CUNY TV's Bob Herbert's Op-Ed.TV

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A weekly half-hour program featuring interviews with significant men and women from a variety of fields: officeholders and activists, economists, labor leaders, writers and artists. Herbert, a longtime journalist and former columnist for The New York Times, takes a close look each week at a compelling contemporary issue. He elicits personal stories and insights into the character of each guest, revealing not just what they believe about a particular issue, but why they believe it.

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Denise Maybank and Alan Yu: New Yorkers for Children

May 14 2024 25 mins  
At 18 young people age out of foster care, many without additional support. New Yorkers for Children focuses on those 18-26, guiding to a better life. Denise Maybank, Alan Yu and CUNY play important roles, education, financial support - to a better life.

J. Lester Feder: Campaign Aainst Ukraine’s LGBTQ Community

Apr 17 2024 25 mins  
To advance his war against Ukraine, Vladimir Putin has politicized and weaponized homophobia using harassment, humiliation, sexual violence against gay POWs. Journalist J. Lester Feder writes about these abuses and severe campaigns against the LGBTQ community and civil society.

Drop Dead City: New York on the Brink

Mar 20 2024 26 mins  
One of the most significant and traumatic developments in New York City’s history was the fiscal crisis that erupted in the mid-1970’s, and made unforgettable - by the Daily News’ headline: “Ford to City: Drop Dead.” Co-directors of a documentary of the era, Peter Yost and Michael Rohatyn, discusses the crisis leading to the nation’s movement away from social and defici

Veselka: the Rainbow on the Corner

Mar 04 2024 25 mins  
“Veselka” rainbow in Ukrainian is the name of a beloved restaurant in New York’s East Village. Opened in 1954, as a newsstand, its current owners, Tom and his son Jason Birchard, tell us how Veselka evolved into a cornerstone of its community and, has now become a beacon of hope for staff and customers tragically affected by the war.

Scott Richman: ADL Fights Antisemitism and Bias

Feb 22 2024 26 mins  
Scott Richman, ADL’s Regional Director, discusses the dramatic surge of antisemitism. especially in New York and in New Jersey, following horrific events in Israel, including unprovoked physical attacks and killings at religious institutions, students threatened, bomb scares, and at public demonstrations - hateful anti-Jewish rhetoric. Richman says criticizing Israel or the US is

Christina Greer: Your Vote in 2024

Jan 17 2024 26 mins  
Politics! weird politics, a fractured political process, the concern that committed voters may be reconsidering their crucial vote in 2024, court’s “chipping away” at the Voting Rights Act effecting civil liberties and American democracy - are issues discussed with Fordham University Professor and Moynihan Public Scholar at City College, Christina Greer.

Samuel Freedman: "Into the Bright Sunshine"

Dec 18 2023 25 mins  
“Into the Bright Sunshine,” Samuel Freedman’s cultural biography of Hubert Humphrey, a “ruthless foe of anti-semitism and champion of civil rights,” reminds us of lynchings, racism, segregation and more that existed in this country prior to the 1964 Civil Rights Act and of one of the “true acts of courage in American politics…” Humphrey’s speech in support of civi

80 is the NEW 60

Nov 15 2023 25 mins  
Barry LePatner commends research, advances in science, medicine, technology that allow 80 year olds to be the NEW 60’s and in the United States - almost 90,000 centenarians to celebrate their birthdays. Mr. LePatner highlights the need for exercise and for social relationships - friends, family - to enjoy our “golden” years.

Jeffrey Toobin, Homegrown and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism

Sep 26 2023 25 mins  
Jeffrey Toobin discusses Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols, who in 1995 bombed the Murrah Federal Building, in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people, including 19 children. Toobin sites historic events: the government’s assault on Waco, racism, the Assault Weapons Ban as dynamics leading to the heinous crime. Linking the 90’s right-wing ideology to today, Toobin notes the ongoing f

The Life and Legacy of Jim Brown, Part 2/2

Jul 05 2023 26 mins  
In Part 2, Bob Herbert and guest, Dave Zirin, author of “Jim Brown: Last Man Standing,” sports editor of The Nation, and podcast host focus on Jim Brown’s incredible nine-year career as a fullback with the Cleveland Browns, his long, remarkable career after football and his sometimes troubled life.