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Vincent Southerland on Critical Race Theory
CUNY TV's Bob Herbert's Op-Ed.TV - November 18, 2021 21:56 - 25 minutes ★★★ - 1 ratingCritical race theory, a respected intellectual framework that has been around since the 1970s and is taught mostly in law schools, is freaking out a lot of people. Bob tries to bring some clarity and honesty to this situation by speaking with Vincent Southerland, an assistant professor of clinica...
Ashley Owen on Problem Gambling
CUNY TV's Bob Herbert's Op-Ed.TV - November 10, 2021 13:32 - 24 minutes ★★★ - 1 ratingAds for websites like Draft Kings and FanDuel are seemingly everywhere. What does this inundation of gambling opportunities mean for the problem gambler? Are there ways to protect those who are vulnerable to this dangerous, sometimes heart-breaking addiction? Bob explores this subject with Ashley...
Jocelyn McCalla on Haiti’s Humanitarian Crisis
CUNY TV's Bob Herbert's Op-Ed.TV - October 07, 2021 20:38 - 24 minutes ★★★ - 1 ratingHaiti can seem like a country that is cursed. It’s the poorest nation in our hemisphere and has long been beset by political instability, natural disasters, and stunning outbreaks of violence. Haitians fleeing their home country for one reason or another have contributed to a surge of migration i...
Dr. Robert Kopp on Climate Change and Our Future
CUNY TV's Bob Herbert's Op-Ed.TV - September 28, 2021 13:20 - 23 minutes ★★★ - 1 ratingThe latest news on the climate front has been ominous indeed. In addition to wildfires, historic flooding and life-threatening heat waves here and in other parts of the world, recent scientific reports are pointing to worse catastrophes to come. Lives are being lost and colossal levels of destruc...
Zachary W. Carter on Crime and Policing
CUNY TV's Bob Herbert's Op-Ed.TV - July 06, 2021 13:08 - 24 minutes ★★★ - 1 ratingNew York City experienced a crimewave in the 1970s, and again during the crack epidemic of the 1980s and early 90s. Now violent crime – specifically, homicide – is surging again. Why? And what do we need to do to avoid a repeat of the terrible, tragic days of the past? Bob asks this of his guest,...
Jacob Hacker on Threats to U.S. Democracy
CUNY TV's Bob Herbert's Op-Ed.TV - June 22, 2021 12:43 - 25 minutes ★★★ - 1 ratingOver one hundred eminent scholars recently signed a statement of concern that asserts, clearly and unequivocally, that “our entire democracy is now at risk.” One of these scholars joins Bob to explain this threat to the future of our nation. He is Jacob Hacker, a political science professor at Ya...
AnnMaura Connolly on the Benefits of National Service
CUNY TV's Bob Herbert's Op-Ed.TV - June 08, 2021 00:30 - 24 minutes ★★★ - 1 ratingBelieve it or not, there’s one area of national policy on which Democrats and Republicans seem to agree, and that’s voluntary national service programs. These are programs in which men and women of all ages, but often young people, engage in activities that provide an endless variety of benefits ...
Arva Rice on Vaccine Hesitancy and Access
CUNY TV's Bob Herbert's Op-Ed.TV - May 25, 2021 16:55 - 25 minutes ★★★ - 1 ratingThe COVID-19 pandemic has had a tragically disproportionate effect on America’s black communities, and yet, some members of the African-American and other communities of color, have been among those initially reluctant to take the vaccines that have been developed to combat the pandemic. Why is t...
Andrea Williams on Effa Manley and the Negro Leagues
CUNY TV's Bob Herbert's Op-Ed.TV - May 11, 2021 14:31 - 25 minutes ★★★ - 1 ratingThe general, almost universal feeling now, is that it was a good thing when Jackie Robinson broke the Major League color barrier in 1947. However, there were unintended consequences, which have been mostly lost in the unforgiving haze of history. Bob talks about those consequences with guest An...
DNA Test Kits and Family Secrets with Libby Copeland
CUNY TV's Bob Herbert's Op-Ed.TV - April 27, 2021 13:52 - 25 minutes ★★★ - 1 ratingGenetic testing kits for the ordinary consumer are becoming more and more popular. People love learning about their family histories and their ethnic and genetic makeup. But there’s a cautionary tale here, as well. A venture through the mysteries of your DNA can turn up lots of surprises, and som...
