An abortion rights amendment to Florida’s Constitution has gotten enough signatures to qualify for the November ballot. Now, it’s up to the state’s Supreme Court to decide whether people will get to vote on it, potentially transforming the electorate there in November. The Nation’s abortion access correspondent, Amy Littlefield, reports.
Plus: Stories from the early days of HIV & AIDS: that’s the focus of a new podcast Called Blindspot: The Plague in the Shadows. It's about how the epidemic decimated poor communities of color – and about the people who refused to stay out of sight. WNYC's Kai Wright and The Nation's Lizzy Ratner explain.
Also: The blue-blood families that made fortunes in the opium trade: Amitav Ghosh traces the origins of much of the wealth for the 19th century New England elite. His new book is called Smoke and Ashes.
Portland and protest: David Cole, plus Ella Taylor on TV and Mike Davis on LA in the Sixties
Fascism comes to Portland: Harold Meyerson; Disarm the police; Guttenplan; Ella Taylor on TV
Defund the LAPD--Kelly Lytle Hernandez; BLM is everywhere, Amy Wilentz on Ivanka and Ella Taylor
Why the US is the world's sickest country: Meyerson; Virus-time TV: Taylor; Sandra Bland Remembered
The Coronavirus Spike: David Dayen; Michelle Goodwin: Racism in Mpls.; Ella Taylor: "Babylon Berlin"
Trump After Tulsa: Meyerson; The Police vs. The People: Kelley; Bad Cop Movies: Taylor
The People vs. The Police: Armour; Ivanka Watch: Wilentz; Spike Lee's "Da Five Bloods": Taylor
Not About Trump, About Us w/Lithwick; America in Revolt w/Mystal; Criterion Virus-time TV w/Taylor
Protest, Police, Martial Law & Trump w/Meyerson; "Reaganland" w/Perlstein; Virus-Time TV w/Taylor
Tara Reade vs. the Evidence: Katha Pollitt; "Shirley": Ella Taylor; "Kochland": Christopher Leonard
The Labor Movement after the Virus: Harold Meyerson; plus Greil Marcus on The Great Gatsby
The Battle for the Soul of the Democratic Party: Nichols; Those Trump Kids: Wilentz; SCOTUS: Cohen
Coronavirus Updates: Mike Davis on the World; David Dayen on the USPS & Medicare; John Powers on TV
Joseph Stiglitz: The Virus & the Economy; plus Harold Meyerson and Katrina vanden Heuvel
Mike Davis: Coronavirus Around the World; plus Harold Meyerson and Barbara Ehrenreich
The Good News from Wisconsin: John Nichols; plus Harold Meyerson on Bernie and Biden
John Nichols: Wisconsin votes--or tries to; plus Bob Edelman on Cold War Sports and Laila Lalami
Republicans and the Virus Economy: Harold Meyerson; plus E.J. Dionne, Katha Pollitt & Gail Collins
What's Wrong in the Economic Stimulus: David Dayen, plus Paul Krugman and Rebecca Solnit
Coronavirus & Elections: John Nichols; plus Melina Abdullah on Black Lives Matter & the Coronavirus
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