How Racism Has Shaped Interstate Highways / Future Of Scouting / How 'The Great Dissenter' John Harlan Influenced SCOTUS
Summary: <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">President Biden has proposed spending billions to help reconnect Black and low-income neighborhoods, who’ve been decimated by the construction of the federal highway system. And nearly 30 cities nationwide are currently discussing some form of highway removal and restoration; we learn more about how racism has shaped interstate highways. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Boys and girls are also leaving Scouting in record numbers, with Scout organizations reportedly losing nearly 2 million members nationwide during the pandemic. But there were issues before COVID-19 began. Plus, a conversation with the author of a new biography on former Supreme Court Justice John Marshall Harlan, one of the most influential figures in the American political and social landscape.</span></p> <p><strong>Today's Guests</strong></p> <ul> <li>Journalist, contributing editor to the California Planning and Development Report, and author of “The Urban Mystique: Notes on California, Los Angeles, and Beyond,” <strong><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://joshrstephens.net/about/" target="_blank">Josh Stephens</a></strong>, and Professor in the School of Engineering at the University of Connecticut, <strong><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://cee.engr.uconn.edu/people/garrick-norman-w" target="_blank">Norman Garrick</a></strong>, explain the racist history of the federal highway system and how racism has shaped interstate highways</li> <li>The New York Times Editor and Reporter <strong><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.clayrisen.com/bio" target="_blank">Clay Risen</a></strong> and Professor in the Department of Family Science and Human Development at Montclair State University <strong><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.montclair.edu/profilepages/view_profile.php?username=urbanj" target="_blank">Jennifer Brown Urban</a></strong> discuss the future of Scouting in the U.S. and declining membership among Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts</li> <li>Executive editor at POLITICO <strong><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://peterscanellos.com/" target="_blank">Peter Canellos</a></strong> on his new <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1501188208?ie=UTF8&tag=thewaspos09-20&camp=1789&linkCode=xm2&creativeASIN=1501188208" target="_blank">biography</a> “The Great Dissenter: The Story of John Marshall Harlan, America’s Judicial Hero”</li> </ul>
