The Hard Truth of the marijuana industry
The latest episode of our Hard Truths series examining systemic racism in America takes a look at the multi-billion dollar marijuana industry. Today: the obstacles that two Black Latinas had to overco...
19 Jun 202115min
Where the U.S.-Russia relationship goes from here
Let’s go back to a moment earlier this week when President Biden was talking to the press in Geneva about his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Putin had done a lot of lying to reporters i...
18 Jun 202111min
Congress approves Juneteenth as a federal holiday
The House voted yesterday to make Juneteenth a federal holiday, after the Senate unanimously did so on Tuesday. Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S., falling on the day in 1865 that ...
17 Jun 202111min
Biden meets Putin
Later today, President Biden will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin. This will be the first meeting between the two since Biden took office. What’s it going to be like inside that room? Plus...
16 Jun 202111min
Predatory billing by U.S. hospitals
A new Axios Special Report, in partnership with Johns Hopkins University, sheds some light on the predatory practices American hospitals are using to collect on patients' debt. Medical debt makes up 5...
15 Jun 202110min
Style Over Substance at the G7
The G7 Summit, a meeting of some of the world's wealthiest democracies, wrapped up yesterday in Cornwall, England. What are the takeaways from President Biden's first foreign trip? Plus, a new govern...
14 Jun 202111min
It’s still too soon to worry about inflation
The Consumer Price Index released yesterday shows that prices for food, energy and products like used cars increased 5 percent compared to May of 2020. It’s the biggest year-over-year increase in almo...
11 Jun 202111min
What’s next for mass transit
During the pandemic, ridership of mass transit pretty much collapsed. Now as the county reopens transportation experts are hoping that commuters will come back. But what if they don’t? Plus, the upti...
10 Jun 202110min
