About this episode

Eric Barnes hosts a journalist roundtable discussing key political issues including the Voting Rights Act ruling and local school takeovers.

Eric Barnes hosts a journalist roundtable to discuss the Voting Rights Act ruling, the Memphis-Shelby County Schools state takeover, immigration enforcement, and more with Memphis Flyer's Toby Sells, MLK50's Katherine Burgess, and the Daily Memphian's Bill Dries and Mary Cashiola.

People in this episode

Host: Eric Barnes

Guests: Toby Sells, Katherine Burgess, Bill Dries, Mary Cashiola

Topics covered

• Voting Rights Act
• Memphis-Shelby County Schools
• state takeover
• immigration enforcement
• journalism
• politics

Keywords

• Voting Rights Act
• Memphis
• journalism
• politics
• immigration
• state takeover
• education

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Memphis-Shelby County Schools, Memphis Flyer, MLK50, Daily Memphian

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