To the Point
Climate Change, the Green New Deal and ‘socialism’
The Green New Deal targets climate change--but that’s not all. Because of other provisions, President Trump and Republicans are already raising a familiar political spectre: “socialism.” Democrats are divided, as always.
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenUniversal health care, a national minimum wage and increased business taxes: all part of the Green New Deal. That has House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and some presidential candidates treading carefully. Will Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s proposal be the Democrats’ version of “Build the Wall”--creating an opportunity for Republican backlash?
Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Andrea Brody
Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast
Lisa Friedman
reporter, The New York Times
Stephen Lacey
Host of the Energy Gang Podcast and contributing editor to Greentech Media.
E.J. Dionne
Senior fellow at Brookings Institution, Professor at Georgetown University, Columnist at Washington Post