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Critical Bills Seeking Passage in Congress; More on the Omicron variant; Stacey Abrams runs for governor of GA; Plus details of a new report on police killing of Sean Monterrosa

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Ashley Monterrosa shows a picture on her phone of her brother Sean with parents Nora and Neftali Monterrosa. | Image by Chris Lee | September 4, 2020.

On today’s show:

0:08 – John Nichols (@NicholsUprising), national affairs correspondent for The Nation joins us to discuss the week ahead in Washington, DC.

0:33 – Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health joins us for continued discussion of the Omicron variant and take listener questions.

1:08 – LaTosha Brown (@MsLaToshaBrown), co-founder of the Black Voters Matter Fund joins us to discuss Stacey Abrams gubernatorial candidacy.

1:33 – Journalist for the Vallejo Sun, Scott Morris (@OakMorr) joins us to discuss the new report released last week by the Vallejo Police Department detailing the OIR Group’s independent investigation into the police killing of Sean Monterrosa last year.

Learn more about Sean through this special interview with Michelle and Ashley Monterrosa. (Originally aired on September 17, 2020).

“Sean died for a bigger cause”
Remembering Sean Monterrosa