Raising the Bar with the MBBA
Co-hosts Jason Clark, President of the Metropolitan Black Bar Association (MBBA), Attorney Adeola Adejobi, and their guests discuss legal issues facing the African American community.
Tune in every Sunday at 7:30 pm MNN1 (FiOS 33, RCN 82, Spectrum 34 & 1995) and MNN HD (Spectrum 1993). Streams live on mnn.org.
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Episodes
Raising The Bar: Prison Reform - Human Rights
The MBBA of NYC sits down with The Alliance of Families for Justice to discuss prison reform and the rights of both prisoners and their families.
Raising The Bar: Data Privacy
What are the best methods for keeping your private information safe? Jason Clark and Adeola Adejobi sit down with Lawrence Montle to discuss data privacy.
Raising the Bar: NYC Charter Revisions
What is the New York City Charter and how will the new revisions affect NYC?
Raising the Bar: Impeachment
What does it mean to Impeach an President?
Raising the Bar: Winning the War on Gun Violence
Gun violence affects everyone in the US from elementary school age to adulthood. What is being done to curb the increasing gun related deaths?
Raising the Bar: Criminalizing Poverty
Why does poverty seem like a never ending cycle?
Raising the Bar: Federal Immigration Agencies
Nearly two decades after the 9/11 attacks, immigration enforcement has come under fire because of major racial discrimination.
Raising the Bar: How to Become a Lawyer
Raising the Bar host Jason Clark is joined by Nicholas K. Austin of the National Bar Association and Dionna Maria Lewis of the District Legal Group, PLLC to discuss how to become a lawyer.
Raising the Bar: Gentrification
Why is New York City only being sculpted for the rich?
