This is the season finale of The Delve! On this episode we speak with Dr. K. Chad Clay from the University of Georgia. He's a co-founder of the Human Rights Measurement Initiative. We discuss the U.S. and their human rights shortcomings. We also review the loud train wreck that was the Republican National Convention.

As America grapples with the police shooting of Jacob Blake, we're forced again to reckon with American history. This is a national tale of slavery, freedom and the pursuit of civil rights. This week we speak with Dr. Erik Mathisen from the University of Kent to help us understand the Reconstruction Era. This is the time period directly after the American Civil War where newly freed African Americans finally joined their republic.

On this special Monday edition of The Delve, we hear Maryanne Trump Barry's secretly recorded audio where she calls her brother a liar and a phoney, talk about Steve Bannon being arrested, review the DNC and look ahead to the GOP's national convention.

As the Trump administration increases the pressure to reopen schools for in-person instruction, they're ignoring the lives and experiences of teachers and students. In this 2 part series we explore how teachers and educators from across the country are coping. In this second episode we speak with Abraham Ovalles, an education administrator in New York City, Dave Stieber, a high school teacher in Chicago and Amy Mizialko, the president of the Milwaukee Teachers Education Association.

As the Trump administration increases the pressure to reopen schools for in-person instruction, they're ignoring the lives and experiences of teachers and students. In this 2 part series we explore how teachers and educators from across the country are coping. In this first episode we speak with Erik Branman, a teacher at LaGuardia High School in New York City and Angela Harris a first grade teacher at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. MLK is one of the only African American immersion schools in the country.

We speak with Hannah Zimmerman, the youngest appointee to the Democratic National Convention and New York’s youngest elected official. She co-founded the Institute for Civic Organizing, a youth-led think tank reimagining how people learn to interact with government. We're also joined by Frances Schroeder, their communications director. Plus we listen to Trainwreck Trump's Axios interview.

As calls for justice for #BreonnaTaylor spread across the country and the world, a judicial doctrine known as qualified immunity stands in the way. Today we speak with Zane Crute, president of the Mystic Valley branch of the NAACP. He gives us a glimpse of the fight to overturn qualified immunity. We also discuss Republican's latest response to the coronavirus, Trump's suggestion to delay the election and President Obama's eulogy of John Lewis.

We discuss Donald Trump's coronavirus strategy, Republicans voting against removing confederate statues in the US Capitol and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortes being accosted by Rep. Ted Yoho.

Today we speak with Howard Polskin. Howard runs the website, therighting.com, which tracks the top stories in conservative media. Sign up for his daily newsletter on his website.

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