Leslie begins the show with her 'Ripped from the Headlines' News Segment.
Here are the stories that she covers:
1. AXIOS: "U.S. reaches 200,000 coronavirus deaths"
2. AUDIO: Trump yesterday: "It affects virtually nobody," Trump says of the coronavirus, which has now killed 200,000 Americans and counting
3. WASHINGTON POST: "WH nixed plan to distribute 650 million face masks through USPS"
4. WASHINGTON POST: "Pentagon Spent $1 Billion in COVID-19 Funding on Military Gadgets"
5. Axios-Ipsos poll: Vaccine resistance grows
6. National Voter Registration Day
7. AUDIO: President Obama encourages Americans to vote on national voter registration day
8. WASHINGTON POST: "Secret CIA Memo: Putin Probably Orchestrating Anti-Biden Disinformation Campaign"
9. AXIOS: "Bloomberg raises $16.1M to help Florida felons regain voting rights"
10. The Hill: "GOP will ask Supreme Court to limit mail voting in Pennsylvania in first post-RBG test"
Leslie is then joined by Anisha Singh, Director of Judiciary and Democracy Affairs at the Planned Parenthood Action Fund.
The two discuss how the Affordable Care Act and Roe v. Wade are both at risk of being eliminated if President Trump fills the Supreme Court seat left vacant following the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Anisha's Twitter handle is @Anisha_S113.
Biden Administration Takes Major Step Toward Closing 'Gun Show Loophole,' Requires Thousands More Dealers to Run Background Checks
AFL-CIO President Talks Worker Safety, Unions Expanding into the South, and Climate Change Policy Solutions
Restoring Our Nation's Lost Shipbuilding Capacity
Will China Flood the Globe with EVs, Green Tech? What’s Behind Latest US-China Trade Fight?
Teamsters President Talks Anheuser-Busch Contract, Molson-Coors Strike, UPS & DHL Organzing and Presidential Roundtables
Women's History Month: The Journey of an Afghan Girl Who Risked Everything for Education
Analyzing President Biden's SOTU; American Incomes Are Better Under Biden Than Trump
Building Unity In the Paper Industry and Beyond
Temu and Tariffs, Chinese Auto Industry, How to Make It in America, Biden Industrial Policy
Biden vs Trump on the Economy; Teamsters Organizing FedEx Express and Delta Airlines
How Unions Help Communities
Manufacturing Jobs, Two New Books Following Companies that Keep it Made in USA, Rise in Chinese Auto Production
AFL-CIO President Talks New Tech-Labor Partnership with Microsoft
Teamsters President Talks Successful Agreement with DHL, Strike Authorization by Members at Anheuser-Busch & Presidential Roundtables
2023 AAM ’Made in America Holiday Gift Guide’
Workers Seizing the Moment
Most Equitable Economic Recovery in American History
Teamsters Rally to Protect American Jobs from Mexican-Owned Grocery Chain
Israel Orders Entire Population of Northern Gaza to Move South
Remembering USW President Tom Conway
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