Today on the show: If you thought Republican voter suppression and gerrymandering was bad, sit down, it’s worse than that. The U.S. and China discuss climate diplomacy. A select committee meets to hear about income disparities. All that, and more!

Today on the show: The expiration of the pandemic eviction ban means many, many more people will be made homeless. Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela, the “Axis of Decolonization” in the West. Terrible losses of life in Indian boarding schools. Balancing our hours on the job. All that, and more!

Today on the show: A Congressional Select Committee will look at the January 6th attack starting tomorrow. Despite a COVID surge, the Olympic Games are underway in Tokyo. Don’t get giddy about talk of a global tax to catch wealthy tax cheaters. Workers are being exposed to greater and greater extreme heat on the job. And rich guys are cooling their heels out in space. All that, and more!

Today on the show: Democrats from the Texas state legislature vow to camp in Washington to defeat voter suppression legislation back home. A look at the blood spilling in South Africa from an inside perspective. And we look at the political crisis in Haiti. All that, and more!

Today on the show: It’s Moral Monday, and non-violent direct action from the Poor People’s Campaign begins today. The evidence mounts -- children are being mistreated in border detention facilities. Should its racial impact be known, before a law is enacted? The Supreme Court does damage to voting rights. And after “an act of Congress” to provide COVID relief for struggling Black farmers, White farmers have blocked them in court. All that, and more!

Today on the show: The U.S. Cuban embargo condemned in the United Nations, 184-2. The Child Tax Credit may lift millions of children out of poverty. Voting rights groups urge corporations to cut their ties with ALEC--the American Legislative Exchange Council. All that, and more!

Today on the show: Hot enough for you? There’s new evidence that not everyone feels heat the same way. Young men and women in Southeast DC are finding a new route to prosperity--the construction trades. And racial discrimination even in temporary hiring. All that, and more!

Joe Biden and the G-7 summit. Cops legally lie to suspects during interrogation. The Pentagon doesn’t tell the true story about the number of civilians it kills in global conflicts. Plus, reparations for past racial oppression, and a fight to teach the truth about race. All that, and more!

Welcome to Friday Evening Fireside, a long-form version of Monday Morning QB. Today's edition features three extended interview cuts: WPFW News Director Askia Muhammad with scholar and activist Phyllis Bennis on Benjamin Netanyahu's political future; reporter Chris Bangert-Drowns with urban policy expert Yonah Freemark on Biden administration plans to shrink the racial wealth gap; and reporter Amara Evering with Shelbi Day, Chief Policy Officer at Family Equality, on LGBTQ rights and religious freedoms at the Supreme Court.

Today on the show: The Supreme Court takes up LGBTQ+ rights and family equality. Closing the racial wealth gap. Israel’s prime minister Netanyahu may be following the Trump playbook on handling defeat. New COVID 19 hate crimes legislation. Plus, a local expansion among the national labor organizing revival. All that, and more!