What A Day
Episodes
Same-Day Solidarity At Amazon with Chris Smalls
05 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Amazon warehouse workers in Staten Island, New York, voted to form the company’s first union in the U.S. last Friday, making a historic win for labo...
Joe Time Like The Present To Forgive Student Loans
04 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Signs of a massacre in Bucha, a town near Kyiv, have intensified calls for investigations into possible war crimes by Russia. Footage and photographs ...
BA.2 The Bone
31 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Biden administration will reportedly end its use of Title 42 by late May. The policy effectively acted as a suspension of the legal asylum process...
Life As A Ukrainian Refugee, Part II
30 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Over 3.9 million people have fled Ukraine and become refugees since the beginning of the Russia-Ukraine war, according to the United Nations. About 2....
Ginni Thomas The Text Engine
29 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The House select committee investigating the insurrection is reportedly soon going to seek an interview with Virginia Thomas, the wife of Supreme Cour...
The Fight For Trans Liberation Is Everyone's Fight with Raquel Willis
28 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On Saturday, President Biden gave a speech from Warsaw, Poland, where he talked about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But at one point, he briefly spo...
Defense Against DeSantis
25 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
President Biden spoke in Brussels after meeting with European allies on Thursday, and announced that the U.S. would commit more than $1 billion in hum...
Life As A Ukrainian Refugee
24 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson faced her second day of questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday during her Supreme Court confirmation h...
Healthcare Is Under Attack In Ukraine
23 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tuesday was the second day of Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation hearings. She faced questions from senators on the Judiciar...
The Impact Of Texas's Abortion Ban, Six Months In
22 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ukraine rejected Russia’s demand that soldiers surrender the city of Mariupol, on Monday, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky saying in part...
Conservatives Dig Deep To Oppose Ketanji Brown Jackson
21 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Russia's attacks on the Ukrainian city of Mariupol continued through the weekend, with missiles striking an art school where 400 people had taken shel...
Week Two of Teachers Striking In Minneapolis
18 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Teachers in the Minneapolis Public School district are in the second week of their strike, led by The Minneapolis Federation of Teachers Local 59. Teq...
Zelensky's Address To Congress And The View From Lviv
17 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed U.S. Congress on Wednesday to ask for a number of things including a no-fly-zone over his country. Th...
Hong Kong's Surge And The Pitfalls Of 'Zero COVID'
16 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A missile strike on apartment buildings in the Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv on Tuesday killed at least four people and resulted in fires for hours afte...
Baseball's Back, Alright!
15 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On Monday, delegations from Russia and Ukraine met again for talks in hopes of reaching a ceasefire, but the negotiations ended without reaching an ag...
Season Premiere Of COVID Season Three
14 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Russia launched 30 missiles at a Ukrainian military base over the weekend, killing at least 35 people and wounding at least 134 more.New COVID cases i...
Russia's Economic Isolation
11 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Russian forces continued to advance in Ukraine after diplomatic talks between the two countries failed to stop the fighting or even to reach a tempora...
The Humanitarian Crisis In Ukraine
10 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A Russian airstrike destroyed a maternity hospital in the southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol on Wednesday. This is the latest example of Russian forc...
Too Much Of A Fuel Thing
09 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
President Biden banned the import of Russian oil and natural gas into the United States on Tuesday, which is expected to have a serious impact on the ...
Fighting For A Living Wage In Hawai'i
08 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today, workers in Hawai’i are rallying at their State Capitol to raise the state’s minimum wage for the first time since 2018. Christy MacPherson,...
Supporting Ukraine While Avoiding Direct War With Russia
07 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today marks 12 days since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Over the weekend, the violence continued in multiple Ukrainian cities, efforts ...
The Fight Against Texas's Anti-Trans Agenda
04 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Russian and Ukrainian delegates agreed to what’s being called “humanitarian corridors” so trapped Ukrainian citizens can leave the country. But ...
Evaluating Biden's Record On Gun Control with David Hogg
03 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Russian forces captured the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson yesterday, making it the first to fall since the invasion that began last week. Today, ...
Reacting To Biden's First State Of The Union with Jon Favreau
02 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continued into its sixth day, with explosions shaking the cities of Kyiv and Kharkiv, and the death toll rising. Accord...
Running As A Progressive In Texas with Jessica Cisneros
01 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On Monday, Russian forces made progress in their efforts to encircle Ukraine’s capital Kyiv despite being slowed down by continued resistance from U...
Ketanji Brown Jackson Makes History
28 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ukrainian officials will reportedly talk with Russia as early as today on the border of Ukraine and Belarus. Matt Duss, Senator Bernie Sanders’ fore...
"Don't Say Gay" Passes In Florida And Russia Advances In Ukraine
25 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Russia invaded Ukraine early Thursday morning, and Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky said that over 130 people died – both soldiers and civil...
Russia Attacks Ukraine
24 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In a televised speech early Thursday Moscow-time, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a “special military operation” to protect Donbas, the...
