Life expectancy in the U.S. has always been different for people of color. And since the pandemic, that gap has widened. In her new book, Under the Skin, journalist Linda Villarosa uncovers the hidden toll of racism in America and how racial disparities impact all aspects of healthcare. In an interview with Karen Grisby Bates on the podcast Code Switch, Villarosa talks about the biases that lead to worse care for communities of color and how medical students are pushing against them.
We hope everyone had a nice holiday weekend. After last week’s coverage of the politics of the Roe reversal, we now move on to taking a look at the media, because boy is the consent manufacturing machine whirring into gear. Will looks at a trio of pieces from the New York Times that appear to be buttering up the readership to place the blame squarely on those least responsible, plus time well-spent on a profile of the most annoying people on Earth!
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Sarah Longwell, host of the podcast The Focus Group—and also host of actual bona-fide, gold-standard focus groups—reports on the changing sentiment after the Dobbs ruling. Plus, a president tries to shame companies into lowering prices, while a governor thinks now is the time for fiscal stimulus. And the Highland Park shooter is, in some ways, atypical, but, at the same, time horrifyingly familiar.
A shooter opened fire on a July 4th parade route in suburban Chicago, killing seven people and injuring dozens more. Reset checks in with WBEZ education reporter Sarah Karp and Chicago Sun-Times Washington Bureau Chief Lynn Sweet, who was at the parade, for the latest on how the community is responding.
Dr. Tali Raviv, associate director of the Center for Childhood Resilience at Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, explains how to discuss the tragic mass shooting in Highland Park, Ill., with children of different ages.
The Highland Park shooter was arrested “peacefully” despite being heavily armed. Meanwhile, an unarmed Black man in Akron, Ohio, was shot 60 times and killed by officers. Reset checks in with Brookings Institution senior fellow Rashawn Ray, who says the two stories help illustrate the fact that Black people are many times more likely than white people to be killed by police in the U.S.
On today’s episode, NLW looks at a number of crypto events from the long weekend, including:
Why Argentinians flooded into stablecoins and drove the price of tether above $1 over the weekend
Whether on-chain bottom signals are reliable this cycle
The latest in crypto contagion
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Trigger bans. Restraining orders. State and local disputes. New fights about old laws. After Roe, states are awash in abortion-related legal challenges. Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer tells NPR 'there's a lot of confusion,' and 'it's a terribly anxious time.'
The chaos has trickled down from state courts to individual abortion care providers, where staff and patients have been struggling to adjust to rapidly-changing legal realities. NPR's Sarah McCammon visited one provider in Shreveport, Louisiana.
The shifting legal realities could make accessing abortion care difficult for members of the military who are stationed in certain states. NPR's Brian Mann spoke to women in the military about their concerns.
A re-hashing of the month’s biggest story in crypto for Tuesday, July 5, 2022.
The story of Three Arrows Capital, a crypto hedge fund, unfolded over June as the firm faced losses amid a market downturn. Tune into today’s episode of “The Hash: Re-Hash Edition” to get up to speed on 3AC’s tumultuous month.
This episode was edited by Eleanor Pahl and our executive producer is Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is “Neon Beach.”
On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, New York Times bestselling author Brad Thor joins Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss his new novel "Rising Tiger: A Thriller" which follows America’s top spy Scot Harvath on his latest assignment dealing with tensions between India and China. Thor also shares how he uses real-world experience and facts about global relations to inform his fiction writing.
