Letters From The War On Covid-19
What A Day25 Maalis 2020

Letters From The War On Covid-19

Equipment shortages, exposure, and empathy: we hear from healthcare workers who are fighting Covid-19 on the front lines.

Plus, what Democrats are fighting for in the government coronavirus relief package and what Republicans are willing to concede. And how authorities are handling things in New York now that it’s become the epicenter of the US coronavirus outbreak.

And in headlines: Liberty University re-opens its doors, Colorado abolishes the death penalty, and YouTube goes low rez.

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Viruses Are Taking Our Jobs

Viruses Are Taking Our Jobs

Another 6.6 million people filed for unemployment benefits last week, meaning that more than 16 million jobs have been lost in the last three weeks. That puts more pressure on Congress to sort out mor...

10 Huhti 202016min

Exit Sandman

Exit Sandman

Senator Bernie Sanders has dropped out of the 2020 presidential race, but his ideas may live on. Vice President Joe Biden is now the presumptive democratic presidential nominee. We look at how we got ...

9 Huhti 202020min

Relief Reloaded with Rep. Pramila Jayapal

Relief Reloaded with Rep. Pramila Jayapal

Lawmakers are considering a second relief package to provide assistance to people who were left out of the last bill. Some also want to add a rent moratorium, Medicare and Medicaid expansion, and more...

8 Huhti 202015min

Wisconsin's Pandemic Primary

Wisconsin's Pandemic Primary

Wisconsin will be moving forward with in-person voting today, despite efforts to postpone the election for the sake of public health. We check in on what’s happening there and in other states set to v...

7 Huhti 202017min

Locked Up During Lockdown

Locked Up During Lockdown

We interview Keri Blakinger, a reporter at The Marshall Project who covers prisons, on how jails and detention centers are managing release of inmates to prevent the spread of coronavirus, and how the...

6 Huhti 202023min

The View From The ICU

The View From The ICU

We interview Dr. Shaoli Chaudhuri, a resident at Columbia Medical Center in Manhattan, about what she’s seeing in the Covid-19 epicenter as doctors treat a growing number of patients with the virus - ...

3 Huhti 202021min

Repro Rights Are An Essential Service

Repro Rights Are An Essential Service

We talk to acting President and CEO of Planned Parenthood Alexis McGill Johnson about the state of reproductive rights during the pandemic, and the efforts several Republican-governed states have take...

2 Huhti 202019min

Curve Your Enthusiasm

Curve Your Enthusiasm

We interview New York Times reporter Caitlin Dickerson about the far-reaching effects the pandemic is having on people in our immigration system: asylum seekers, DACA recipients, undocumented workers,...

1 Huhti 202021min

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