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EPISODE · May 30, 2015 · 44 MIN

Episode 15: Jamie Fox

from The Backgrounder

Last year, Jamie Fox was appointed and confirmed as N.J.’s Transportation Commissioner by after having had the same job in 2002. Commissioner Fox talks about the New Jersey’s underfunded Transportation Trust Fund, which provides the money for transportation infrastructure and services, and the current proposal to raise fairs on NJ Transit trains and busses. Also, we hear remarks from Dr. Cornel West as they were delivered Bethany Baptist Church in Newark, N.J. this week in support of an upcoming march against police brutality, racial injustice & economic inequality organized by the People’s Organization for Progress. This episode is sponsored by The GI Go Fund.

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