<p>This episode features Susanna Schaller, Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Studies, at CCNY&apos;s Division of Interdisciplinary Studies. Its themes include: urban governance, the right to the city, business improvement districts and the impacts of gentrification, and grassroots activism. </p>

E7: The Right to Health, From the Bottom Up, and MLK's Long Arc with CCNY MPA Director Bobby Derival

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/