This special episode of One to One features standout moments from the 2026 season, highlighting conversations on environmental justice, immigrant rights, and voting rights.

Are voting rights and civil rights protections being rolled back? Sheryl McCarthy speaks with Gloria Browne-Marshall and Joseph Lowndes about redistricting, voting rights, democracy, and the future of political representation in America

Sheryl McCarthy speaks with Katrin Hansing (Baruch College) about Cuba’s worsening humanitarian and economic crisis, U.S. policy impacts, daily life, rising poverty and migration, and prospects for reform or international cooperation.

Professor Alex Vitale joins Sheryl McCarthy to discuss policing, public safety, crime reduction, and why communities may benefit more from social services than expanded law enforcement.

In this episode of One to One, Sheryl McCarthy and Danny Pearlstein discuss free NYC buses, noting pilot programs boosted ridership but slowed service, and stress funding, bus lanes, and policy changes to improve transit.

This One to One episode explores CUNY’s SEEK program, showcasing how 60 years of mentoring, support, and opportunity have helped underrepresented students thrive academically and personally.

Sheryl McCarthy interviews Donna Lieberman of the NYCLU, part of the American Civil Liberties Union, on civil rights threats under Trump. She outlines efforts in lawsuits, lobbying, and organizing to protect immigrants and defend due process in New York.

NYC’s housing crisis is pushing renters to the brink. Housing Justice for All’s Sumathy Kumar says lost rent protections and rising rents fueled homelessness, and calls for rent freezes, stronger tenant laws, vouchers, and social housing.

CUNY professor David Bloomfield analyzes federal challenges to NYC school policies, defends protections for transgender students, and assesses the city’s public schools—highlighting leadership changes, equity issues, and signs of progress.

In this One to One interview, Professor Michael Thomas discusses his memoir The Broken King, exploring trauma, neurodivergence, race, family, identity, and how writing helped him find his place and connect with readers.