Underscored Podcast

A police shooting in Kenosha, Wisconsin reignited rioting across the country. Jacob Blake was shot seven times in the back by a police officer, and now a 17-year old has been arrested for shooting and killing a handful of people on the streets on Kenosha during the chaos. Shaun Cammack and Aaron Andrews of Young Voices join Underscored to discuss and break down how polarized media/activist narratives are shaping the way people understand the story. 

Hugo Dante joins Underscored to lay out how China's encroachment into the previously autonomous Hong Kong will take a sledgehammer to financial investments in the region. 

Stephen Kent and Aaron Andrews review the great USPS Freakout of August 2020. 

The coronavirus has led inevitably to more time spent at home, a huge increase in home cooking and by extension, grocery store shopping. Grocery stores have been making a killing. Back in March the industry was up 90% from 2019 and that trend has continued throughout the summer.

But there’s a problem. Supply isn’t keeping up with demand. Prices are surging. Particularly in the meat industry. The WaPO reported today that red meat is up 20% in price, and it’s only looking like it’ll continue to rise as we head into the fall.

What can be done about it? Price controls? Increasing the minimum wage? What about breaking up the meat company monopoly? That’s the subject of a new piece at FreeThePeople.org by Tamineh Dehbozorgi of Young Voices. Tamineh wrote about the PRIME Act, a new bill put forward by Rep. Thomas Massie. She joined Underscored to break it all down.