It's the Brian Lairn Show on WNYC.

I'm Matt Katz from the WNYC in Gothamist Newsroom, filling in for Brian today.

On today's show, the intractable crisis at Rikers Island.

There was some news this weekend involving solitary confinement at city jails.

City council member Carlina Rivera, who represents parts of lower Manhattan, will join us to

talk about why the council is outraged by the mayor's executive order concerning Rikers.

And we'll want to hear from people with connections or concerns about the city's notorious jail complex.

That'll be in about a half hour.

Plus, later in the show, our climate story of the week.

We'll talk with the author of a book that offers solutions to the climate crisis.

And we'll wrap up today's show with a

conversation about dating and politics. Some new polls show that young women's politics are

firmly to the left of young men's. We're hoping some of you will call in to talk about how that

dynamic might be playing out in your own dating lives. But first, we begin today's

show with words from the end of President Biden's address at an event held yesterday celebrating

the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act. My fellow Americans, in two years, will commemorate

the 250th anniversary to signing the Declaration of Independence.

That July 4th of 2026 will be a moment not only about our past but about our future.

Imagine that moment and ask yourself, what do we want to be?

The circumstances surrounding the President's question are particularly striking.

There's President Biden at an event celebrating the Civil Rights Act at a time when the sitting Supreme Court gutted abortion rights

and affirmative action. Some fear the power that this court is wielding and they wonder what's next.

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