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

Bob dissects the 2016 Presidential Election and its outcome with guest, Miles Rapoport, a longtime democracy advocate who has served as secretary of state in Connecticut, as the president of Demos here in New York, and as the president of Common Cause.

Bob Herbert breaks down the 2016 Presidential Election national exit poll data with one of the foremost practitioners of the craft, Lee Miringoff, the longtime director of the Marist Institute of Public Opinion at Marist College.

Bob Herbert discusses some of the biggest issues surrounding poverty with Greg Kaufmann, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress and the editor-in-chief of the website, TalkPoverty.org.

From Ed Koch to Ralph Nader to the Clintons. Mark Green has known them all. He’s been NYC's public advocate and came within a hair’s breadth of being its mayor. He visits Bob Herbert's Op-Ed. TV to discuss his candid memoir “Bright, Infinite Future."

Are we approaching a point of no return when it comes to global warming? Bob Herbert discusses this and other climate matters on Op-Ed. TV with guest Dr. Michael Oppenheimer, one of the world’s foremost experts on climate change.

The role of labor unions in American life was once so vast and profound that it affected virtually everyone. But that was a long time ago. Labor’s influence has declined to such a degree that it’s fair to ask if unions have much relevance at all today. Bob tackles this subject with his guest, Richard Greenwald, a labor historian and co-editor of the book, “Labor Rising.” Professor Greenwald is als...

Dr. Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist Institute of Public Opinion at Marist College discusses the demographic groups from which the two major Presidential candidates need to strengthen their support, on Bob Herbert's Op-Ed. TV.

David Daley, Editor in Chief of Salon.com, and author of "Rat F**ked: The True Story Behind the Secret Plan to Steal America's Democracy," talks with Bob Herbert about how a new level of gerrymandering has completely shifted our political system.

Celebrated economist Jeffrey Sachs joins Bob Herbert in discussing the state of the American economy, how it has fared over the past few decades under Republican & Democratic presidents, & how the presidential nominees differ in their economic approach.

Bob Herbert is joined by journalist and an old friend, Juan González. The two were colleagues many years ago at the Daily News. Juan is co-host of Democracy Now! and recently stepped away from the Daily News after writing a column for nearly 30 years.

Bob Herbert is joined by Faith Salie, co-host of CUNY TV's "Science Goes to the Movies," contributor to "CBS Sunday Morning," panelist on NPR's "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!" and author of the new book "Approval Junkie: Adventures in Caring Too Much."

Op-Ed. TV has Bob Herbert discussing the presidential election - the good, the bad and the crazy - with longtime observer of American politics, Miles Rapoport, the former president of Demos and of Common Cause, who is now a senior adviser to Common Cause.

Bob Herbert's Op-Ed. TV has TIME magazine economic columnist Rana Foroohar discussing her book “Makers & Takers: The Rise of Finance and the Fall of American Business,” which explains how the financialization of America came about over the last 40 years.

Bob Herbert discusses some key causes of our country's income inequality, childhood poverty, and declining infrastructure with guest Robert Johnson, an economist who currently serves as president of the Institute for New Economic Thinking.

Joining Bob Herbert to talk about the current presidential campaign and all of its oddities is his old friend, the celebrated writer Joe Klein. Joe is a columnist for Time magazine and the author of several books, including Primary Colors.

Bob Herbert's Op-Ed. TV guest Steve Phillips discusses his new book, “Brown Is The New White: How the Demographic Revolution Has Created a New American Majority.”

When we think of Georgetown University, the Catholic faith, & Jesuit priests, we don’t usually think of the slave trade, but that’s what Rachel Swarns confronts us with in her New York Times article, and she visits Bob Herbert's Op-Ed. TV to explain.

Bob Herbert discusses landmark cases of sexual discrimination with Gillian Thomas, senior staff attorney at the ACLU Women’s Rights Project, and author of “Because of Sex: One Law, Ten Cases, and Fifty Years That Changed American Women’s Lives at Work.”

Tamara Draut, Vice President of Policy & Research at Demos, joins Bob Herbert's Op-Ed. TV to discuss the evolution of the working class, which she delves into in her latest book "Sleeping Giant: How the New Working Class Will Transform America.”

David Udell, the executive director of the National Center for Access to Justice discusses with Bob Herbert the need for legal representation in civil cases on Op-Ed. TV.

Bob Herbert's Op-Ed. TV welcomes Heather McGhee, president of Demos, a progressive think tank in New York that researches and offers both insight and wisdom on some of our most important public policy issues.

Guest Michael Waldman is the author of “The Fight to Vote,” and he joins Bob Herbert's Op-Ed. TV to discuss this compelling new book about the long struggle to bring the right to vote to all Americans.

Eduardo Porter, Economic Scene columnist for The New York Times, visits Bob Herbert's Op-Ed. TV to discuss the reality of income inequality and how it is playing out in the 2016 presidential election.

Justin Krebs, author of the new book, "Blue in a Red State: A Survival Guide to Life in the Real America," shares stories on Bob Herbert's Op-Ed. TV, of some of the liberals he's met who are surrounded by politically conservative ways of thinking.

New York is in many ways the most glamorous of cities, but it can also be a very tough place to live. Bob Herbert discusses a dramatic new effort to make finding a home a little easier with guest Carl Weisbrod, Chairman of the NYC Planning Commission.