<p>This first podcast episode features CCNY President Vincent Boudreau discussing the challenges faced by the CCNY community, and public higher education in the United States more broadly, including neoliberal pressures, gaping socioeconomic inequality, and the COVID-19 pandemic.  </p>

E2: Literature, Race, Gender, and "A Crossroads" with CCNY Prof. Vanessa K. Valdés

With authoritarianism, nationalism, and xenophobia on the rise, gaping global wealth disparities, and the accelerating climate emergency, human rights appear increasingly fragile. Rights Talk is devoted to engaging contemporary challenges around the world across the human rights spectrum of civil and political rights; economic, social, and cultural rights; and solidarity rights, including to a safe and healthy environment. The podcast invites critical perspectives and questions the future of rights in the twenty-first century.   __________________________________________________                                                                                    Music Carefree by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3476-carefreeLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/