Many states that reopened a few weeks ago are seeing spikes in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations. In Arizona, officials say if cases continue to rise, they may have to be more aggressive about enforcing reopening protocols for businesses.
In major cities across Texas there are disparities in access to COVID-19 testing, resulting in less testing in black neighborhoods than white neighborhoods.
Dr. Atul Gawande spoke with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly about why face masks remain essential in dealing with the coronavirus and the efficacy of different masks.
To help with shortages of PPE, one volunteer group has used 3D printers at home to make nearly 40,000 NIH-approved face shields for health care workers and first responders.
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Cato Daily Podcast - Getting Cities Back to Work
The coronavirus pandemic has knocked big holes in the budgets of cities across the United States. What are the cheapest ways for cities to get the economic engines humming again? Patrick Tuohey of the Better Cities Project makes his case
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Pod Save America - “Let the healing begin!”
Trump prepares for a potential speech on race and unity by attacking an elderly protester and defending Confederate-named buildings, Republicans feel the pressure on police reform, and Joe Biden opens up a big lead in the polls. Then Stacey Abrams talks to Jon about the voting disaster in Georgia and her new book, Our Time Is Now.
Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - New Chicago Police Union President Stands Ground On Reform, Community Relations And More
The new head of Chicago’s police union gives his opinions about local calls for reform, police misconduct, and the relationship between the police and the public. WBEZ’s Patrick Smith joins us for context and analysis.
Science In Action - Food security, locusts and Covid -19
Despite the Covid-19 pandemic efforts to counter massive swarms of locusts across East Africa have continued. In many places this has been very effective, killing up to 90% of locusts. However, the threat of repeated waves of locusts remains says Cyril Ferrand, who leads the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation's Resilience Team in East Africa.
Conversely West Africa is unaffected by locusts and with a block on imports local producers have seen demand grow for their produce, an unusual positive effect from the pandemic according to Sandrine Dury from the French agricultural research agency CIRAD.
We examine the potential for a second wave of coronavirus as many countries relax lockdown measures, businesses reopen and mass protests take to the streets. Epidemiologist Carl Bergstrom is interested in working out which of these movements is likely to have the most impact.
And from South Africa, how radio telescope engineers there have turned their hands to developing new ventilators appropriate for regional needs.
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CoinDesk Podcast Network - BREAKDOWN: Why the Fed Keeps Denying Its Role in Increasing Inequality
The Federal Reserve expects low inflation, says rates will stay close to zero through 2022 and keeps lying about the role of central banks in increasing inequality.
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Today on the Brief:
- Three Arrows holds more than 6% of Grayscale Bitcoin Trust
- New platform for censorship-resistant blogging
- Coinbase announces new token potentials as anti-surveillance hodlers flood out
Today's main topic: The Fed's inequality problem
Some key takeaways from yesterday’s Federal Open Markets Committee meeting:
- Interest rates are likely to stay near zero through 2022
- Unemployment anticipated to average between 9% and 10% during last three months of 2020
- Economy expected to contract 4% to 10% this year
- No specific discussion of yield curve control
- Inflation expected to be 1.0% this year and 1.5% in 2021, lower than Fed target of 2%
- According to Chairman Powell, inequality has nothing to do with Fed policy
On this episode, NLW recaps the above and dives deeper on two of the points:
- Net inflation stats gloss over specifics, including food prices that have been rising at an annual rate of 17.5%
- The Fed’s pronounced role in exacerbating inequality by propping up artificially high asset prices, effectively locking low and middle income households out of the mechanism for economic advancement
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SCOTUScast - GE Energy Power Conversion France v. Outokumpu Stainless – Post-Argument SCOTUScast
On June 1, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision, in GE Energy Power Conversion France SAS v. Outokumpu Stainless USA LLC.
By a vote of 9-0, the Supreme Court reversed and remanded the judgment of the 11th Circuit. Justice Thomas, writing for the Court, held that “The Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards does not conflict with domestic equitable estoppel doctrines that permit the enforcement of arbitration agreements by nonsignatories to those agreements.” Justice Sotomayor filed a concurring opinion.
To discuss the case, we have Sadie Blanchard, Associate Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame.
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By a vote of 9-0, the Supreme Court reversed and remanded the judgment of the 11th Circuit. Justice Thomas, writing for the Court, held that “The Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards does not conflict with domestic equitable estoppel doctrines that permit the enforcement of arbitration agreements by nonsignatories to those agreements.” Justice Sotomayor filed a concurring opinion.
To discuss the case, we have Sadie Blanchard, Associate Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame.
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CBS News Roundup - World News Roundup: 06/11
Two million COVID-19 cases in the US -- and the numbers are rising in many states. Statues of Confederate leaders and other figures deemed offensive are toppled throughout the country. President Trump resists a push to rename military bases named after Confederates. Steve Kathan has the CBS World News Roundup for Thursday, June 11, 2020.
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The Phil Ferguson Show - 344 Marketing the Messiah
Interview with Cameron Reilly. He is the writer and director of a new fun movie "Marketing The Messiah". We learn how he escaped religion and where the idea for this movie originated. Plus, some tips on how to market a religion.
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The Intelligence from The Economist - Spend, sometime: Germany’s economic shift
After decades as the continent’s penny-pincher, the country seems to be splashing out. That isn’t just a covid-19 response; a big thrift shift was already under way. Burundi’s brutal outgoing president of 15 years has died. Will his chosen successor be any better? And after some serious number-crunching, The Economist launches its US presidential forecast.
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