On Friday's Houston Matters: We talk to education reporter Jacob Carpenter about reports of positive COVID-19 cases at area school districts as more campuses open for face-to-face instruction. Also this hour: Michael Hagerty talks to former Labor Secretary Robert Reich, who says the real conflict in America is between forces larger than Republicans versus Democrats. That's the topic of his latest book, The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It, which he discusses with... <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/shows/houston-matters/2020/09/25/382692/fridays-houston-matters-texas-school-covid-update-us-secretary-of-labor-robert-reich-the-montrose-center-sept-25-2020/">Read More</a>

On Friday's Houston Matters: We talk to education reporter Jacob Carpenter about reports of positive COVID-19 cases at area school districts as more campuses open for face-to-face instruction. Also this hour: Michael Hagerty talks to former Labor Secretary Robert Reich, who says the real conflict in America is between forces larger than Republicans versus Democrats. That's the topic of his latest book, The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It, which he discusses with... Read More

On Friday's Houston Matters: We talk to education reporter Jacob Carpenter about reports of positive COVID-19 cases at area school districts as more campuses open for face-to-face instruction. Also this hour: Michael Hagerty talks to former Labor Secretary Robert Reich, who says the real conflict in America is between forces larger than Republicans versus Democrats. That's the topic of his latest book, The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It, which he discusses with... <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/shows/houston-matters/2020/09/25/382692/fridays-houston-matters-texas-school-covid-update-us-secretary-of-labor-robert-reich-the-montrose-center-sept-25-2020/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Read More</a>

Friday’s Houston Matters: COVID-19 Cases At Texas Schools, And Robert Reich On America’s Economic Disparity (Sept. 25, 2020)

Houston Matters is a radio program airing weekdays at 9 am on Houston Public Media News 88.7 FM in Houston. During each hour, we&#8217;ll investigate the issues and ideas, people and places that make Houston&#8230;well&#8230;Houston! We&#8217;ll talk about current events, politics, education, health care, the environment, business, transportation, arts and culture, literature, sports and leisure. But we also hope that what we do each day on Houston Matters serves as the beginning of a conversation &#8212; one we hope you&#8217;ll continue here, at home, at work, with family, with friends and neighbors. We hope to introduce Houstonians to one another, to celebrate our diversity, and to engage one another through stories and conversations that demonstrate depth and context. Just the sort of thing you count on from public media.

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Houston Matters is a radio program airing weekdays at 9 am on Houston Public Media News 88.7 FM in Houston. During each hour, we’ll investigate the issues and ideas, people and places that make Houston…well…Houston! We’ll talk about current events, politics, education, health care, the environment, business, transportation, arts and culture, literature, sports and leisure. But we also hope that what we do each day on Houston Matters serves as the beginning of a conversation — one we hope you’ll continue here, at home, at work, with family, with friends and neighbors. We hope to introduce Houstonians to one another, to celebrate our diversity, and to engage one another through stories and conversations that demonstrate depth and context. Just the sort of thing you count on from public media.

Houston Matters is a radio program airing weekdays at 9 am on Houston Public Media News 88.7 FM in Houston. During each hour, we’ll investigate the issues and ideas, people and places that make Houston…well…Houston! We’ll talk about current events, politics, education, health care, the environment, business, transportation, arts and culture, literature, sports and leisure. But we also hope that what we do each day on Houston Matters serves as the beginning of a conversation — one we hope you’ll continue here, at home, at work, with family, with friends and neighbors. We hope to introduce Houstonians to one another, to celebrate our diversity, and to engage one another through stories and conversations that demonstrate depth and context. Just the sort of thing you count on from public media.

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