On today's "In the News" roundtable, Brian Becker, Esther Iverem, Nicole Roussell and Walter Smolarek discuss how a Texas law has  destroyed abortion rights for 16 million women and girls and is being  used by right-wing political forces as a model for the rest of the  country -- but a new fightback movement is taking shape. They also  discuss the end of key pandemic relief programs, the aftermath of  Hurricane Ida, important victories won by the struggle against the  racist murders of Elijah McClain and Ahmaud Arbery, and more.

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