How Putin's Aggressions Are Playing Out In Ukraine
23 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
President Biden announced sanctions against Russia on Tuesday while referring to President Vladimir Putin’s recent actions as the “beginning of a ...
Russia Recognizes New Territories And That's Far More Aggressive Than It Sounds
22 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Russia-Ukraine crisis ramped up this past weekend, and in a controversial address on Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin recognized the indep...
Snow Long, Beijing
18 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On Thursday, there was a big spike in shelling across the front line between the Ukrainian military and Russian-backed separatists within Ukraine. The...
Reading Between The Strains with Dr. Abdul El-Sayed
17 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On Wednesday, federal officials announced upcoming guidance changes, which reflects yet another new stage of the pandemic. Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, epidemi...
Kyiv Your Friends Close And Your Enemies Closer
16 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that the military has ordered some Russian troops near the borders of Ukraine to return to their base...
The Notly-Anticipated Debut Of The Texas Voting Law
15 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Monday marked the start of in-person early voting in Texas ahead of the state’s March 1st primary. Texas is just one of nearly 20 states that will h...
The Little Trucker Blockade That Could
14 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Canadian police began arresting those who were part of the ongoing so-called “Freedom Convoy” protests, yesterday. It’s been almost a week since...
I Know Who You Called Last January with Rep. Zoe Lofgren
11 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The House January 6th Committee has found gaps in official phone logs from the White House on the day of the insurrection, during times when investiga...
A Slow Descent Into Maskless
10 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Several states announced plans to lift mask mandates this week, but the federal government is taking a more cautious approach, and has communicated th...
On Race, The NFL Fumbles The Ball
09 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This weekend's Super Bowl LVI comes as the NFL is being sued by Brian Flores, a former head coach of the Miami Dolphins who has accused the league rac...
Inside The Unionization Effort At Amazon
08 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The White House released a report yesterday detailing how it wants to increase union participation and collective bargaining in the workforce amid his...
Maps, They Don't Draw You Like I Draw You with Michael Li
07 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The North Carolina Supreme Court ruled on Friday that Republican-drawn congressional and state legislative maps constituted partisan gerrymanders that...
Showing Up For Trans Rights with Chase Strangio
04 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
South Dakota became the first state to pass an anti-trans bill in 2022 yesterday, and according to a report by the Human Rights Campaign, roughly 280 ...
Where We Stand In The Fight For Reproductive Justice
03 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Roe v. Wade was issued just over 49 years ago, and in the months ahead, we're faced with the very real possibility that the Supreme Court could effect...
Police Killings And The DOJ
02 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The NAACP is urging the Justice Department to bring federal civil rights charges against Jason Van Dyke, the Chicago police officer who murdered 17-ye...
Get Your Bans Off My Books with George M. Johnson
01 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As we celebrate the beginning of Black History Month, conservatives are actively and aggressively silencing educators’ ability to talk honestly abou...
Are You Putin Or Are You Out?
31 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Concerns of a possible Russian invasion into Ukraine continue to mount, with Britain moving this week to broaden the sanctions it could impose in case...
Supreme Courting The Voters with Dan Pfeiffer
28 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
President Biden reaffirmed his commitment to nominating a Black woman to the Supreme Court yesterday, and said that he would announce his choice by th...
Don’t Breyer Because It’s Over, Smile Because It Happened
27 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The 83-year-old Justice Stephen Breyer intends to retire at the end of this Supreme Court term in June, according to multiple reports yesterday. The o...
All Eyes On Ukraine with Ben Rhodes
26 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Russia conducted a series of military drills yesterday while Ukraine received a shipment of weapons including antitank missiles from the U.S. These we...
Could A Conservative Court End Affirmative Action?
25 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Supreme Court announced yesterday that it will hear cases on the right of universities to consider race in admissions. The court has historically ...
The Palin New York Times
24 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
New U.S. cases of COVID are down slightly from the peak brought on by the Omicron variant. Average daily cases are closer to 700,000 than 800,000, whi...
You Can't Spell Ivanka Without Subpoena
21 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A number of inquiries into former President Trump’s interference in the 2020 election are advancing. Yesterday, the House committee investigating la...
Biden Looks Back At It
20 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today is the first anniversary of President Biden taking office. Yesterday, he held his first formal news conference in months to discuss his administ...
The Kyiv To Diplomacy
19 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tensions between the U.S. and Russia are rising after last week’s summit in Geneva ended with no resolution between the two countries over Ukraine. ...
The Anti-Capitalist Legacy Of MLK Jr.
18 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Yesterday was Martin Luther King Jr. Day. In addition to fighting racial inequality, working to pass major civil rights laws, and more, Martin Luther ...
Vaccine Mandate, We Hardly Knew Ye
14 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Supreme Court yesterday blocked the Biden administration’s attempt to enforce a vaccine or testing mandate for private employers. Meanwhile, Sen...
An Awards Season Unlike Any Other with Rebecca Keegan
13 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hollywood is going through some massive changes. The Golden Globes, usually the start of awards show season, was a non-event when it took place earlie...
