0:08 – The week ahead in Washington – Mitch is taking a day off, he’ll be back next week – the next relief package, will states get bailed out, the Democratic primary and more John Nichols (@NicholsUprising) National Affairs Correspondent for The Nation. His newest book The Fight for the Soul of the Democratic Party … Continued


At least 20 workers at meat processing plants have died from COVID-19, and around 5,000 have tested positive, but President Trump invoked an executive order to bar local governments from closing meat plants. We hear from meat plant workers and organizers about conditions during the pandemic and speak with Sindy Benavides, CEO of the League of United Latin … Continued


0:08 – May Day: Workers with Amazon, Instacart, Whole Foods, and Target are joining in one big strike and  asking shoppers to boycott to protest unsafe working conditions and unethical corporate business practices.  Lauren Kaori Gurley (@LaurenKGurley) is a staff writer at Vice, based in Brooklyn. She covers workers and the labor movement for VICE’s … Continued


0:08 – Trump issues executive order shielding meat plants from COVID protocols, amid chaos in the meat industry with workers and unions terrified of an outbreak. Tom Philpott (@tomphilpott) is a food and agriculture correspondent for Mother Jones Magazine. His latest piece is titled This May Be the Real Reason Trump Is Throwing a Bone … Continued


0:08 – Anti-black racism in China is forcing people from their homes, jobs, and sense of home Roberto Castillo (@castillorocas) is Assistant Professor with the Cultural Studies Department at the Lingnan University in Hong Kong, and contributor to Quartz.  0:34 – Serology testing and community spread: what’s the latest Julia Schaletzky, PhD is Executive Director … Continued