The Takeaway

On this week that marks the 53rd anniversary of the signing of the Voting Rights Act, The Takeaway looks at what it was meant to do, the state of voting rights across the country, and why so many Americans who are eligible to vote are still kept from doing so. We also hear from a political scientist who has the numbers and the research pointing to reasons so many millions of Americans willingly steer clear of the polls on election day. Later in the hour, we hear from someone who lost their right to vote after a felony conviction and a DACA recipient living in New York City who cannot vote, but she's hoping people will pledge to do so on her behalf.

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This weekend marks the first anniversary of the deadly “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. We discuss the strength of hate groups and extremist organizations, with the director of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Intelligence Project. Earlier this week, voters in St. Louis, Missouri ousted a longtime county prosecutor who had been criticized for his investigation into the police shooting of black teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, four years ago today. Latino actor, Jay Hernandez will play the lead role in the reboot of the hit TV series, “Magnum P.I.” But, as with many recent reboots, it's unclear how much the show will incorporate the actor’s cultural identity into the production.

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We take a look at a plan underway in Puerto Rico to transfer some of the island’s prison population to a privately run prison in Arizona; a conversation with the co-vice chair of the Justice Department’s Religious Liberty Task force about why the Justice Department felt the need to address this issue now; the latest from Manafort Trial; a look at the record number of Muslim candidates in this primary season; and a conversation with two community leaders about how Washington, DC is preparing for the second Unite the Right Rally, this time held in their city.

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We take a look at the factors contributing to the especially deadly nature of California’s massive wildfires this year; Chicago experienced a deadly weekend of gun violence. Dozens of shootings took place, mostly in the city’s south and west side neighborhoods. We hear from a local pastor about reaction from the communities impacted; In collaboration with The Marshall Project, we take a look at a case concerning whether prisoners have the right to freedom of speech and to avoid becoming informants while incarcerated; and Director Spike Lee’s new movie “Black Klansman,” opens in theaters on Friday. The film tells the true story of a black Colorado Springs police officer who infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan in the late 1970s. We have a conversation with the former police officer, Ron Stallworth, and also the actor who plays his role in the movie: John David Washington.

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President Trump has held more than two dozen political rallies since winning election. We explore the psychology and history behind these types of rallies; the trial of President Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort resumed today in Alexandria, Virginia; we hear from one of the grandmothers participating in a nationwide protest movement called “Grannies Respond”. She explains the group’s motivation for traveling down to the US-Mexico border; we speak with the co-host of a new podcast which explores the complexities of sickle-cell anemia, through the story of the late rapper, Prodigy. He was one of the founding members of the hip hop duo, Mobb Deep; and we talk with the reporter behind a forthcoming FRONTLINE and ProPublica documentary investigating the white supremacist groups involved in the fatal Charlottesville “Unite the Right” rally, almost a year ago.

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Today's Politics with Amy Walter: A look at the rise of female veterans running for political office. There are 32 female veterans running for both the House and Senate, and a majority of them are Democrats. If 2018 is the year of the woman, will it also become the year of the female veteran? This hour explores why these women are inspired to run and how they are bucking the trends.

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On Monday, a judge ordered the federal government to stop drugging immigrant children without proper consent and to remove them from the Shiloh Treatment Center in Texas; a look at police call logs documenting reports of sexual abuse at immigrant and non immigrant youth shelters across the U.S.; we wrap up our series with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation on health outcomes; we conclude our AIDS coverage for the week with a look at the challenges facing indigenous communities; a look at the future of McDonald’s in light of the 50th birthday of the Big Mac; and a look at the summer songs to catch this season.

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2018 has been a hot, wet, fiery summer around the world. From record temperatures in China, to wildfires across the western United States, Sweden and Greece, and devastating floods in India and Japan. Today, we take a look back at the decade between 1979 and 1989 that was the key window for the U.S. to address climate change; a discussion on how the fight is playing out over blueprints for 3-D printed guns; we continue our look at AIDS with a closer inspection of the epidemic among black gay, bisexual and trans individuals; and we end with our look at the intersection between race, place and health.

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Paul Manafort’s trial kicks off today in a U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Virginia. We give you a preview of what to expect; a look at the TSA program spying on Americans during domestic flights; we hear from the Senior Science Advisor for UNAIDS about how far we’ve come, and what’s still left to do; a look at the intersection of race and class and politics; and we continue our series on the intersection of race, place, and health.

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We take a look at what Facebook says they are doing to protect their users ahead of the 2018 midterm elections, and how that effort is going; an explanation on how WhatsApp is propagating mob violence in India; a larger discussion on how the MeToo movement has been changing circumstances in the past few months; a look at the election in Pakistan and what it means for the region; and we kick off our series with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation on how place affects health outcomes.

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