With Governor Chris Christie's new plan to give each Garden State school district the same amount of state aid, NJ Spotlight’s founding editor John Mooney discusses the proposal, which is aimed at alleviating property taxes.

Gov. Christie’s School-Funding Plan: Bold or Botched -- or Both? https://t.co/fqqGoSQlSv pic.twitter.com/CK6ihtahIe

A snapshot of current #s:
-Newark gets $21k/student/yr in state aid.
-Camden gets $30k/student.
-Glen Ridge gets $400/student.@njspotlight

America and China share a confusing, conflicting and competitive history.

How much are the two countries in each other's way?

Click above to hear an audio history of U.S.-China relations.

Orville Schell, the Arthur Ross Director of the Center on U.S.-China Relations at the Asia Society, discusses what he calls the "manic" relationship between the two countries and what challenges the next U.S. president faces.

Donald Trump's campaign faces the greatest money deficit in modern presidential politics, entering June with nearly 40 million dollars less than Hillary Clinton's. With historically little cash at hand, some reporters wonder whether Trump's campaign counts as a campaign at all.  

Ken Vogel, chief investigative reporter at Politico, discussed Trump's financial situation, the firing of Trump's campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, and a group of republican delegates looking to fire Trump at the convention.

Trump vs Clinton: the most lopsided fundraising start to a presidential election in the modern campaign finance era. https://t.co/W4EGZHz9bT

Sheldon Adelson "getting cold feet" about funding Trump, @kenvogel tells @BrianLehrer, after "Mexican" judge flap.

Cash-strapped Trump campaign has spent $208k on hats. Gives you a sense of where the focus has been, says @kenvogel.

@BrianLehrer If I were the Republican Establishment, I would encourage the Trump Strawman theory. The best way to undermine & replace him

Enrique de la Madrid, Mexico’s Minister of Tourism, discusses the rhetoric used in the presidential campaign, as it relates to Mexico, and how this portrayal of Mexico differs from his view of the nation he represents on a national stage.

He spoke of the benefits of the U.S.-Mexico trade agreement, and dispelled the belief that companies are locating to Mexico solely for cheaper labor, a claim which has often been cited by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump as the reason many American jobs have been lost to Mexico. 

"They're not moving production into Mexico because labor is cheaper, " de la Madrid said. "Many other costs are cheaper in Mexico...it's some other issues, for example transportation; it is logistics; it sometimes could be bureaucratic things. They do not only go to Mexico for cheaper labor, but because Mexico has 45 free-trade agreements with other countries around the world. So they are also moving into Mexico to reach other markets."

Tavis Smiley, host of PBS's Tavis Smiley and PRI's "The Tavis Smiley Show" and the co-author of Before You Judge Me: The Triumph and Tragedy of Michael Jackson's Last Days (Little, Brown and Company, 2016), talks about his book.

→ Hear more: Smiley has a book reading tonight at the Barnes and Noble in Union Square at 7:30pm.

Now: @tavissmiley is here to talk about his latest book, imagining Michael Jackson in the final days of his life. pic.twitter.com/pZclAlvzLj

J.J. Abrams and @Tavissmiley are teaming up for a TV series about Michael Jackson: https://t.co/9cI4bneM9F pic.twitter.com/B5XaNKZNDI

David Farrier, entertainment reporter, actor and documentary filmmaker, set out to write a quirky story about "competitive endurance tickling," but as he delved deeper he came up against fierce resistance and found that the world of tickling is much darker then he ever anticipated.

Is it time to rethink the Second Amendment?

Dahlia Lithwick, Slate legal correspondent and host of the "Amicus" podcast, talks about her recent article on Slate, titled "The Second Amendment Hoax," and the Supreme Court's recent decision to uphold gun restrictions in New York and Connecticut.

@BrianLehrer *revised 2nd amendment: the right to not fear being shot when going to a club/movie theater/school/planned parenthood/anywhere

"No" vote here. (Pretty certain my dad who kept family of 9 fed with venison and jackrabbit would agree.) https://t.co/eRTzFAnTu3

Women & people of color had no say in the constitution. It needs to change, starting with repealing the 2nd amendment. @BrianLehrer

@BrianLehrer WHY do people spout this LIE of Americans are losing rights when the truth is that marginalized people ARE GAINING THEM

@BrianLehrer Imho, people have a right to protect themselves & police r not always responsive. But a high-capacity gun = literal overkill.

@BrianLehrer repealing the 2nd Amd will increase the trade and the price of illegal guns but will reduce the rate of gun deaths overall.

@BrianLehrer I absolutely do not want to live in a world where I have to remember to bring a handgun when going out on a Saturday night.

David Jones, president and CEO of the Community Service Society of New York (CSS) and Veronica Vanterpool, executive director of the Tri-State Transportation Campaign, are new MTA board members.

They talk about their first board meeting and what they hope to bring to the table.

Jones of @CSSNYorg: MTA fare structure is "reverse Robin Hood." Low-income riders often pay-per-ride; discount is for monthly. @BrianLehrer

A WNYC analysis of the illegal purging of 120,000 voters from the rolls just before the New York primary has found that it disproportionately affected Hispanic voters.

WNYC’s City Hall reporter Brigid Bergin, who first broke the story, along with WNYC's Senior Editor for Data News John Keefe discuss their investigation which found that Hispanic voters in District 7 were hit hardest by the purge. WNYC reporter Robert Lewis also discuses the arrests of three NYPD commanders who face corruption charges announced by U.S. attorney Preet Bharara.  

The city's Board of Election has consistently said the voter purge was an accident, but Bergin said intent isn't considered in voting laws. 

"Regardless or not if this was an intentional purge targeting this group, under the Voting Rights Act intent doesn't matter," she said. "It's the impact, and the impact is indisputable." 

Brooklyn voter purge hit Hispanic voters harder. Analysis by @brigidbergin & @datanews. https://t.co/vzzt1x5nTR pic.twitter.com/R0ED8RHYd4

Katherine Ozment, journalist, former senior editor at National Geographic and author of Grace Without God: The Search for Meaning, Purpose, and Belonging in a Secular Age(Harper Wave, 2016), talking about finding meaning in contemporary secular life.

→ Hear more: Ozment will be reading from her book on Tuesday, June 21st at Book Culture in Morningside Heights. Click here for details.