This week we discuss the pace of COVID-19 vaccinations in the United States. And, I speak with Professor Naomi Sugie of the University of California-Irvine about her recent paper titled "Marginalization or Incorporation? Welfare Receipt and Political Participation Among Young Adults." The paper is to be published in Social Problems, and is co-authored by Emma Conner.

Segment 1 -- Naomi Sugie on "Marginalization or Incorporation? Welfare Receipt and Political Participation Among Young Adults"

Segment 2 -- Social and geopolitical implications of the pace of COVID-19 vaccination, vaccination refusal, virus mutations, and the possible failure to attain herd immunity in the United States.