Rutgers faculty are in the second day of their strike and the House Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing on Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg right in the D.A.’s own backyard.

Also, Narcan, the overdose-reversing drug will be widely available over the counter by late summer. WNYC’s Michael Hill speaks with Howard Haughton, CEO of the social services organization Eva’s Village in Paterson, New Jersey about what this could mean for recovery based organizations like his.

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