In The Thick

Seven women are murdered in Mexico each day. Impunity, narco and state-sponsored violence, plus everyday machismo, are at the root of this. However, Mexican women are mobilizing to fight for their lives and each other. Maria and Julio discuss if Mexico can change its culture to end this gender violence. For this live show, they're joined by Gabriela Warkentin, host for W Radio and contributing writer with El País, and Catalina Ruiz Navarro, columnist for several media outlets. 

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• From Quartz, when women in Mexico used a hashtag to show the harassment that they are victims of.
• Gabriela Warkentin reflects on the need to continue shedding more light into domestic violence cases, often downsized by more scandalous stories on the media, via El País (in Spanish).
• An interview of Catalina Ruiz Navarro with Centre for Feminist Foreign Policy.For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy  
  

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Over the weekend, U.S. Border Patrol agents tear gassed hundreds of migrant children, women and men seeking asylum at the San Ysidro port of entry. In part one, Maria and Julio talk with Buzzfeed News' Adolfo Flores, reporting on the ground at the border. In part two, we talk about about the racially charged senate runoff in Mississippi with Chellese Hall, co-host of the Red Flag podcast.

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• Adolfo Flores spoke with the woman in the iconic photo fleeing tear gas in the border (from Buzzfeed News).
• In CityWatch, a historian explains the present and the future of the Confederate flag.
• From the Red Flag's episode "Never Meaning No Harm" where Chellese and her co-host Beau York go deeper into the confederate flag's usage on The Dukes of Hazzard as well as the impact of images on racial trauma. Special thanks this week to Beau York and his studio, Podastery in Jackson, Mississippi.  For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy  
  

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez made history this November, when she became the youngest woman ever elected to the United States Congress. In this episode, Maria and Julio are joined the 29-year old Latina from the Bronx for whom “community is a priority.”    ITT Staff Picks:

• How some Democrats are rethinking their own party.
• Learn more about what Alexandria mentioned: that 60% Puerto Ricans were denied FEMA aid and why.
• The thrill of watching Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez bring her whole self to Congress, via Vox.   For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy  
  

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On this All-Star roundtable, we talk about the midterms (still!) in Florida and Georgia, the latest in immigration news and we take a look at the tragic California wildfires. Maria and Julio are joined by two In The Thick All-Stars: independent journalist Jenni Monet and contributor to The New York Times Wajahat Ali.   ITT Staff Picks

• California is using slave labor to fight the fires, according to The Root.
• From Buzzfeed News, this is the reality of LGBTQ members of the caravan.
• Jenni's latest with the LA Times, on the new legislation that is trying to end violence against indigenous women.For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy  
  

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This is a bonus ITT in Spanish.    They investigate narcos, they deal with the pressures of the Mexican government and often face death threats just for doing their jobs. What is it like to be a journalist (and a woman journalist) in Mexico? In our first episode in Spanish, Julio and Maria talked to reporters Nayeli Roldán from Animal Político and Peniley Ramírez from Univision, in Mexico City.    Investigan a los narcos, soportan las presiones del gobierno mexicano y muchas veces tienen que enfrentar amenazas contra sus vidas. ¿Cómo es ser periodista en México? En nuestro primer episodio en español, Julio y Maria conversaron en Ciudad de México con Nayeli Roldán de Animal Político y Peniley Ramírez de Univision.    ITT Staff Picks:

• Del New York Times: Cómo el gobierno mexicano controla a los medios con su enorme presupuesto para publicidad.
• El reportaje de Peniley sobre Coca-Cola en México y el trabajo infantil (Univision).
• Los bots y su influencia en la elección mexicana (Aristegui Noticias).

This episode was mixed by Jeanne Montalvo. 

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In the aftermath of 2018’s key midterm elections, Florida and Georgia are still fighting over decisive recounts, while Donald Trump has again slammed members of the press. Maria and Julio call up all-star Terrell Jermaine Starr, senior reporter at The Root, to talk about the need of a collective response to address the President’s repeated attacks targeting women and journalists of color. 

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The Washington Post reflects on the significance of the rising African-American political figures running for office in Florida and Georgia.

CNN takes legal action against the Trump administration for barring Jim Acosta from the White House, via The New York Times.

• Trump's insults of black Americans are disgusting and dangerous, by Errol Louis on CNN. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy  
  

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Often Mexico is seen as just a passage route for migrants on their way to the United States, but in this episode, ITT looks at immigration through the eyes of Mexico. This country is becoming a host for migrants and for years has followed the lead of militarized immigration policy of its neighbor to the North. For the LIVE In The Thick from Mexico City, Maria and Julio talk about immigration in Mexico from the Central American migrant caravan to repatriated deportees with Eunice Rendón, coordinator of the Agenda Migrante collective, and Maggie Loredo, co-founder of the deportees organization Otros Dreams en Acción.   This episode was mixed by Jeanne Montalvo.    ITT Staff Picks 

• The reality behind the caravans (from The New Republic).
• Bright Magazine tells the story of deportees back in Mexico and how they are supporting each other.
• A profile of Maggie Loredo, our guest and co-founder of Otros Dreams en Acción (from Lenny).For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy  
  

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From the historic triumph of women candidates across the country to issues of voter suppression, we talk Midterms ITT style. Maria and Julio are joined by ITT All-Star and award-winning journalist Imara Jones, founder of Oria Media and host of The Last Sip.    ITT Staff Picks

• A night of firsts: The Guardian details all the historic victories of the midterm election.
• How three Black governor nominees are making the Democratic Party rethink itself (from CNN).
• From The Intercept: Was Trump's rise actually a good thing for the Democratic Party? For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy  
  

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Just days ahead of the midterms, birthright citizenship is challenged and white supremacist rhetoric continues to plague the country. Maria and Julio talk to Dr. Eddie Glaude, Jr., a James S. McDonnell Distinguished University professor at Princeton University. They discuss the role POC communities will have in the upcoming election.

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This Washington Post article explains the meaning of Roy Moore’s victory in Alabama’s special election for Senate in 2017, winning 63 percent of white women’s vote.

From The Cut, how Brian Kemp has promoted voter suppression in Georgia.

In Florida, climate change has become a key issue in these Midterms, Buzzfeed explains.

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After a week marked by the threat of pipe bombs, a synagogue in Pittsburgh was attacked by an antisemitic domestic terrorist who murdered 11 worshippers. Maria and Julio talk about this tragedy and the role of hate with Brentin Mock, Pittsburgher and staff writer for CityLab and Mike German, fellow with the Brennan Center for Justice’s Liberty and National Security Program.   ITT Staff Picks

• Brentin Mock's point of view on what the neighborhood where it happened means to Pittsburgh and the country, from CityLab.

• How the attacks on the migrant caravan led to this tragedy, from The Atlantic.

• American Jews have feared this kind of attack for years, but still kept their doors open, CNN explains why.
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