Ethiopia appears to have quickly won a civil war in its northern most province of Tigray. Tom Gardner, Addis Ababa correspondent for the Economist goes over its timeline and what it means to the country's prime minister Abiy Ahmed, who won the Nobel Peace Prize just one year ago.

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Nobel Peace Prize Winner To Warmaker: Ethiopia and Abiy Ahmed

Ethiopia appears to have quickly won a civil war in its northern most province of Tigray. Tom Gardner, Addis Ababa correspondent for the Economist, goes over its timeline and what it means to the country's prime minister Abiy Ahmed, who won the nobel peace prize just one year ago.

Karthik Ganapathy, progressive communications consultant who recently advised Charles Booker’s US Senate campaign, served as a spokesperson for Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Keith Ellison, and the climate change campaign organization 350.org and Katrina vanden Heuvel editorial director and publisher of The Nation magazine, on Biden’s cabinet picks and where progressives go from here.         

Progressives and the Biden Appointments

Matt Katz, WNYC reporter, talks about his recent reporting on immigration detention centers in New Jersey: a COVID outbreak at the Elizabeth Detention Center, ICE detainees on hunger strike in Hackensack, and why Hudson County Democrats are reversing their stance to continue jailing NYC immigrants.

ICE Detention Issues in Three NJ Counties

Raymond McGuire, former Citigroup executive and mayoral hopeful, talks about his now-official mayoral campaign.

Meet the Candidate: Raymond McGuire

Leana Wen, emergency physician, professor at George Washington University, contributing columnist for The Washington Post, CNN medical analyst, and former Baltimore Health Commissioner, talks about whether a post-Thanksgiving surge in virus cases is inevitable, and what we can do to prepare.

The Thanksgiving Surge

Millions of Americans face an eviction crisis as the federal and state moratorium is set to expire on New Year’s Eve. Judith Goldiner, attorney-in-charge at The Legal Aid Society’s Civil Law Reform Unit, talks about what lawmakers can offer residents now, and takes your calls.

Will You Pay Rent This Month?

Allison James-Frison, founder and CEO of Girls; Live, Love, Laugh Inc. Youth Mentor Program and Commissioner on the Newark Commission on The Status Of Women (CSW), talks about how she uses the challenges she has faced to inspire and guide young women in Newark, NJ.

Community Well-Being: Mentoring Young Women in Newark

Emily Bazelon, staff writer for The New York Times Magazine, co-host of Slate's "Political Gabfest" podcast, Truman Capote fellow for creative writing and law at Yale Law School and author of Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration (Random House; First Edition April 9, 2019), talks about recent and upcoming court rulings regarding restrictions on religious gatherings, the census count, and election results in Pennsylvania.

Public Health vs Religious Freedom

Pedro Rodriguez, director of La Jornada NY service organization in Queens, talks about his work fighting poverty and hunger in Queens.  

Community Well-Being: Feeding Queens

On what is usually one of the biggest online shopping days of the year, Will Evans, reporter for Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting, covering workplace issues, revisits his reporting on injuries at Amazon warehouses.

Amazon Warehouse Safety on Cyber Monday

Jessica Ramos, member of the New York State Senate representing District 13 (Corona, East Elmhurst, Elmhurst, Jackson Heights, and parts of Astoria and Woodside in Queens) and Andrew Gounardes, member of the New York State Senate representing District 22 (Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst, Bath Beach, Gravesend, Gerritsen Beach, Manhattan Beach, and Marine Park in Brooklyn), talk about their priorities for the next legislative session where it looks like the Democrats will have a "super" majority, meaning they could override any vetoes by the governor.

State Senate Democrats

John Podesta, former senior advisor to Presidents Clinton and Obama, talks about President-elect Biden's transition, including his cabinet appointments, and specifically, how the Biden administration will tackle climate change.

John Podesta on Biden's Transition

Susan Page, USA Today Washington bureau chief, talks about the latest national political news, including why some GOP lawmakers are starting to acknowledge that Biden won, even as their voters reject it. 

Monday Morning Politics: Some Republicans Admit Biden Won

Brian Lehrer leads the conversation about what matters most now in local and national politics, our own communities and our lives.