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This year, the election runs through the Post Office. And we have reasons to be concerned.
Guest: Jordan Weissmann, Slate’s senior business and economics correspondent.
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This year, the election runs through the Post Office. And we have reasons to be concerned.
Guest: Jordan Weissmann, Slate’s senior business and economics correspondent.
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Over the past five months, city blocks have been slipping away. Bars are closed; restaurants are half-empty; retail is shuttered. As the country returns to varying states of lockdown, how long can these blocks hold on?
This week: how one commercial strip on Chicago’s South Side is weathering the pandemic.
Guests:
Nedra Sims Fears, executive director of the Greater Chatham Initiative
Brian d'Antignac, The Woodshop
Jaidah Wilson-Turnbow, Frances Cocktail Lounge
Zoie Reams, Brown Sugar Bakery
Host
Henry Grabar
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Over the past five months, city blocks have been slipping away. Bars are closed; restaurants are half-empty; retail is shuttered. As the country returns to varying states of lockdown, how long can these blocks hold on?
This week: how one commercial strip on Chicago’s South Side is weathering the pandemic.
Guests:
Nedra Sims Fears, executive director of the Greater Chatham Initiative
Brian d'Antignac, The Woodshop
Jaidah Wilson-Turnbow, Frances Cocktail Lounge
Zoie Reams, Brown Sugar Bakery
Host
Henry Grabar
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Over the past five months, city blocks have been slipping away. Bars are closed; restaurants are half-empty; retail is shuttered. As the country returns to varying states of lockdown, how long can these blocks hold on?
This week: how one commercial strip on Chicago’s South Side is weathering the pandemic.
Guests:
Nedra Sims Fears, executive director of the Greater Chatham Initiative
Brian d'Antignac, The Woodshop
Jaidah Wilson-Turnbow, Frances Cocktail Lounge
Zoie Reams, Brown Sugar Bakery
Host
Henry Grabar
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Even before the pandemic child care was a long, simmering crisis. With the fall approaching and school reopenings in flux, many parents are asking themselves the same question: what am I going to do with my kid? America has solved a child care crisis before, the question is whether the country can muster up the energy (and money) to do so again.
Guest: Betsey Stevenson is a Professor of Public Policy and Economics at the University of Michigan.
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Even before the pandemic child care was a long, simmering crisis. With the fall approaching and school reopenings in flux, many parents are asking themselves the same question: what am I going to do with my kid? America has solved a child care crisis before, the question is whether the country can muster up the energy (and money) to do so again.
Guest: Betsey Stevenson is a Professor of Public Policy and Economics at the University of Michigan.
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Schools in Oklahoma are preparing to reopen, but special education teacher Nancy Shively won’t be among the teachers going back to school. Shively, who has pre-existing medical conditions, has been forced to choose between her own health and the education of her students. She says President Trump’s response to the coronavirus has led her to question her support for him and the Republican Party.
Guest: Nancy Shively, a teacher from Skiatook, Oklahoma
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Schools in Oklahoma are preparing to reopen, but special education teacher Nancy Shively won’t be among the teachers going back to school. Shively, who has pre-existing medical conditions, has been forced to choose between her own health and the education of her students. She says President Trump’s response to the coronavirus has led her to question her support for him and the Republican Party.
Guest: Nancy Shively, a teacher from Skiatook, Oklahoma
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Tuesday’s Kansas Senate primary has Republican party leadership concerned. Polls show that Barbara Bollier, a former Republican turned Democrat, stands a chance in the general election against one of the leading Republicans in the primary, Kris Kobach. So much so in fact that a pro-Democrat super PAC has been running ads in favor of Kobach, hoping to face off against him in November. How would a Kobach win on Tuesday upend the battle for control of the Senate? And what are Republicans doing to stop him?
Guest: Dave Weigel covers politics for the Washington Post.
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