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Maria and Julio talk about Jeff Bezos’ allegations that David Pecker, the owner of the National Enquirer’s parent company, extorted and blackmailed him. They also talk about why the State of the Union address was hard to watch and the City of Nogales vote against the concertina wire on the border fence.

ITT Staff Picks:

• The City of Nogales unanimously votes to condemn concertina wire on border fence, from Latino Rebels
• Jeff Bezos wrote a blog post, from The Atlantic
• The meaning of the often misunderstood epithet, ‘wop’, via The Atlantic  For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy  
  

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Maria and Julio talk with All-Star Jamilah King, race and justice reporter and host of the Mother Jones podcast, and Andrea González-Ramírez, political reporter with Refinery29. They discuss the larger issues at stake in the Virginia Governor Ralph Northam's blackface scandal, the racist and homophobic attack against Jussie Smollett, and the latest 2020 Democratic candidates to announce their campaigns.

ITT Staff Picks:

• Kamala Harris’ campaign will force democrats to decide where they stand on criminal justice, Jamilah's latest for Mother Jones
• How To Watch President Trump's State Of The Union, Andrea's latest with Refinery29
• There’s more at stake than Ralph Northam’s career, by Adam Serwer in The AtlanticFor information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy  
  

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Congresswoman Veronica Escobar is one of the first two Latinas from Texas to win a seat in the U.S. Congress that was sworn in a few weeks ago. In an intimate conversation that took place at her office in Washington D.C., Julio and Rep. Escobar talk about the border community of El Paso, the hospitality that has always characterized its people and what it means for her to be a woman of color in a predominantly white and male Congress. 

ITT Staff Picks:

• Veronica Escobar, freshman from Texas, will be a key part in the House's border battle, from El Paso Times
• 20 midterm results that broke the mold and are making up the new Congress, from Mother Jones
• Even with a Democratic House majority, the most plausible immigration deal might only help the “Dreamers” and those with temporary protected status, according to The Atlantic.   For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy  
  

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The longest shutdown in U.S. history has ended with the President taking credit for solving a problem that he created and continuing his rhetoric about a non-existent border crisis. Maria and Julio are joined by two All-Stars: Jenni Monet, an independent journalist and tribal member of the Pueblo of Laguna, and Terrell Jermaine Starr, senior reporter at The Root. They talk about what has been missing in the coverage of the shutdown, what mainstream media overlooked in the aftermath of the Lincoln Memorial incident and Tom Brokaw's problematic assimilation comment.

ITT Staff Picks:

• The undocumented workers who were fired from Trump’s golf course, amidst the President’s demands for a border wall funding.

• A Florida town grapples with a shutdown after a hurricane, from the New York Times.

• Latino leaders demand more from NBC, Brokaw and Meet the Press for xenophobic comment, from Latino Rebels.
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Nathan Phillips, a Native American elder man, sang a prayer song to make peace between a group of MAGA hat-wearing white Catholic high school students and members of the Black Hebrew Israelites. Maria and Julio talk about the aftermath and the context in which the video of the confrontation occurred. They also discuss the arrest and indictment of one of President Trump's top aides, Roger Stone and the unfolding political crisis in Venezuela and the involvement of the U.S. government.    ITT Staff Picks:

• An analysis of the coverage of the Lincoln Memorial incident and the overcorrection of the media in the Trump era, from The Atlantic.
• Where Will Venezuela Go Next? An analysis of the latest, by Latino Rebels.
• An explainer of Roger Stone's arrest and indictment, via Vox.   For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy  
  

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In this special crossover episode with AnthroPod, Julio moderates a conversation with anthropologist Jason De León and Maria about migration, writing, and teaching.  “(W)Rap on: Immigration” is the second episode of the (W)Rap On series at AnthroPod, which brings anthropologists into conversation with artists, activists, and scholars from other disciplines and perspectives. The series is loosely inspired by James Baldwin and Margaret Mead’s 1970 conversation Rap on Race, and was conceived by Hilary Leathem in collaboration with AnthroPod. AnthroPod's format attempts to identify and confront some of the problems that Mead and Baldwin’s conversation embodied, such as white fragility, complicity with power structures, and the struggle to create space for different groups to speak openly. You can find the original episode here, and subscribe to AnthroPod wherever you get your podcasts.    Special thanks to AnthroPod and producer/editor, Arielle Milkman.    AnthroPod's Staff Picks:

