The Political Court
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Maria and guest co-host Fernanda Santos talk about the ongoing labor strikes and how record heat levels are affecting workers. In our roundtable, Maria and Julio are joined by Elie Mystal, The Nation\\u2019s justice correspondent and the host of its new legal podcast, Contempt of Court, to break down some of the recent Supreme Court decisions. They discuss affirmative action, LGBTQ+ rights, and the push for court expansion.\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0
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\\u201cHollywood\\u2019s CEOs are suffering. Not primarily from labor disputes or industry disruption or public-relations issues, but from vincible ignorance, which seems to be endemic in C-suites of all industries. Under pressure to deliver to Wall Street, too many CEOs have lost the plot of their own movie,\\u201d writes Xochitl Gonzales, in this article for The Atlantic.\\xa0
\\nKwaneta Harris talks about her horrific experiences being incarcerated and in solitary confinement during a record heat wave in Texas, in this article for Prism Reports.
\\nSteven Col\\xf3n debunks common myths about affirmative action and talks about why meritocracy is a myth, in this article for The Hechinger Report.\\xa0
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\\nPhoto credit: AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite