According to a report by the Campaign for Youth Justice, approximately 70,000 juveniles are
living in some type of detention center.
But for transgender teens, the situation is much worse. While in custody many transgender teens face
distressing conditions, as a result of the fact that these detention centers
are poorly equipped to care for transgender individuals. Joining me today to talk all about the
situation and what should be done is Jillian Weiss the Executive Director of Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund and a Professor of Law and Society at Ramapo College.
Last week, President
Elect Donald Trump broke a decades-long diplomatic understanding with China
when he spoke by phone with the president of Taiwan; and according to senior
editor at The New Republic Jeet Heer his Taiwan call and other
moves signal a shift from multilateral alliances to bilateral deal making…. and
this could destabilize the world. Jeet
joins me today to talk all about how Trump is already implementing an autocratic foreign policy.
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