Month: July 2020

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The Gist - The Washington Football Team Should Move

On the Gist, Trump at Mount Rushmore.

In the interview, making a strong case for reparations among descendants of enslaved African Americans is economist William Darity, Jr in his new book, From Here to Equality: Reparations for Black Americans in the Twenty-First Century. Darity suggests that that in order to close the racial wealth disparities, America must confront injustices and offer a detailed fiscal plan for providing financial gifts to Black Americans to aid their economic well-being.

In the spiel, renaming a football team.

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Consider This from NPR - Lawsuit Forces Release of Government Data On Racial Inequity Of Coronavirus

For the first time in the states history, Arizona has activated "crisis of care standards," a set of protocols health care workers can use to make decisions about how to allocate resources.

The mayor of Houston says ICU beds are starting to fill up and the city has two weeks to get things under control.

The New York Times sued the federal government to obtain data collected by the CDC that reveals more information about how the virus has affected people of color in the United States. The numbers revealed Latinx and Black people are three times as likely to become infected as white people.

The virus is spreading fast in Florida. To reach the hardest hit communities, public health workers in Miami are going door to door in Latinx neighborhoods with supplies and information.

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - BREAKDOWN: China Stocks Surge and NYC Real Estate Craters… 5 Stories Shaping Markets Today

The story of the economy as told by five macroeconomic indicators including Chinese stocks, New York City real estate, coronavirus cases and more.

This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Crypto.com.

In this extended Brief, NLW tells the story of the economy through five themes:

  • China stocks surge – but how much is it driven by Chinese state-sponsored media hype?
  • A tale of two cities – real estate in New York City and Hong Kong are telling very different stories
  • A global currency crisis in Lebanon – foodstuffs are up 100% in the last two weeks as the pound continues to falter 
  • The COVID-19 ticker – daily cases continue to grow in the U.S. but deaths are declining 
  • The cost of the U.S. losing its place in the world - from travelers turned away in Italy to decreasing capital inflows 
  • Plus a bonus: what the Nasdaq all-time highs really mean


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The Boring Talks - Jigsaws

It started with 'regency wedding scene' puzzle purchased for £2 in a charity shop.

Now Anya Driscoll is a jigsaw junkie.

In this edition of The Boring Talks, she discussions her obsession, and pieces together the history of jigsaws, the art of jigsaws and whether or not they could save your life (spoiler - they can't really).

James Ward introduces another curious talk about a subject that may seem boring, but is actually very interesting... maybe.

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CBS News Roundup - World News Roundup: 07/06

A coronavirus flare-up in much of the country amid the holiday weekend. Criticism for President Trump after he insists the cases are 99% harmless. From Chicago to Atlanta, a weekend of gun violence that claims the lives of children. Correspondent Steve Kathan has the CBS World News Roundup for July 6, 2020.


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World Book Club - Bernardine Evaristo: Girl, Woman, Other

This month, for the seventh World Book Club edition celebrating International Women writers, Harriett Gilbert is joined by the remarkable British writer Bernardine Evaristo from her home in east London to talk about her Booker-Prize-winning novel Girl, Woman, Other. Although still unable to gather an audience together in a studio, we take questions from listeners from all around the world via phonelines, tweets and emails to once again create a truly global event. Girl, Woman, Other charts the lives and struggles of twelve very different characters. Mostly women, mostly black and British, it tells the stories of their families, friends and lovers, across the country and down the ages. A dazzling mixture of history and contemporary story-telling, Girl, Woman, Other crackles with energy and teems with life, offering an unforgettable insight into life in today’s multi-cultural Britain.

(Picture: Bernardine Evaristo. Photo credit: Jennie Scott.)