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#116: Undermining Our Own Democracy

#116: Undermining Our Own Democracy

FromIn The Thick


#116: Undermining Our Own Democracy

FromIn The Thick

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Length:
24 minutes
Released:
Jun 19, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

  The government keeps defending its policy of separating migrant families at the border and the Supreme Court makes a decision that will impact voting rights for the next election. Maria and Julio discuss the latest headlines with In The Thick All Stars, Jamilah King, race and justice reporter with Mother Jones, and Jamil Smith, senior writer with Rolling Stone.   Want to read more?


Jamil Smith's Rolling Stone article about the SCOTUS voting rights decision
Jamilah King's Mother Jones article about Lucy McBath, the historic Georgia candidate running in 2018 who you may not have heard about
Laura Bush's LA Times Op-Ed on the zero-tolerance policy that Maria mentions


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Released:
Jun 19, 2018
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Journalists tell you what you’re missing from the mainstream news. Co-hosted by award-winning journalists Maria Hinojosa and Julio Ricardo Varela, IN THE THICK has the conversations about race, identity and politics few people are discussing or want to discuss.