Supreme Court Kills Voting Rights Act, Green-Lights Return of New ‘Jim Crow’ Era

About this episode

The episode discusses the Supreme Court's decision on the Voting Rights Act and its implications, alongside commentary on U.S.-Israel relations and coal mining health impacts.

National Lawyers Guild former President Marjorie Cohn: Supreme Court Kills Voting Rights Act, Green-Lights Return of New ‘Jim Crow’ Era Institute for Policy Studies' Phyllis Bennis: Is the U.S.-Israel War on Iran About to Reignite? Coal River Mountain Watch Executive Director Vernon Haltom: As Trump Pushes to Extract More Coal, Mountaintop Removal Mining Linked to Severe Health Impacts Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary • Arizona's SNAP participation rate craters—portends crisis for mo...

People in this episode

Host: Bob Nixon

Guests: Marjorie Cohn, Phyllis Bennis, Vernon Haltom

Topics covered

• Voting Rights
• Supreme Court
• U.S.-Israel Relations
• Coal Mining
• Health Impacts
• Political Commentary

Keywords

• Voting Rights Act
• Supreme Court
• Jim Crow
• U.S.-Israel War
• Coal Mining
• Health Impacts
• SNAP Participation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: National Lawyers Guild, Institute for Policy Studies, Coal River Mountain Watch

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