Democracy in Color with Steve Phillips · I Survived, But What About Georgia

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Nikema Williams, chair of the Georgia Democratic Party, talks to us about both her personal experience as a COVID-19 survivor and her continued efforts as a State Senator to keep her constituents healthy and safe in a state that is one of the first in the nation to lift its shelter-in-place order, according to Governor Brian Kemp’s plans. Williams shares valuable lessons for states across the country debating when and how to reopen.

References: 
Nikema Williams - @NikemaWilliams

Georgia Democratic Party - Website//@DPGChair

The Washington Post // Reis Thebault, Andrew Ba Tran and Vanessa Williams - For black folks, it’s like a setup: Are you trying to kill us? 

Stacey Abrams - Meet the Press video clip. 

CBS’s American legal web TV series - The Good Fight

Hulu TV drama series - Little Fires Everywhere

Celeste Ng - Little Fires Everywhere novel

Director David Yates and Writer J.K. Rowling - Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 

The French Georgia Choir message to Kemp: No Sir Kemp. Stay Home! #StayHomeGeorgia

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We sit down with Ron Brownstein, senior editor at The Atlantic and senior political analyst for CNN to talk about how responses and attitudes towards the coronavirus differ along the same lines that divide the country politically. What does this divide mean for how this pandemic unfolds? How will it all play out politically, and what does it mean for November?

Brownstein is one of the nation’s top political journalists. He’s a two-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. He has written six books, including The Second Civil War: How Extreme Partisanship Has Paralyzed Washington and Polarized America.

His analysis that America is in the midst of a battle between the Coalition of Transformation and the Coalition of Restoration is one of the most illuminating frameworks for understanding U.S. politics presented by any analyst.

REFERENCES:

Ron Brownstein - CNN Profile // The Atlantic // @RonBrownstein

The Atlantic // Ron Brownstein - Red and Blue America Aren’t Experiencing the Same Pandemic

Ron Brownstein - The Second Civil War: How Extreme Partisanship has Paralyzed Washington and Polarized America

Jonathan Metzl - Dying of Whiteness

Frank Chin (Editor), Jeffery Paul Chan (Editor), Lawson Fusao Inada (Editor), Shawn Wong (Editor) - AIIIEEEEE!: An Anthology of Asian American Writers

Ralph Waldo Emerson - Self Reliance

Homer // Translated by Robert Fitzgerald - The Odyssey

Manuel Pastore - USC

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Coronavirus has upended life across the country and the world. We talk about how it’s been affecting us, how we’re coping, and what the future looks like. We’re joined by special guest Stephanie Douglass, human resources director for a global company with offices in Beijing, on how China flattened the curve and lessons we can learn from China and other Asian countries. [4:10] Also, what’s happening in politics and public policy in light of COVID-19.

REFERENCES:

SFGovTV - City Officials to announce new Public Health Order
Democracy in Color & She the People - Open Letter to Democratic Presidential Candidates: A Call for Committing to Choosing a Woman of Color as Candidate for Vice President
The Nation // Steve Phillips - The Vice Presidential Nominee Should be a Woman of Color
The Washington Post // Vanessa Williams - Groups call on Biden, Sanders to choose a woman of color for vice president
The Washington Post // Harry Stevens - Why outbreaks like coronavirus spread exponentially, and how to “flatten the curve”

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