Hot Labor Summer

Published: Aug. 2, 2023, 9:31 p.m.

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Julio and guest co-host Fernanda Santos discuss Gov. Ron DeSantis\\u2019 alarming amendments to the Florida school curriculum regarding slavery. They also discuss the newest indictment against former President Donald Trump. In our roundtable, Lauren Kaori Gurley, labor reporter for the Washington post, and Dani Fernandez, writer and actor on strike, join Julio to talk about the Hollywood strikes and the labor movement in the United States.

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  • \\u201cIf you\\u2019re wondering how Trump has survived as a candidate for office, you can look squarely at the conservative elites in politics and media,\\u201d writes Adam Serwer in this piece about Trump\\u2019s indictment, for The Atlantic.\\xa0

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  • \\u201cThe history we teach to students in the present is as much about the country we hope to be as it is a record of the country we once were. A curriculum that distorts the truth of past injustice is meant, ultimately, for a country that excludes in the present,\\u201d writes Jamelle Bouie in this opinion piece for The New York Times.\\xa0

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  • Hamilton Nolan writes about how the writers and actors participating in the Hollywood strikes are fighting a battle that all Americans will benefit from, in this article for The Guardian.

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Photo credit: AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey

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