A New Crime Wave? - With Jason Riley
b'According to The New York Times: \\u201cThe United States experienced its biggest one-year increase on record in homicides in 2020, according to new figures released by the FBI, with some cities hitting record highs.\\u201d And as for 2021, while we don\\u2019t yet have complete data, it so far appears that this homicide surge has continued well into this year as well. So, tragically, this isn\\u2019t going away soon.\\n\\nMuch of the press coverage has focused on the connection between this crime surge and the pandemic. But did this crime wave begin well before the arrival of the Covid-19?\\n\\nBack in January, we dedicated an entire episode to this topic with Reihan Salam and Rafael Manguel of the Manhattan Institute. The title of that episode was \\u201cIs New York Over? Crime and the City\\u201d (01/22/21; Episode #8). \\n\\nGiven the new crime statistics just released, we wanted to revisit this problem. It\\u2019s especially timely given the emergence of Eric Adams. Adams has been outspoken about confronting the crime wave in the City. Much, of course, remains to be seen.\\n\\nTo help us understand what is going on, we check in with Jason Riley. Jason is a columnist at The Wall Street Journal, where his weekly column, \\u201cUpward Mobility,\\u201d has run since 2016. He is also a member of the Journal\\u2019s editorial board and senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute. Jason is also the author of four books, including:\\xa0\\xa0\\u201cLet Them In: The Case for Open Borders\\u201d (2008); \\u201cPlease Stop Helping Us: How Liberals Make It Harder for Blacks to Succeed\\u201d (2014); and \\u201cMaverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell\\u201d (2021).\\n \\nJason has had a long career in journalism.\\xa0\\xa0He started at the Buffalo News and USA Today, before moving to the Wall Street Journal. \\n \\nJason has written about public safety, policing, and the future of our cities. He has also written extensively about identity and intersectional politics.\\n \\nWe close with a discussion of Jason\\u2019s commanding biography of Thomas Sowell.'