Stay Tuned with Preet | Fighting for Life (with Wes Moore & David Lat)
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Stay Tuned with Preet | Fighting for Life (with Wes Moore & David Lat)
On this week’s special episode of Stay Tuned, Preet is joined by two guests.
Wes Moore is the CEO of Robin Hood NYC, a New York City-based antipoverty philanthropic organization. Moore is also a Rhodes Scholar, combat veteran, social entrepreneur, and bestselling author. In the midst of coronavirus, Robin Hood is at the forefront of relief efforts focused on aiding society’s most vulnerable.
David Lat is a Managing Director at the recruiting firm Lateral Link and the founder of the iconic legal blog Above the Law. Last month, Lat spent almost a week on a ventilator after falling extremely sick with COVID-19. Thankfully, Lat is now on the road to recovery and has been sharing his story and his larger reflections on the pandemic on social media, television, and in powerful opinion pieces in major newspapers. Lat--a healthy and energetic 44-year-old--has used his harrowing journey with coronavirus to remind us of our collective risk and to highlight the selfless work of frontline healthcare professionals.
To listen to Stay Tuned bonus content, become a member of CAFE Insider. Sign up to receive the CAFE Brief, a weekly newsletter featuring analysis of politically charged legal news, and updates from Preet.
And if you haven’t already, listen to this week’s full episode of the CAFE Insider podcast for free in the Stay Tuned feed.
As always, tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #askpreet, email us at staytuned@cafe.com, or call 669-247-7338 to leave a voicemail.
REFERENCES & SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS
WES MOORERobin Hood NYC COVID-19 Relief FundRobin Hood & Columbia University’s Poverty Tracker: The State of Poverty and Disadvantage in New York City (February 2020)The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates, Spiegel & Grau (2011) Five Days: The Fiery Reckoning of an American City, One World (2020)
Poverty in America: “How the Census Bureau Measures Poverty,” US Census Bureau, last revised: 8/27/19“How is Poverty Measured?,” Institute for Research on Poverty “The official U.S. poverty rate is based on a hopelessly out-of-date metric,” Washington Post, 9/16/19Rourke L. O’Brien & David S. Pedulla, “Beyond the Poverty Line,” Stanford Social Innovation Review, Fall 2010Annie Nova, “Many Americans who can’t afford a $400 emergency blame debt,” CNBC, 7/21/29Tracy Jan, “Redlining was banned 50 years ago. It’s still hurting minorities today,” Washington Post, 3/28/18Pam Fessler, “One Family’s Story Shows How The Cycle Of Poverty is Hard to Break,” National Public Radio, 5/7/14
On this week’s special episode of Stay Tuned, Preet is joined by two guests.
Wes Moore is the CEO of Robin Hood NYC, a New York City-based antipoverty philanthropic organization. Moore is also a Rhodes Scholar, combat veteran, social entrepreneur, and bestselling author. In the midst of coronavirus, Robin Hood is at the forefront of relief efforts focused on aiding society’s most vulnerable.
David Lat is a Managing Director at the recruiting firm Lateral Link and the founder of the iconic legal blog Above the Law. Last month, Lat spent almost a week on a ventilator after falling extremely sick with COVID-19. Thankfully, Lat is now on the road to recovery and has been sharing his story and his larger reflections on the pandemic on social media, television, and in powerful opinion pieces in major newspapers. Lat--a healthy and energetic 44-year-old--has used his harrowing journey with coronavirus to remind us of our collective risk and to highlight the selfless work of frontline healthcare professionals.
To listen to Stay Tuned bonus content, become a member of CAFE Insider. Sign up to receive the CAFE Brief, a weekly newsletter featuring analysis of politically charged legal news, and updates from Preet.
And if you haven’t already, listen to this week’s full episode of the CAFE Insider podcast for free in the Stay Tuned feed.
As always, tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #askpreet, email us at staytuned@cafe.com, or call 669-247-7338 to leave a voicemail.
REFERENCES & SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS
WES MOORERobin Hood NYC COVID-19 Relief FundRobin Hood & Columbia University’s Poverty Tracker: The State of Poverty and Disadvantage in New York City (February 2020)The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates, Spiegel & Grau (2011) Five Days: The Fiery Reckoning of an American City, One World (2020)
Poverty in America: “How the Census Bureau Measures Poverty,” US Census Bureau, last revised: 8/27/19“How is Poverty Measured?,” Institute for Research on Poverty “The official U.S. poverty rate is based on a hopelessly out-of-date metric,” Washington Post, 9/16/19Rourke L. O’Brien & David S. Pedulla, “Beyond the Poverty Line,” Stanford Social Innovation Review, Fall 2010Annie Nova, “Many Americans who can’t afford a $400 emergency blame debt,” CNBC, 7/21/29Tracy Jan, “Redlining was banned 50 years ago. It’s still hurting minorities today,” Washington Post, 3/28/18Pam Fessler, “One Family’s Story Shows How The Cycle Of Poverty is Hard to Break,” National Public Radio, 5/7/14