Why top Democrats want Andrew Cuomo to resign

On Monday, a report from New York attorney general Letitia James found that Governor Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed state employees. Rebecca Traister of New York Magazine joins the show to break down what the investigation tells us about powerful politicians and the apparatuses that protect them.  Pandemic lockdowns saw many people who were recovering from drug addiction lose access to the treatment centers and in-person meetings they relied on. Peter Jamison of the Washington Post explains what this meant for a community in West Virginia.  Bloomberg reports on President Biden’s new evictions moratorium, ordered on Tuesday. The measure gives renters in areas that have had "substantial or high” levels of coronavirus transmission an additional two months of relief. Many Black creators responsible for creating viral dances on TikTok have struggled to get proper credit. BuzzFeed News describes how some are moving to protect their intellectual property. In 1968, two American athletes raised their fists in a Black Power gesture during an Olympic medal ceremony in Mexico City. More than 50 years later, Time reports that Olympians have continued to find ways to include protests on the podium.

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