TUESDAY 02/15
Today on HERE & THERE: Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin give each other figurative gold medals at the Winter Olympics and a big lump of coal to the United States and President Biden. Are their beefs legit, or just cover for dreams of ever-expanding power and influence? Rajan Menon of the City University of New York has been thinking and writing about what Washington should do. The story in depth on HERE & THERE, right after the 4 o’clock news.
WEDNESDAY 02/16
Today on HERE & THERE: When the Obama Administration offered incentives for states to expand their coverage of Medicaid, both Louisiana and Mississippi were among the Republican-governed states that said no. Then, Louisiana elected a Democratic governor and changed its mind. April Simpson of the Center for Public Integrity on the differences that made. The story in depth on HERE & THERE, right after the 4 o’clock news.
THURSDAY 02/17 (from 05/27/21)
Today on HERE & THERE: Many of the myriad problems at Albuquerque's Metropolitan Detention Center were made much worse when it became a casualty of cyberwar: many of its functions paralyzed by a ransomeware attack. Nicole Perlroth of The New York Times warned us back last May that when it comes to cyberwar, the Federal Government and most of the states have unilaterally disarmed. The story in depth on HERE & THERE, right after the 4 o’clock news.