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Friday, March 17 2017

• Brian Lehrer Weekend: Obama's Former AG, AARP Under AHCA, Bluexit March 17, 2017

  Our favorites from this week include: Former Attorney General Paul Fishman gets President Trump's resignation order; AARP under Republicans' AHCA; a case for Blue-State secession. (article)

• Federal Budget's Impact on the EPA, NYCHA and the Arts; An 'Irish Stand'; Reforming Child Welfare; Worst Job Interview March 17, 2017

  How President Trump's budget would affect funding for NYCHA and the arts; taking an 'Irish stand'; how to reform the failing child welfare system. (episode)

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  • Proposed Cuts 'Take a Sledgehammer' to the EPA March 17, 2017

    Parsing through&nbsp;funding cuts to the EPA in President Trump's budget.

  • NYCHA Cuts Would 'Inflict Extraordinary Pain’ on the Poor March 17, 2017

    New York City Councilman Ritchie Torres, himself "a product of public housing," details how&nbsp;President Trump's budget would negatively affect NYCHA.&nbsp;

  • America Without the Arts March 17, 2017

    What the country without the&nbsp;National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) might&nbsp;look like and why it matters.

  • Taking an 'Irish Stand' March 17, 2017

    Have Irish-Americans who support President Trump have forgotten their heritage? A call to take an 'Irish Stand' for inclusivity, diversity and human rights.

  • How to Reform the Failing Child Welfare System March 17, 2017

    The major problems in the child welfare system and the solutions on how to fix the broken system.

  • The Worst Job Interview Advice March 17, 2017

    Listeners share the worst &mdash; and some of the best &mdash; job interview advice they have received and what happened when they used it.&nbsp;