Weekly Roundup: August 8th
The unemployment rate dropped to 5.4% in July — a low for the pandemic. Nearly a million new jobs were added to the economy — although restaurants and factories are still hurting for workers. Covid ca...
6 Aug 202125min
Prices Are Rising. Who's To Blame?
People agree: prices are up on everything from gasoline to used cars. But both experts and voters disagree on the cause and whether inflation is here to stay. That uncertainty makes the economy a pote...
5 Aug 202114min
Biden Said He Couldn't Stop Evictions. Then He Did.
Gene Sperling oversees the White House's rollout of COVID relief. On Monday, he told reporters that President Biden had "quadruple-checked" whether he had the legal grounds to extend the eviction mora...
4 Aug 202113min
Governor Andrew Cuomo Sexually Harassed Multiple Women, New York Investigation Finds
An investigation found that Gov. Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women in and out of state government and worked to retaliate against one of his accusers, New York's attorney general announced...
3 Aug 202113min
Light Summer Reading? The 2,702-Page Infrastructure Deal Just Dropped.
A vote on the trillion-dollar proposal is expected as soon as Thursday. Also, President Biden has been denying tens of thousands of migrants asylum proceedings, citing public health fears. After month...
2 Aug 202113min
60 Percent Of Adults Are Fully Vaccinated. Why Are Things Getting Worse?
President Biden gave a speech Thursday afternoon begging folks to get vaccinated. A CDC document warns that the very contagious delta variant means "the war has changed" against COVID.The bipartisan i...
30 Jul 202128min
The Docket: The Rise And Fall Of The Voting Rights Act Of 1965
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was born from the civil rights movement of the '50s and '60s, but in recent years the Supreme Court has effectively nullified its key provisions. We explore why the law w...
29 Jul 202116min
Sixty-Six Percent Of Alabamians Still Need The Shot. Can Tommy Tuberville Help?
The White House says it is "following the science" on masks after the CDC issued new guidance, but some experts say they're falling short on the social science: how to convince the remaining 40 percen...
28 Jul 202114min