NYC’s Racial Justice Commission with Jennifer Jones Austin
CUNY TV's Bob Herbert's Op-Ed.TV - April 13, 2021 14:02 - 27 minutes ★★★ - 1 ratingIn a potentially historic move, the city of New York has created a Racial Justice Commission. It will examine the systemic race-based injustices and inequities embedded in the operations of city government, and it will recommend remedies. The commission’s chair, Jennifer Jones Austin, joins Bob t...
Eliza Sweren-Becker on Securing Voting Rights
CUNY TV's Bob Herbert's Op-Ed.TV - March 30, 2021 14:50 - 23 minutes ★★★ - 1 ratingBob talks with guest Eliza Sweren-Becker, counsel to the democracy program at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law School, about the attempts that the Republican Party is making to undermine the voting rights of millions of Americans – and especially black Americans, and what can be done to ...
Barry B. LePatner on the Return of New York City
CUNY TV's Bob Herbert's Op-Ed.TV - March 16, 2021 13:10 - 23 minutes ★★★ - 1 ratingBarry LePatner, a lawyer and nationally-recognized authority on real estate and construction, joins Bob to discuss New York City’s path forward. How will the transportation and commercial real estate sectors fare?
The Looming Mortgage Crisis with Dr. Samuel Stein
CUNY TV's Bob Herbert's Op-Ed.TV - March 02, 2021 15:19 - 25 minutes ★★★ - 1 ratingAs we emerge, hopefully, from this COVID-19 pandemic, New York is heading straight into a housing crisis. At some point the moratoriums on evictions and foreclosures will be lifted, and an awful lot of New Yorkers will not have the money to pay their back rent, or their mortgage arrears. What wil...
Dr. Maya Rockeymoore Cummings on the Fight for Our Democracy
CUNY TV's Bob Herbert's Op-Ed.TV - February 16, 2021 01:23 - 25 minutes ★★★ - 1 ratingBob talks with Dr. Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, a woman who has worn many hats - consultant, writer, politician – you name it. She was the wife of the extraordinary congressman, Elijah Cummings, who died in October of 2019. The two discuss Rep. Cummings’s book, “We’re Better Than This: My Fight for...
The Life and Career of Governor David A. Paterson
CUNY TV's Bob Herbert's Op-Ed.TV - February 02, 2021 18:31 - 23 minutes ★★★ - 1 ratingBob Herbert talks with former Governor of New York, David A. Paterson, about his moving and very funny memoir, “Black, Blind, & In Charge: A Story of Visionary Leadership and Overcoming Adversity."
Gov. David A. Paterson on the Life of Mayor David Dinkins
CUNY TV's Bob Herbert's Op-Ed.TV - January 05, 2021 15:00 - 24 minutes ★★★ - 1 ratingFormer New York Governor David Paterson joins Bob to discuss the life and legacy of David Dinkins, New York City's first black mayor, and member of the incredibly influential "Gang of 4."
Eliza Sweren-Becker on the Future of Voting Rights
CUNY TV's Bob Herbert's Op-Ed.TV - December 23, 2020 20:13 - 25 minutes ★★★ - 1 ratingThe United States has just been through a traumatic presidential election, but dangerous threats to our system of elections – and thus to democracy itself – preceded the outlandish behavior of Donald Trump, and they are still abound. Bob talks about this with guest Eliza Sweren-Becker, counsel...
Dr. Lee Miringoff on How Election Polls Actually Fared
CUNY TV's Bob Herbert's Op-Ed.TV - November 24, 2020 14:05 - 25 minutes ★★★ - 1 ratingAfter two tumultuous presidential elections, public opinion pollsters have been left battered and bruised. So what did the polls get right? And what did they get wrong? Bob talks about this with an old friend and one of the best pollsters in the country, Dr. Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist ...
Jason Haber on the Future of New York City
CUNY TV's Bob Herbert's Op-Ed.TV - November 10, 2020 15:02 - 26 minutes ★★★ - 1 ratingBecause of the COVID-19 pandemic, conventional wisdom says New Yorkers are abandoning the city in droves, setting up households in the suburbs, upstate, in the Hamptons – anywhere but here. Is that true? And if it’s true, is it permanent? And if it’s permanent, what are the implications? Bob asks...
