The Electorette

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, who served as Baltimore's 49th mayor, discusses Biden's agenda for the Black community, including his plans to address the wealth gap, increase homeownership, disproportionately high rates of Black maternal mortality, and expanding the Department of Justice to address systemic misconduct in police departments and prosecutors’ offices.

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Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill joins me to discuss the country's childcare crisis, and how it's been exacerbated by the pandemic. We also discuss two pieces of legislation which were recently passed in the House: the Child Care is Essential Act (H.R. 7027) and the Child Care for Economic Recovery Act (H.R. 7327), as well as, the $775 billion childcare plan proposed by VP Joe Biden, which covers universal pre-k, and elder care.

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Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester joins me to discuss Women's Equality Day, and to commemorate the centennial of the 19th Amendment. We also discuss her role on Vice President Biden's VP nominating committee, and the strengths Senator Kamala Harris brings to the ticket.

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Congresswoman Veronica Escobar, discuss the DNC Convention and its focus on social justice, the historic nature of the Kamala Harris's Vice Presidential nomination, and America's gun violence crisis, and our "epidemic of hate."

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Ilyse Hogue, President of NARAL Pro-Choice America, discusses her new book "The Lie That Binds," which thoroughly chronicles how abortion rights evolved from a nonpartisan, back-burner issue, to the central cause championed by conservatives and the Radical Right.

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Dr. Wendy Osefo, is a progressive political commentator, the Founder and CEO of the 1954 Equity Project, and a Professor of Education at The Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Osefo has a weekly radio segment on Radio One 93.9FM WKYS, entitled "Three Things You Need to Know, With Dr. Wendy O". Wendy served on the Obama Administrations Anti-Poverty Initiative. 

Wendy joins The Electorette to discuss the Black Lives Matter protests, the recent polls from the 2020 Presidential race, and the Trump administration's failures, including the response to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Andrea Freeman, professor at the University of Hawaii, and author of the book "Skimmed: Breastfeeding, Race, and Injustice," discusses the Fultz quadruplets, and their lifelong exploitation at the hands of their doctor, who sold the rights to use the sisters for marketing purposes to the highest-bidding formula company. We also discuss the politics of breastfeeding, its roots in slavery, and how it all ties into modern day food policy.

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Jesse Mermell, Congressional Candidate in Massachusetts' 4th District, discusses the importance of electing reproductive justice champions, her tenure as Head of External Affairs at Planned Parenthood, and how a conversation with Cecile Richards, shaped her views on electoral politics.

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Director of Democracy for the Indivisible Project, Meagan Hatcher-Mays, discusses the recent vote in the House of Representatives to grant statehood to the District of Columbia. If the bill were to pass in the Senate, DC would become the nation's 51st state. Meagan also discusses the history of the fight for DC statement, including arguments made against making DC a state.

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Cynthia Choi, Co-Executive Director of Chinese for Affirmative Action, discusses the rising wave of discrimination and hostility directed toward Asian Americans, as well as how xenophobic rhetoric from elected officials, including from the Trump administration, fuels that hostility. We also discuss Trump’s Chinese student expulsion, COVID-19 and building coalitions to fight anti-AAPI racism.

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