• Five Things You Should Know About the “Migrant Caravan" from the American Anthropological Association blog
• "The Deportation Terror:" a historical look at deportation, from American Quarterly. 
• Evidencing Violence and Care along the Central American Migrant Trail through Mexico by the Social Science Review. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy  
  

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This week William Barr, another immigration hardliner, had his Senate confirmation hearings to replace Jeff Sessions as Attorney General. Maria and Julio talk about a new report that shows that thousands more children than originally reported, may have been separated from their relatives under the Trump administration's Zero Tolerance policy and the importance of thoughtful immigration coverage during these times.   ITT wants to hear from you! We're headed to the Rio Grande valley in Texas, for a series of live shows on February 22nd and we want your voices to be part of this. Call our In The Thick hotline at (505) 226-8973 and let us know...

• If you’re from the border, we want to hear what’s one thing that people don’t understand about the region?
• If you’re not from the border, what’s one question you have for people who live there.

ITT Staff Picks:

• The new report that says family separation may have hit thousands more migrant children than reported by the Trump administration.
• A profile of William Barr’s that analyzes his record on immigration policy, by The Intercept.
• Are you up to speed with the Trump- Russia timeline? Take this Quiz by the New York Times.  For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy  
  

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The recent Lifetime documentary series by dream hampton, "Surviving R. Kelly", brings the R&B legend back to the limelight, now through the testimonies of women of color who survived his abuses and sexual predatory behavior for decades. Maria and Julio are joined by Jamilah Lemieux, writer and media professional who was featured in the docuseries and April Reign, diversity and inclusion advocate, media commentator and the creator of #OscarsSoWhite. They talk about the role of race in R. Kelly’s alleged abuses and how it has been magnified by the Me Too movement.

For anyone in need, you can contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline 24/7 at 800.656.HOPE (4673) who will provide confidential and local support.

ITT Staff Picks:

Don’t have Lifetime or missed the series? Here’s April’s Twitter thread analysis of the docuseries. And here's another Twitter thread on the racial divide response to "Surviving R Kelly," the docuseries.

A comprehensive timeline of the allegations against R. Kelly, via NPR.

The series producer, dream hampton, interviewed about the creation of her documentary “Surviving R. Kelly," from Pitchfork.

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The current government shutdown is about to become the longest in U.S. history and it's not only impacting workers, but also the lives of immigrants and asylum seekers. Maria and Julio talk about the shutdown and the rhetoric that for decades has backed the implementation of anti-immigration policies, supported by leaders of both political parties and the mainstream media. 

ITT Staff Picks:

• A Houston immigration lawyer describes the chaos of Trump’s shutdown, by The New Yorker.
• This investigation breaks down the myth that connects immigration rates with a surge in crime rates in recent decades, from The Marshall Project
• ICE has likely run out of money to pay for detention space, potentially violating a law that could require the release of some immigrants and constrain enforcement, by Buzzfeed.  For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy  
  

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The government shutdown that started three weeks ago is on track to become one of the longest in U.S. history, while the 2020 presidential race is already in sight. Maria and Julio are joined by All-Star Wajahat Ali, a contributor to The New York Times, and ITT's newest All-Star Vann Newkirk, a staff writer at The Atlantic. They unpack the consequences of the shutdown and discuss if the country is ready for a woman or POC presidential candidate.

ITT Staff Picks:

• What the Democrats’ 2020 field looks like, by Slate.
• How the government shutdown might impact 38 million low-income Americans, by the Washington Post.
• Check out CensusAmericans, the Twitter bot for America that Vann mentions.

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