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Who were the nine other women of Harvard Law School's class of 1959? Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg remembers them all.

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This week, Emily Peck, Felix Salmon, and Anna Szymanski went live on Facebook with Margaret Sullivan to discuss her book Ghosting the News and take listener questions about the local news crisis.

In the Plus Segment: More with Margaret Sullivan.

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Podcast production by Jessamine Molli.

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After months of coronavirus lockdowns, cities are taking stock of their finances. The situation is bleak. With plummeting sales and property tax revenue, American cities of all sizes may be facing a budget crisis. What happens when local governments have to cut their budgets by double-digit percentages? Will the federal government learn from the Great Recession and intervene?

Guests:

Minh Nguyen, owner of Cafe TH in Houston

Chris Brown, Houston City Controller

Mildred Warner, professor of urban planning at Cornell.

Host: Henry Grabar

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After months of coronavirus lockdowns, cities are taking stock of their finances. The situation is bleak. With plummeting sales and property tax revenue, American cities of all sizes may be facing a budget crisis. What happens when local governments have to cut their budgets by double-digit percentages? Will the federal government learn from the Great Recession and intervene?

Guests:

Minh Nguyen, owner of Cafe TH in Houston

Chris Brown, Houston City Controller

Mildred Warner, professor of urban planning at Cornell.

Host: Henry Grabar

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Virginia Heffernan talks to Anne Applebaum, staff writer for the Atlantic and author of The Twilight of Democracy, about how collaborators and dissidents emerge during a regime like Trump’s — or East Germany’s, how anti-communists like herself moved away from the Republican party, and Laura Ingraham.

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Emily, David and guest host James Forman Jr. discuss the pandemic catastrophe, the racial justice movement, and “cancel culture.”

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For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment James, David, and Emily discuss the program James has started at Yale Law School to help individuals from the New Haven area to get law degrees, who wouldn’t otherwise be able to.

Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:

Neil Gross for the New York Times: “Want to Abolish the Police? Consider Becoming an Officer Instead”

Paul Butler for the New York Times: “The System Must Counteract Prosecutors’ Natural Sympathies for Cops”

Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America by Jill Leovy

Unpacking the Boston Police Budget, ACLU Massachusetts

Harper’s Magazine: “A Letter on Justice and Open Debate”

Ross Douthat for The New York Times: “10 Theses About Cancel Culture”

David Plotz for Business Insider: “Government Data Is Getting Worse.”

Here are this week’s cocktail chatters:

James: Vertellis card game

Emily: Pam Fessler and Elena Moore for NPR’s Morning Edition: “Signed, Sealed, Undelivered: Thousands Of Mail-In Ballots Rejected For Tardiness” 

David: Kerry Allen for the BBC: “US-China: Pompeo Dog Photo Has Netizens Asking If US Is Toying With China”

Listener chatter from James Edward Dillard @jamesdillard: ChinaTalk podcast: “How Corruption Works in China” 

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Podcast production by Jocelyn Frank. Research and show notes by Bridgette Dunlap.

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In the early hours of Tuesday morning, the Supreme Court authorized the federal government to carry out its first execution in 17 years. Daniel Lee was convicted back in the 1990s of murdering an Arkansas family in a white supremacist plot. Attorney General William Barr pushed for his execution to take place starting last year. Why have federal executions resumed under his administration and what does it mean for the future of the death penalty?

Guest: Mark Joseph Stern, covers the courts and the law for Slate.

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As fall approaches, the Trump administration is calling for a full reopening of schools. Now, districts across the country are scrambling to figure out if it’s even possible to safely bring students back in the classroom at all. 

Guest: Laura Meckler, national education writer for the Washington Post

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Swedish officials eschewed sweeping shutdowns when the pandemic hit. Some reasoned that Sweden could still power down if COVID-19 cases spiked. But the spike arrived, along with a high death rate, and still there’s been no policy change. 

Guest: Lena Einhorn, author, filmmaker, and former medical researcher. 

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The most recent Supreme Court term saw huge progressive wins for DACA recipients, LGBTQ rights and abortion access. However, upon further inspection it’s clear that Chief Justice John Roberts is playing the long game when it comes to conservative issues on the court. 

Guest: Dahlia Lithwick, writes about the courts for Slate and hosts the Amicus podcast

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