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Biden asks Congress to preempt a rail strike; Plus a spotlight on the Club Q massacre and its antecedents

Nine days after a mass shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs, a makeshift memorial grows outside the LGBTQ nightclub on Monday, Nov. 28, 2022. | Hart Van Denburg/CPR News

On today’s show:

0:08Jeff Schuhrke (@JeffSchuhrke), a labor historian and assistant professor of Labor Studies at SUNY Empire State College discusses the looming rail workers’ strike.

0:36 – We discuss the tragic Club Q massacre that left 5 dead and dozens injured and the national trend of queer bashing in right-wing media that preceded it with Christopher Wiggins (@CWNewser), Senior National Reporter at the Advocate.

Playlist

Artist Song Album Label
Leslie Odom Jr.Last ChristmasLast ChristmasWMG - S-Curve Records
Average White BandStop the RainStop the RainWMG - Atlantic Records
Karega BaileyNo Indictment (feat. King Keon)No Indictment (feat. King Keon)SOL DVLPMNT
Yo-Yo Ma;Edgar Meyer;Mark O'ConnorButterfly's Day OutClassic Yo-YoSony Classical