Host Jessica Kwong interviews New York State Senator John Liu about Democratic nominee Joe Biden, President Donald Trump, the impact of Covid-19 and the Asian vote. Aired in Manhattan, Long Island and the Bronx in October 2020.
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Black and Blue: The State of Law Enforcement
A special report in the wake of George Floyd’s death and amid Black Lives Matter protests. Host Jessica Kwong discusses the state of policing with four Black officers who served on the New York Police Department for 20 years. Aired in June, July and August 2020 in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Long Island and the Bronx. Part 1: Part 2:
Read MoreThe 2020 Presidential Race Review, Episode 2
Highlights from episode 2 of The 2020 Presidential Race Review. Host Jessica Kwong, Republican speechwriter Lisa Schiffren, and historian and Columbia University lecturer David Eisenbach discuss Democratic presidential candidates Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Michael Bloomberg and Amy Klobuchar. Aired in May 2020 in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Long Island and the Bronx.
Read MoreIvanka Trump was more than complicit in Obama equal pay rollback—she had a hand in it, watchdog alleges
First daughter Ivanka Trump was not simply complicit in supporting the Trump administration’s rollback of an Obama-era equal pay rule exactly a year ago—she had a hand in the decision, according to the watchdog group Democracy Forward, which based its claim on documents it received through the Freedom of Information Act after it sued the Office of Management and Budget. The emails and calendar entries Democracy Forward recently received, and which Newsweek obtained, show that Trump’s chief of staff…
Read MoreMelania Trump’s parents used “chain migration” that president says brings “truly evil” people to U.S.
After much sidestepping, a lawyer representing Melania Trump’s parents has confirmed that they obtained U.S. citizenship on Thursday through “chain migration,” an immigration program that allows U.S. citizens to sponsor immediate family members for legal residency and that President Donald Trump has repeatedly said he wants to end. Michael Wildes, the lawyer for the first lady’s parents Viktor and Amalija Knavs, would not comment when reporters outside the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building in New York…
Read MoreTrump impeachment parties, featuring ‘Comey cake balls,’ try to entice Congress to remove president
President Donald Trump’s potentially impeachable actions may be heavy topics weighing on members of Congress, but Lisa Levinski—one of 6,500 people across the country who agreed to host a “Party to Impeach” on Saturday—is making them lighter and sweeter for her guests to digest. One of a couple dozen bite-sized items Levinski is serving up at her Trump impeachment-themed house party are symbolic “Comey cake balls,” made of white Oreo cookies with cream cheese and…
Read MoreDisabled Americans lost voting rights under Trump election fraud commissioner’s law
The head of President Donald Trump’s election fraud commission drafted a law as a Kansas official that led to 23 disabled people not having their votes counted in a recent local election. The disenfranchisement occurred in Sedgwick County and was a direct result of a law pushed by Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, a member of Trump’s voter fraud commission, which requires disabled voters’ signatures on their ballot envelopes. Until Kobach’s Secure and Fair…
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