All Sides with Amy Juravich

Protests against police violence and racial injustice have continued in Columbus and around the country since late May. Some demonstrators are calling for the police to be reformed, while others want the departments defunded or even abolished. But who writes the new rules? Who are the demonstrators and who speaks for them?

This episode originally aired on June 19, 2020. Columbus City Council and Franklin County Board of Commissioners have both declared racism a public health crisis in the last month. Even after that and after weeks of protests across the country, uncertainty remains about what that means.

The statue of Christopher Columbus at City Hall will be removed in response to calls against the glorification of the man who colonized the Americas at the expense and slaughter of thousands of Indigenous people.

Pediatric vaccinations fell sharply across the country as states took measures to stop the spread of COVID-19. With many children behind schedule in their vaccinations, some experts fear an uptick of measles, whooping cough, and other vaccine-preventable diseases.

Protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd continue across the country, leading some politicians to call for changes to policing. At the state level, Gov. Mike DeWine has talked about reforming recruitment and said that it needs to be easier to fire bad cops. In Columbus, Mayor Andrew Ginther announced police reforms that include new rules for the use of tear gas and pepper spray, and a 14-member advisory committee to give community members a voice in policing strategies.

The Food and Drug Administration on June 15 approved the first-ever use of a video game to treat pediatric ADHD. The game, Endeavor Rx, went through seven years of clinical trials before being approved. A prescription will be needed to obtain it.

This episode originally aired on June 18, 2020. In the summer of 1964 more than 20 members of the Ku Klux Klan murdered three civil rights workers in a tragic episode of racial injustice that would become known as the “Mississippi Burning” case. The identities of the killers, which included a sheriff’s deputy, were an open secret, but charges were never brought until newspaper journalist Jerry Mitchell started to work on it.

The Ohio Republican Party on Friday censured former chair Matt Borges for forming a super-PAC designed to defeat President Trump in November. The GOP stripped Borges of his chairman emeritus role. This isn’t the first time Borges has clashed with his party and the president.

This episode originally aired on June 17, 2020. The pandemic has heightened a host of ethical dilemmas, from medical decisions about which patient to save to social quandaries about mask-wearing etiquette. As far back as the 14th century, people living through plagues and pandemics have sorted through modern versions of the same essential questions.

Columbus City Council and Franklin County Board of Commissioners have both declared racism a public health crisis in the last month. Even after that and after weeks of protests across the country, uncertainty remains about what that means.