Dr. Christina Greer fills in for Brian today. You'll hear:
- Jamil Smith, journalist and Daily Beast contributor, and Emily Ngo, White House reporter for Newsday, discuss how the political scene is being wrenched by President Trump's reaction to Charlottesville, and the sudden disbandment of his business advisory councils.
- In a 3-part series in partnership with NPR, Sarah Gonzalez, WNYC's youth and families reporter, reports on MS-13 on Long Island — how the gang targets people for violence, why the Trump administration blames the wave of unaccompanied minors who have settled in the area, even though police say they’re more likely to be victims than perpetrators of MS-13 gang violence.
- With criminal justice reform at the federal level stalled, advocates focus on state and local efforts. Glenn Martin, president and founder of JustLeadershipUSA and the co-founder of the #closeRikers campaign, talks about where campaigns like #closeRikers go from here.
- Are you traveling to see it? Do you have your special glasses yet? Josh Winter, physics instructor at BASIS Independent Brooklyn and a NASA-certified solar eclipse expert, answers your questions about Monday's eclipse, the first since 1991 to be visible to most of North America.
