Keeping Relevant With Ronnie Eldridge

Nancy Azara, sculptor, author, feminist activist believing that we all have art inside ourselves, discusses her work and creative process. Co-founder of the NY Feminist Art Institute (1979), Azara talks about opportunities for women artist then and now.

In Part 2 of his conversation with Ronnie Eldridge, author Larry Tye remarks that he wrote "Bobby Kennedy: The Making of a Liberal Icon" as a "matter of history," discussing the battles over civil rights, Viet Nam, the assassination of Martin Luther King.

Part 1/2 part conversation, Larry Tye, "Bobby Kennedy: The Making of a Liberal Icon," describes times, events, people: Sen. J. McCarthy, Marian Wright Edelman, Pres. John F. Kennedy, and more, contributing to make RFK the dynamic idealist, loved by many.

Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor and publisher of "The Nation." comments on some of the issues, rhetoric and individuals swirling around in anticipation of the Presidential Election - November 8, 2016.

The Women's City Club of New York, celebrating its 100th anniversary, is a "nonprofit, non-partisan... organization dedicated to improving the lives of all New Yorkers." Exec. director Jacqueline Ebanks talks about WCCNY's member-led programs.

Former Congressman Barney Frank, talks about his personal struggle: fearing his homosexuality would be revealed while continuing to work for gay rights. He is the author of "Frank: A Life in Politics from the Great Society to Same-Sex Marriage."

Bob Herbert, journalist, columnist, host of Bob Herbert's Op-Ed.TV says "we're going backwards..." in politics, the economy, the media, sighting the power of money, student debt, employers lack of obligation for their employees, highlighting Regan years.

Former Washington Post managing editor, Robert Kaiser discusses Pres. Reagan's declaration that "government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem," to big money, to the triumph of lobbying, to the 2016 presidential election

CUNY School of Law professor, director of the Criminal Defense Clinic, Steven Zeidman asks "why are we the world's largest jailers?" with aged inmates and a system based on punishment and vengeance. Zeidman applauds Gov. Cuomo's clemency initiative.

Bob Herbert, journalist, columnist, host of Bob Herbert's Op-Ed.TV says "we're going backwards..." in politics, the economy, the media, sighting the power of money, student debt, employers lack of obligation for their employees, highlighting Regan years.