Trump’s Environmental Rollbacks During COVID-19; Frederick Douglass Collection

Trump’s Environmental Rollbacks During COVID-19; Frederick Douglass Collection

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One of the country’s most important and unique collections of Frederick Douglass artifacts are now part of the Yale Beinecke Library collection. Collector Walter O. Evans joins us to talk about the artifacts. Also, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Trump administration has been ramping up its effort to roll back long-standing environmental regulations on water, air and climate change. Climate reporter Kendra Pierre-Louis discusses the rollbacks and their impact on politics and the environment.