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

To celebrate the 150th anniversary of The Nation magazine, Bob Herbert is joined by its longtime editor and publisher, Katrina vanden Heuvel, to discuss the rich history of this venerable publication on Op-Ed. TV.

Bob Herbert's Op-Ed. TV welcomes Glenn E. Martin, founder and president of JustLeadershipUSA, an organization which helps the formerly incarcerated to hone the skills necessary for leading successful lives outside of prison.

Leah Harris, coordinator of the Recovery Now! campaign, and director of the National Coalition for Mental Health Recovery, gives her take on the best way to care for people who struggle with mental illness on Bob Herbert's Op-Ed. TV.

Guests Catherine Ruetschlin, a senior policy analyst at Demos, and Michelle Chen, a contributor to The Nation magazine weigh in on how Walmart's business practices can shift to benefit both their employees and customers on Bob Herbert's Op-Ed. TV.

The working poor and lower-middle class are the subject of this conversation, as Rachel L. Swarns, who writes "The Working Life," column for The New York Times, joins Bob Herbert's Op-Ed. TV and gives us a peak inside the struggles many New Yorkers face.

To discuss the evolution of journalism and the continuing need for credibility, Bob Herbert's Op-Ed. TV welcomes Les Payne, who over his illustrious career has been a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, a celebrated columnist, and a top editor at Newsday.

Election Spending just keeps going up and up. Ian Vandewalker, Counsel in the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice explains how the richest donors get the biggest voice in politics on this episode of Bob Herbert's Op-Ed. TV.

Homelessness in New York City has reached a new high. Dr. Ralph da Costa Nunez, President & CEO of the Institute for Children, Poverty & Homelessness, as well as Homes for the Homeless, joins Bob Herbert's Op-Ed. TV to layout the root causes of this issue

Journalist Brian Lehrer, host of "The Brian Lehrer Show" on WNYC radio, as well as "BrianLehrer. TV" on CUNY TV, visits "Bob Herbert's Op-Ed. TV" to discuss what has changed, and what has remained very much the same in New York City over the past 25 years.

Bob Herbert's Op-Ed. TV welcomes Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams who discusses the recent actions involving the NYPD and NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, and the protests that have taken place through out the city regarding the deaths of unarmed black men.

Gillian Thomas, a lawyer who has specialized in employment and women’s rights issues, joins Bob Herbert's Op-Ed. TV to break down the landmark pregnancy discrimination case, Young v. UPS, which has made its way to the Supreme Court.

Bob Herbert's Op-Ed. TV welcomes Joyce Horman, chair of the Charles Horman Truth Foundation, who shares the struggles that she and her husband Charles faced as Americans in Chile during the 1973 military coup, and how her fight for justice continues.

Civil rights lawyer Norman Siegel visits Bob Herbert's Op-Ed. TV and shares his ideas on improving relations between the police and the communities they serve, in hopes that future tragedies involving police killing unarmed black men can be avoided.

Public-interest lawyer Bryan Stevenson visits Bob Herbert's Op-Ed. TV to discuss his new book "Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption," which chronicles his experiences working with inmates on death row.

Reed Richardson, media critic and contributor to The Nation visits Bob Herbert's Op-Ed. TV to discuss some of the more unusual sources from which many millennials and teens are getting their news, and where news media as a whole might be headed.

Bob Herbert's Op-Ed. TV takes a revealing look at how white people view their racial identity, with "Whiteness Project" director/producer Whitney Dow, and Michelle Fine, Distinguished Prof. of Social Psychology at The CUNY Graduate Center.

Dr. Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion, visits Bob Herbert's Op-Ed. TV to explain how the polling process has been transformed over the years, and discusses the reasoning behind the outcome of the 2014 elections.

Donna Lieberman, Executive Director of the New York Civil Liberties Union joins Bob Herbert's Op-Ed. TV to discuss policing in schools, the right to a fair trial, and much more.

Dr. Ayman El-Mohandes, Dean of the CUNY School of Public Health, joins Bob Herbert on Op-Ed. TV to cut through the Ebola fear-mongering, and clearly explain the precautions that are being taken to limit the virus’ spread.

Thomas M. McDonnell, Law Professor at Pace University School of Law visits Bob Herbert's Op-Ed. TV to give us the history behind the terrorist group we are currently facing in Iraq and Syria known as the Islamic State, ISIL or ISIS.

Thomas M. McDonnell, Law Professor at Pace University School of Law visits Bob Herbert's Op-Ed. TV to give us the history behind the terrorist group we are currently facing in Iraq and Syria known as the Islamic State, ISIL or ISIS.

American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten visits Bob Herbert's Op-Ed. TV to address issues involving Charter Schools, performance goals for teachers, and recommendations to improve the public school system for all involved.

Bob Herbert's Op-Ed. TV welcomes Neil Barsky, director of the film "Koch" a documentary about the charismatic former Mayor of New York, Edward I. Koch. Joining them is Diane M. Coffey, former Chief of Staff to Mayor Koch and one of his closest friends.

Joshua B. Freeman, Distinguished Professor of History at the Murphy Institute, Queens College, and the CUNY Graduate Center, discusses the job market and the status of labor unions across the United States on Bob Herbert's Op-Ed. TV.

Bob Herbert's Op-Ed. TV welcomes Wallace Turbeville, Senior Fellow at Demos, to discuss the background and current status of the Detroit bankruptcy trial, which stems from the largest municipal bankruptcy filing in U.S. history.