Dave Zirin on Sports and Society
CUNY TV's Bob Herbert's Op-Ed.TV - October 27, 2020 14:04 - 26 minutes ★★★ - 1 ratingBob is joined by sports writer Dave Zirin, whose work brings extraordinary insight, and a deep understanding of the ways in which sports are linked to culture, politics and the economy. The two discuss how the politicalization of professional sports has evolved, and the COVID-19 pandemic's impact...
Richard Alba on the Demographic Future of America
CUNY TV's Bob Herbert's Op-Ed.TV - October 14, 2020 14:18 - 25 minutes ★★★ - 1 ratingRichard Alba, Distinguished Professor of Sociology at The CUNY Graduate Center, discusses his new book, "The Great Demographic Illusion: Majority, Minority, and the Expanding American Mainstream,” sharing with Bob Herbert how the supposed near future majority-minority narrative is misleading.
Eric Alterman on Truth in Politics
CUNY TV's Bob Herbert's Op-Ed.TV - September 29, 2020 16:05 - 26 minutes ★★★ - 1 ratingMost, if not all, of our presidents have lied to the public at one time or another. But we’ve never had one who lies like Donald Trump lies. Bob talks about that with guest, Eric Alterman, a distinguished professor of English at Brooklyn College, who is also the Nation magazine’s media columnist,...
Greg Kaufmann on COVID-19 and Poverty
CUNY TV's Bob Herbert's Op-Ed.TV - September 15, 2020 16:37 - 26 minutes ★★★ - 1 ratingBob talks with longtime poverty correspondent, Greg Kaufmann, about the impact of COVID-19 on the poorest communities in this country. Set against the backdrop of an economic crisis and a bitter presidential election, there is a need to focus on those who are being left behind.
Dr. Michael Sweeney on the Psychological Impact of COVID-19
CUNY TV's Bob Herbert's Op-Ed.TV - June 30, 2020 14:32 - 25 minutes ★★★ - 1 ratingThese are traumatic times we are living through, and virtually all of us are paying a price physically, economically, and maybe above all, psychologically. Bob talks about the powerful psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic with his guest, Dr. Michael Sweeney, a psychologist who is the dir...
Chancellor Félix Matos Rodriguez on the Future of CUNY
CUNY TV's Bob Herbert's Op-Ed.TV - June 16, 2020 13:05 - 25 minutes ★★★ - 1 ratingThe City University of New York's Chancellor, Felix V. Matos Rodriguez, talks with Bob Herbert about how the nation's largest urban public university system is coping with the COVID-19 pandemic, the affects the pandemic has had on the students and faculty, budget concerns, as well as the lessons ...
David Daley on Unrigging the System
CUNY TV's Bob Herbert's Op-Ed.TV - May 19, 2020 14:06 - 24 minutes ★★★ - 1 ratingGuest David Daley talks with Bob about the issues surrounding the 2020 Presidential Election due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as his new book "UNRIGGED: How Americans are Battling Back to Save Democracy."
Jeff Madrick on Child Poverty in America
CUNY TV's Bob Herbert's Op-Ed.TV - May 05, 2020 19:03 - 25 minutes ★★★ - 1 ratingBob welcomes Jeff Madrick, economist, journalist, and author of the new book Invisible Americans: The Tragic Cost of Child Poverty, to discuss why among large wealthy nations, the United States has the highest child poverty rate in the world. This issue is made even more consequential currently, ...
Thomas McDonnell on the Criminalization of Asylum Seekers
CUNY TV's Bob Herbert's Op-Ed.TV - March 24, 2020 20:27 - 25 minutes ★★★ - 1 ratingThomas McDonnell, Professor of Law at Pace University, discusses how the Trump administration has taken steps to criminalize the act of seeking asylum in the United States. Professor McDonnell is the co-author of a recent study in the Columbia Human Rights Law Review, entitled “Enter at Your Own ...
Dr. Julie Suk on the Future of the Equal Rights Amendment
CUNY TV's Bob Herbert's Op-Ed.TV - March 10, 2020 17:42 - 25 minutes ★★★ - 1 ratingWe thought the long effort to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment had effectively been defeated back in 1982. Well, not so fast. The issue has re-emerged and the fight goes on. Bob’s guest, Dr. Julie Suk, an expert on the ERA, and a professor of sociology and political science at The CUNY Graduate ...
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