckoned with the reversal of Roe vs. Wade? A report from Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH) at the University of California—San Fransisco found that for the first time in a decade, at least one third of shows in 2022 actually depicted barriers to abortion access. While it's progress, it's still a far cry from reality — for most of the past decade, the majority of women of reproductive age have lived in states that are hostile...

A Look At The Darker Side of Omegle

January 21, 2023 17:00 - 11 minutes - 10.9 MB

Omegle is an online platform where strangers from across the world are paired together for video and text chats.  In March of 2022, The United Nations’ Human Rights Council launched a special cyber investigation into the platform and found that many adult men use the site as a space for sexual activity. The site, which collects no identifying information from its users, is grappling with allegations of enabling child predation. Freelance journalist David Alm reported on Omegle for Mother...

Music In Their Own Words: Sylvan Esso

January 20, 2023 17:00 - 14 minutes - 13.1 MB

Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn — the duo behind the electronic pop outfit, Sylvan Esso — have been creative partners for over a decade. Their fourth and latest album, "No Rules Sandy," sees them attempt to shed the pressures of global fame, get out of their own heads, and break the rules they realized had been holding them back.  "No Rules Sandy" was created primarily over the course of three weeks in LA, the fastest Sylvan Esso has ever made a record — spontaneous and instinctive. The album...

North Carolina's Status as Abortion Safe Haven In Jeopardy

January 20, 2023 16:43 - 13 minutes - 12.3 MB

The North Carolina General Assembly convened last week for the start of its new legislative session. Republicans sit on the cusp of a supermajority that would give them the power to override any veto handed down from the Democratic Governor Roy Cooper. And they’ve got their eyes set on abortion. Some of that support could come from the Democratic side of the house. In 2019 and 2021 two abortion restriction bills were vetoed by the Governor, but not before receiving support from members of ...

23 MAYORS IN 2023: Craig Greenberg, Louisville, Kentucky

January 20, 2023 03:39 - 15 minutes - 14.5 MB

We’re beginning our “23 Mayors in 2023” series and heading to Louisville, Kentucky!  Mayor Craig Greenberg was elected in November, and just took office after a campaign in which he survived a politically motivated shooting at his campaign office.   His background is as a lawyer and an entrepreneur who co-founded a luxury hotel chain and served as its CEO for a number of years.  And while he’s a relative newcomer in the political arena, he’s no stranger to a good skirmish. He also is a m...

House Republicans Face Off With Democrats Again Over Raising the Nation’s Debt Ceiling

January 19, 2023 17:00 - 13 minutes - 12.1 MB

Lawmakers in the 118th Congress now face a clash in the House of Representatives that could bring the American economy to the brink of crisis — the fight over raising the debt ceiling. In a letter sent to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy last week, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned that the United States government will reach its debt limit of about $31.4 trillion, today — on Thursday Jan 19… after that, the Treasury Department will have to start taking QUOTE: “extraordinary measures” to p...

Egg-onomics: Why are the Eggs so Expensive?

January 18, 2023 17:00 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MB

In December, the index for eggs rose 11.1 percent, meaning there was some serious “egg-flation.” Eggs saw the highest month-over-month inflation of any expenditure category, so why are the prices of eggs going up? Chickens. The egg, bird, and the food have played multiple roles in the lives of African American women. Chickens have provided food and a source of income for many Black families, and helped women define and exert themselves in a hostile and racist society. The chicken and the ...

Cop City

January 17, 2023 23:08 - 29 minutes - 26.7 MB

In Atlanta, Georgia, community activists remain locked in a nearly 2-year struggle against the development of a massive police training center in a forest just outside the city, dubbed "cop city."  Only weeks after George Floyd’s murder in 2020 and the 2020 police killing of Rayshard Brooks, calls to "demilitarize" and "defund the police" amassed all over the country. It was difficult for Atlanta, as it was for many cities across the country. The city’s 14 percent increase  in homicides was...

The Sounds of Blackness

January 16, 2023 21:11 - 20 minutes - 18.5 MB

Negro spirituals and Freedom songs carry within them expressions of joy, pain and the realities of living as a Black person in the United States. These songs provided the sonic background of the Civil Rights Movement. Today, a new sound provides the sonic background in the ongoing movement for Black liberation and agency: Trap music. Trap music traces its roots to the heart of the Black American south. It’s part of the continuing evolution of Hip-Hop in America with lyrics that paint a pic...

Erika Alexander and Whitney Dow on The Big Payback

January 16, 2023 17:00 - 16 minutes - 15 MB

The Big Payback is a new documentary film that chronicles the efforts for reparations on both the national level with H.R. 40 through Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee and on the local level in Evanston, Illinois by following the work of Alderman Ruth Rue Simmons. Co-Directors Erika Alexander and Whitney Dow talk about their film which makes its television premiere on PBS’ Independent Lens on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.  

What's the 411 on 411?

January 15, 2023 17:00 - 9 minutes - 8.26 MB

411, the number that embedded itself into our vocabulary as a synonym for “information” is going the way of the dinosaur. AT&T announced the end of the service this month for their landline customers. It’s a move that impacts three million subscribers. We’re talking about the history of 411, what it means to say goodbye to the service and who’s impacted by its end. We get the 411 from Associate Professor of Communication at the University of New Hampshire, Josh Lauer.  To read the full ...

Over 10,000 NYC Nurses On Strike

January 15, 2023 17:00 - 11 minutes - 10.4 MB

More than 10,000 nurses at five hospital facilities across New York City are on strike today. They're protesting staffing shortages and demanding wage increases and better working conditions as they head into the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic. In response, hospitals have scaled back services, canceled some elective surgeries, and are diverting the majority of ambulances to other hospitals. We speak with Nancy Hagans, President of the New York State Nurses Association and a frontline n...

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