CUNY TV's Bob Herbert's Op-Ed.TV

Op-Ed.TV’s guest host, Prof. Eric Alterman discuss “American Scoundrel: Roy Cohn’s Dark Journey from Joe McCarthy to Donald Trump,” with author and Pulitzer Prize winner, Kai Bird, bringing us to the early 1950 and the infamous, yet ever popular with New York Society, Roy Cohn, the Rosenberg Trials, their death in the electric chair, anti-communist witch hunts supporting Senator Joe McCarthy, house counsel to the Mafia Families, and long-time mentor to young Donald Trump.

Bob and Eric Alterman, Brooklyn College distinguished professor consider the difficulties facing mainstream press and other media outlets to inform the American people of the president's and his administration’s questionable-sometimes illegal, decisions, their disregard of the truth and the rule of law to the American people and how vital this information is to us all.

What if artists of all genres were to pack their bags and leave New York! Why would they leave New York - the center of America's artistic universe? Bob and Jonathan Bowles executive director of The Center for An Urban Future, discuss the cause and profound effects on the life style and economy effects of this terrible threat.

Welcome to Part 3 - Bob's discussion with Diane Ravitch, based on her memoir:" An Education: How I Changed My Mind About schools and Almost Everything Else." For this last segment, Bob Herbert asks Ms. Ravitch for her best thoughts about the tumultuous era that we are living through - the politics, the culture and our daily lives.

In Part 2 of their 3-part series, Bob Herbert and Diane Ravitch continue to discuss Diane's remarkable memoir: "An Education: How I Changed My Mind About Schools and Almost Everything Else," changing her mind, her beliefs - sometimes dramatically, considering how she would best live her life.

Bob Herbert welcomes Diane Ravitch, education historian, activist and author to the first of three programs, discussing her long career analyzing public education and her relentless push for school reform. Show two will explore Diane's memoir: "An Education: How I Changed My Mind About Schools and Almost Everything Else," highlighting her personal life and the lives of America's ordinary men, women and children.

Bob Herbert and Prof. Eric Alterman discuss their association with Bill Moyers, a great American journalist who died at 91, has left an astonishing legacy on this nation’s politics, government and news reporting. Bill Moyers' wisdom, influence and unfailing generosity was immense.

Acknowledging our dependence on the advances and innovation of science and engineering, on weather forecasting - to farmers, to businesses, to our health, to our daily lives, Bob and James Booth, CCNY professor, earth and atmospheric science, discuss the administration’s plans to de-fund research and development, as “not the best approach,” noting a possible “brain drain” of skilled, educated scientists and technologists.

In just the past decade, the number of older adults - 65 and older - living in poverty in New York State has increased by 50%. Many face declining health, loneliness, cognitive decline, and at an increasing and disturbing rate - the impact of poverty. Adding to these hardships is the Trump administration’s threats to support systems: Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid - so vital to an aging population.

Apprenticeships, known in many industries as on-the-job-training, can offer a distinct path to 21st century technology careers, providing access to some of today's good jobs and a middle class standard of living to a larger population. Jonathan Bowles describes the tech apprenticeship as a combination of education and hands-on training. There are not too many programs around - but numbers are growing!