On today's "In the News" roundtable, Brian Becker,  Esther Iverem, Nicole Roussell and Walter Smolarek discuss how the  Democratic Party leadership in Congress and the Biden administration are  failing to act in the face of impending mass evictions. They also  discuss the grassroots movement against evictions -- including the  sit-in outside Congress by Rep. Cori Bush, the latest from the Olympics,  the surge in Covid infections, Peru’s new left wing government, and  more.

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