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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - Empty Shelves Everywhere

The coronavirus pandemic has left no part of the world untouched, including global manufacturing supply chains. The complex system that keeps goods moving throughout the world has struggled to catch up ever since it was disrupted in early 2020. Now, 18 months later, product delays aren’t going anywhere. 

Guest: Austen Hufford, U.S. manufacturing reporter for The Wall Street Journal. 

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Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - The Legal Repercussions of the War on Terror

This weekend marks the 20th anniversary of 9/11, and as the withdrawal from Afghanistan dominates the headlines, so does the conversation about the forever war and its implications. Dahlia Lithwick is joined by Baher Azmy, the legal director of the Center for Constitutional Rights. Azmy has been challenging the U.S. government repeatedly over the past two decades, litigating matters from the rights of Guantanamo detainees, to discriminatory policing practices, to government surveillance, to the rights of asylum seekers and accountability for victims of torture. Azmy is also the author of the chapter "Crisis Lawyering in a Lawless Space: Reflections on Nearly Two Decades of Representing Guantánamo Detainees" in the Crisis Lawyering collection from NYU Press.


In our Slate Plus segment, Dahlia is joined by Mark Joseph Stern to talk about a case concerning religious freedom in the execution chamber, which made it off the shadow docket and into the light of day. They also explore who on earth has standing in Texas’ SB 8 anti-abortion law. 


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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - TBD | Can This River Be Saved?

The Colorado River Basin is experiencing its 22nd year of drought. Its reservoirs are at their lowest-ever levels. The water stored in the system is at just 40 percent of its capacity. How did the situation on the Colorado become so dire? And what does the shortage mean for the 40 million people who rely on its waters?


Guest: Abrahm Lustgarten, senior investigative reporter at ProPublica


Host: Lizzie O’Leary

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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - What 9/11 Did to My Life

For Muslim Americans, the 20th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks marks a full generation of routine Islamophobia. In the years that followed, the war on terror wounded the nation’s Muslim communities in ways that still feel fresh today. 

Guest: Aymann Ismail, staff writer at Slate. 

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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - Dying of COVID to Own The Libs

Four conservative talk radio hosts have died of COVID-19 this summer, further revealing the consequences of a politicized pandemic. Why aren’t prominent right-wing figures doing more to embrace the coronavirus vaccine? 

Guest: Brian Rosenwald, fellow at the University of Pennsylvania and author of Talk Radio’s America.

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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - The Texans Fighting for Abortion Access

Texas has passed a new law banning abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, enforced by citizens launching lawsuits against anyone suspected of “aiding and abetting” the procedures. And the Supreme Court has declined to stop it - effectively ending the precedent set by Roe v. Wade. How are Texas organizations supporting reproductive rights adapting? 


Guest: Anna Rupani, Co-Executive Director of Fund Texas Choice.


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Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - Abortion, Surveillance, and Vigilantism : An American Story

Urgent times call for urgent conversations as Professor Michele Goodwin and Rebecca Traister join Dahlia Lithwick for an emergency Amicus to discuss

what’s new and what’s very old about SB 8, the law that allowed Texas to functionally overturn Roe v Wade. They also unpack what it really means when five justices on the Supreme Court hold up their hands as if to say “nothing we can do.” 


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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - TBD | The Rush for Ivermectin

A medicine meant to treat parasites is the latest unproven COVID treatment craze. With warnings from the FDA, and prescribers clamping down, some are going to extreme lengths to get their hands on the drug. What’s behind Ivermectin’s sudden rise?


Guest: Brandy Zadrozny, senior reporter for NBC News 


Host: Lizzie O’Leary

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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - The Last-Ditch Effort to Get Afghans Out

U.S. officials announced the end of the American military presence in Afghanistan this week, but thousands of people desperate to leave — American citizens and Afghans alike — remain in the country. A loose collection of volunteers is working to get them out. 

Guest: Matt Pelak, soldier in the Army National Guard and veteran of the war in Iraq.

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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - Why Paid Family Leave Might Finally Happen

The United States is the only rich industrialized nation without a universal paid family leave policy. But as child and home care costs balloon, and the pandemic continues to leave families in precarious work situations, many caretakers have hit a wall. Congress might finally be ready to do something about it.


Guest: Chabeli Carrazana, economy reporter for the 19th.


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