In Trump’s waining days in office, the ousted president is looking to sell an Indigenous holy site in Arizona and allow oil drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. In the first half of the show, journalist AJ Dellinger joins us to talk about these actions and the future of environmental policy under a Biden presidency.

In a Poland, a recent court ruling will make access to abortions virtually obsolete. For the second half of the episode, award winning photojournalist Kasia Strek explains the ban and the opposition movement.

AJ Dellinger is an Innovation Reporter for Mic. He is based in Madison and his work has been featured in Gizmodo, Engadget, Newsweek, the Daily Dot, and more.

Kasia Strek  is based in Paris, France and Warsaw, Poland. Her dwork focuses on subjects related to social inequalities, environmental issues, and women’s rights. She’s been featured in The New York Times, Time, The New Yorker, NPR, The Guardian, EL Pais, Le Monde, and more.

Image courtesy of Kasia Strek