All Sides with Amy Juravich

Productivity apps like Slack and Zoom have become indispensable through the pandemic as many companies keep their employees working from home. Our phones constantly chirp with news updates, emails, and social media notifications, and streaming services provide endless hours of distraction from lockdown tedium.

A federal judge ruled Thursday that the U.S. Census count will continue through October 31, blocking a Trump Administration plan to end it a month early. Census figures help determine congressional representation and how $1.5 trillion in federal funding is distributed, money that pandemic-ravaged cities desperately need.

Ohio’s positive COVID-19 test rate has dropped to the lowest level since the pandemic hit the state in March, with more than 2.8 million tests administered so far. Meanwhile, President Trump addressed mostly mask-less crowds in Ohio, falsey claiming that the young and physically fit are virtually exempt from the disease. But that's not true.

Arts organizations across the U.S. face financial losses estimated at $13.1 billion and counting. Prior to the pandemic, arts and culture in Ohio was a $41 billion dollar industry, rivaling the travel industry.

This episode originally aired on September 21 2020. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death last Friday has sparked a political showdown ahead of the November 3 election. President Trump said he plans to nominate a woman this week to fill the vacant seat on the bench.

Punctuation matters! It’s National Punctuation Day and we are taking the opportunity to look at the role punctuation plays in language. The pandemic has changed everything, including our language. Words that we never used before have become commonplace, and in some cases, new words have been created to describe new experiences.

The pandemic has upset the usual protocol for voting in Ohio, setting the stage for largely politically driven conflicts over a variety of topics. With six weeks to go before the November 3 election, four lawsuits have been filed challenging the process of voting in Ohio.

More than 200 million people worldwide suffer from urinary incontinence, and the shame and depression that often accompany it. More than twice as many women as men experience the loss of bladder control. And it’s hardly ever talked about.

This episode originally aired on May 20, 2020. In April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported a first, unemployment numbers for women hit double digits. Women make up two-thirds of part-time workers and the majority of the low-wage workforce. For women of color, the news is even grimmer.

Technology experts are working to build a better voting machine, one that would modernize how Americans vote. That would be welcome news in a presidential election year fraught with worries over absentee ballots, hackers and unfounded allegations of voter fraud.