cover of episode Coronavirus & Elections: John Nichols; plus Melina Abdullah on Black Lives Matter & the Coronavirus

Coronavirus & Elections: John Nichols; plus Melina Abdullah on Black Lives Matter & the Coronavirus

2020/3/20
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John Nichols examines everything that went wrong with Tuesday’s elections, and talks about what we must do to ensure there’s no postponement of the November election. Also: the Republican senators who say paid sick leave for people with the coronavirus will “make workers lazy”—that’s what Ron Johnson says, he represents Wisconsin. Also: Melina Abdullah on Black Lives Matter in the Age of Coronavirus. She's a founder of the LA chapter and also Professor of Pan-African Studies at Cal State LA. And Amy Wilentz, our Chief Jared Correspondent, reports on the Kushners and the Coronavirus.