A marketing professor helps us navigate the current situation of Republicans and the public pressuring businesses to take — or not take — stances on social justice and voting rights issues. Then a journalist connects what they say are the dots between American-made weapons and the drug and gang cartels fueling asylum seekers coming to the U.S. border.
Featured in this Show
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GOP Leaders Condemn Corporate Reaction To New Voting Restrictions
After Major League Baseball moved its All-Star Game out of Georgia due to the state’s new voting laws, Republican leaders have threatened it and other companies with boycotts. We look at the pressure private companies are under from the public, and politicians, to take a stance on social issues.
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How American Guns Fuel Central American Drug Violence
A journalist who’s been covering drug violence in Central America for years says that firearms trafficking from the U.S. into Mexico is the root cause of the multiple border crises the U.S. has seen over the past several years.
Episode Credits
- Rob Ferrett Host
- Sarah Hopefl Technical Director
- Dean Knetter Producer
- Colleen Leahy Producer
- Tom O'Guinn Guest
- Ioan Grillo Guest
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