Keeping Relevant With Ronnie Eldridge

Norman Siegel, attorney for the defense of civil rights and civil liberties, NYCLU former director, who reads the Constitution aloud, 7/4 in NY's parks, discusses the current administration, commenting "the Constitution, you should try it sometime."

Tanya Melich, author of The Republican War Against Women says "I cannot remember a time when the Republican Party was not part of my life." Melich and Eldridge review the Republican Party's history-and the turning point-making her now a Democrat.

Discussing-with gusto-national, state and city politics, the Green Deal, Medicare for All, the "quirky" Electoral College, the president and more, Doug Muzzio, Baruch College Public Affairs professor, describes his students as "hard working and engaged."

Donna Lieberman heads the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU); its mission is to "defend and protect" fundamental principles and values, and New Yorkers "inalienable rights that cannot be taken away by government or by majority vote." Despite threats, NYCLU is succeeding.

Ronnie Eldridge welcomes Karol V. Mason, John Jay College of Criminal Justice's fifth president, opening an enthusiastic discussion of JJ's criminal justice programs: Prison-to-College Pipeline, the Prisoner Reentry Institute, Smart on Crime and much more.

Comm. Pauline Toole outlines the treasure trove of documents, pictures, videos available to us at the NYC Department of Records and Information Services: New York in the 1940's, Women Activists, NYPD Photos, Bridges, Parks, Trains/Trolleys - Enjoy!

2020 Census-the US count of EVERY resident in the right place has great consequences. Gotham Gazette's, Samar Khurshid, discusses preparation needed for NYC & NYS to secure an accurate count, fearing loss of representation and billions in federal funds.

Jerry Goldfeder, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, an activist, writer, and legal expert specializing in election and campaign finance law, discusses voting laws and states' rights, the Electoral College, the Supreme Court, urging citizen participation.

Les Leopold, Labor Institute, author of Runaway Inequality a curriculum for a movement to bring an all-inclusive justice to working people, explores tax cuts, stock buybacks, and more, contributing to the gap between the super-rich and the rest of us.

Heath Brown, Associate Professor of Public Policy at John Jay College and the CUNY Graduate Center discusses the transition, preparation for the 2020 election, the Electoral College, the importance of the individual's vote in local elections, and more.