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UnavailableGerrymandering, The 2020 Census & Voter Suppression
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Gerrymandering, The 2020 Census & Voter Suppression

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Gerrymandering, The 2020 Census & Voter Suppression

FromFresh Air

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Length:
49 minutes
Released:
Jul 9, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

'Mother Jones' journalist Ari Berman says recent Supreme Court decisions on redistricting and the 2020 census will determine which party is in power in the next decade. Berman says while Americans are justifiably worried that Russia might try again to interfere in our 2020 election, we also need to also be focusing on homegrown threats to our democracy. "The Russians didn't invent voter suppression. The Russians didn't gut the Voting Rights Act. The Russians didn't draw heavily gerrymandered maps in the last redistricting cycle. The Russians didn't add a citizenship question to the 2020 census." Berman also explains how the gerrymandering decision and the citizenship question could determine the political future.Also, Maureen Corrigan reviews the novel 'Copperhead' by Alexi Zentner.
Released:
Jul 9, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

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Fresh Air from WHYY, the Peabody Award-winning weekday magazine of contemporary arts and issues, is one of public radio's most popular programs. Hosted by Terry Gross, the show features intimate conversations with today's biggest luminaries.