A Democracy at Risk

Published: Aug. 11, 2020, 10:15 p.m.

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Maria and Julio are joined by two ITT All-Stars \\u2014\\xa0Tina Vasquez, senior reporter at Prism, and\\xa0LaTosha Brown, co-founder of the organization,\\xa0Black Voters Matter.\\xa0They talk about the 2020 election, including presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden\'s vice presidential pick and the Black and POC candidates winning local primaries across the country. They also dive into the Voting Rights Act and the federal government\'s continued cruelty toward\\xa0immigrants. ITT Staff Picks:\\xa0 - Tina Vasquez reports about Peter Schey, an immigration attorney responsible for representing migrant children, who pushed for protocol that triggered family separation\\xa0in this piece\\xa0for Prism. - Errin Haines interviews a dozen strategists, activists and voters \\u2014 including LaTosha Brown \\u2014 about the growing calls for a Black woman as vice presidential candidate\\xa0in this piece for The 19th. - Maria Hinojosa and Miguel Macias report about the long term effects of the August 2019 immigration raids at seven chicken processing plants in central Mississippi\\xa0via Latino USA.\\xa0 Photo Credit: AP Photo/Ted S. Warren \\xa0

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