On July 31 the direct cash payments of the CARES act expire and right now Republicans in Congress are not renewing it or anything like it.  That means millions of people won’t be able to pay their rent on August 1.  Meagan Day comments -- she’s coauthor of Bigger than Bernie: How We Go from the Sanders Campaign to Democratic Socialism.

 

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Black Lives Matter, and Sandra Bland’s was one of them. This week is the fifth anniversary of the death of Sandra Bland  n a Texas jail—July 13, 2015. What happened to Sandra Bland?  To understand that, you have to begin way before she died.  Debbie Nathan reports on the life, as well as the death, of Sandra Bland.  (originally broadcast in April, 2016).

 

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Another episode of The Children’s Hour—Amy Wilentz with stories about Ivanka, Jared, Don Jr., and little Eric.  This week, Ivanka is in trouble for wearing a mask—and Don Jr.’s girlfriend tests positive.  An another Trump publishes a book: the president's niece, Mary.

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It’s time to disarm the police. They didn’t always carry guns, and there are other big cities in the world where most cops are NOT armed – like London.  D.D. Guttenplan, editor of The Nation, explains.

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Black Lives Matter protests are everywhere, even the most unlikely places: for example, Laramie, Wyoming;  Florence, Alabama; and even Vidor, Texas--it’s  a former Ku Klux Klan haven that Texas Monthly described as the state’s “most hate-filled town.” Nation contributing writer Zoe Carpenter reports.

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In the current mobilization around Black lives, everyone can do something, even if it’s not marching in the streets--Mia Birdsong explains.  Her TED talk has been viewed almost two million times; now she has a new book out – it’s called “How We Show Up--Reclaiming Family, Friendship, and Community.”

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The best thing about the protests of the past month is not just that they have been so massive, so sustained, so diverse, so inspiring--the best thing is that they are NOT about Trump. That’s what Dahlia Lithwick says--she hosts Slate’s podcast “Amicus.”

 

 

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Trump’s disastrous walk across Layfayette Square for that bible photo-op outside St. John's Episcopal Church apparently was Ivanka’s idea – she’s also been tweeting Bible verses.  Amy Wilentz, our Chief Ivanka Correspondent, has a report.

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John Nichols has been speaking with Minnesota’s attorney general Keith Ellison about what has been happening in Minneapolis, and what is to be done about unending police violence against people of color.  Ellison represented south Minneapolis, where George Floyd was killed, in Congress before he was elected the state Attorney General in 2018.

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A new episode of The Children’s Hour, stories about Ivanka, Jared, Don Jr. and little Eric, told by Amy Wilentz – today, Jared’s failed effort to procure PPE for FEMA, and some outrageous remarks from Don Jr. and Eric – while Ivanka celebrates “exciting platforms the private sector has created to upskill our workforce!” (her exclamation point) 

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