Voting Rights Now, Not Later with LaTosha Brown
12 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to Atlanta, Georgia yesterday to make a stand for voting rights. Absent from the audienc...
The Prognosis For Elizabeth Holmes And Silicon Valley
11 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Former Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was found guilty of conspiracy to defraud investors, last week. U.S. prosecutors declared the high-pr...
The Test Is In The Mail
10 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
President Biden announced last month that his administration purchased 500 million at-home Covid-19 tests that Americans will be able to order for fre...
Biden Looks For Mr. Voting Rights Now
07 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Voting rights have gone back to being the White House’s top priority, but Congress is struggling to pass protections because Senate Democrats must c...
365 Days Since Last Insurrection with Rep. Mondaire Jones
06 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today marks a year since the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol where supporters of former President Donald Trump tried to violently overturn the 2020 e...
New Year, Same Omicron with Dr. Abdul El-Sayed
05 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Omicron variant has absolutely exploded in the US in the last few weeks. On Monday alone, the U.S. reported an astonishing record 1.08 million cas...
I'm Feeling 2022
04 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
2021 is done, and we are excited to tell you all about what you need to know throughout 2022. In our first episode of the year, we talk about the big ...
WAD We Covered In 2021
17 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The year is coming to a close, so we look back at the stories we thought were the biggest and most memorable of 2021. We talk about the historic visi...
I'm Not Dreaming Of A COVID Christmas with Dr. Abdul El-Sayed
16 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As we jump head first into the holiday season, COVID-19 news has been overwhelming. Britain logged its highest number of daily COVID cases ever, attri...
The Human Cost Of Military Pollution In Hawai'i with Kai Kahele
15 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Tens of thousands of military families in O’ahu have been living without clean water for weeks after their water well was contaminated with petroleu...
A Settlement For Victims Of Larry Nassar
14 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve reached another grim benchmark since the pandemic began almost two years ago. According to the New York Times database, the U.S. has reached 5...
Venti Vidi Vici
13 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
At least 100 people have died after tornadoes ripped through at least six states on Friday night. Search and rescue efforts continued throughout the w...
Last Call For Congress
10 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today is the last day that Congress is scheduled to be in session for 2021. Just yesterday, the Senate voted and paved the way for Democrats to raise ...
A New Surge In Labor Organizing with Marty Walsh
09 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today, votes will be counted in the effort to unionize three Starbucks stores in Buffalo, New York, with the result expected this afternoon. If that v...
The Gerrymandering Went Down In Georgia with Bee Nguyen
08 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Redistricting efforts are underway across the country, but it's become a contentious process. The Department of Justice, for example, filed a lawsuit ...
Lock Me Out Of The Ballgame
07 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The US Department of Justice filed a federal lawsuit against Texas over the state's recently updated redistricting maps. The DOJ claims that Texas's m...
It Goes Omicron And On
06 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Omicron cases were found in at least 17 U.S. states and they aren’t all due to travel to southern Africa. Public health officials and experts say th...
"Remain In Mexico" Returns
03 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
More cases of the omicron variant have been identified in the U.S., and the Biden administration announced a new plan to make at-home rapid tests cove...
Supply Chain Reaction with Labor Secretary Marty Walsh
02 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Supreme Court heard a case yesterday that could ultimately reverse the constitutional right to an abortion. And it looks like the justices were le...
A SCOTUS Case That Could Overturn Roe
01 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today, the Supreme Court hears what is likely the most consequential reproductive health case in decades. The case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health ...
A Variant: Age Of Omicron
30 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Over the last 24 hours, world leaders and health officials had more to say about the Omicron variant, even as we wait for more scientific information ...
Omicron The Road Again with Dr. Abdul El-Sayed
29 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Scientists in South Africa announced on Thursday that they detected a new variant of the coronavirus: Omicron. Cases caused by the variant have been i...
Giving Thanks For Antibodies with Dr. Ashish Jha
24 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Thanksgiving is almost here in the U.S., where COVID cases are up by more than 20 percent compared to last month. Dr. Ashish Jha, the Dean of Brown’...
Tragedy At A Wisconsin Christmas Parade
23 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Attorneys presented closing arguments in the trial of the three Georgia men charged with murdering Ahmaud Arbery, yesterday. Now, we wait for the jury...
Reckoning With The Rittenhouse Verdict
22 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After four days of deliberation, a Wisconsin jury found Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty on all counts on Friday. As a defendant, Rittenhouse had a strong ...
Legislating Environmental Justice with EPA's Michael Regan
19 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
House Democrats are on the verge of passing President Biden's Build Back Better bill, and once they do, it will head to the Senate. The $1.9 trillion ...
Trans Rights, Representation, and Remembrance With Kate Sosin
18 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week is Trans Awareness Week, leading up to the Trans Day of Remembrance on Saturday. This year is particularly important because 2021 is the dea...
The Promised Cleveland with Mayor-Elect Justin Bibb
17 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mayor-elect of Cleveland, Justin Bibb, comes on the show to discuss his win and what he hopes to achieve in his first 100 days. The 34-year-old had ne...
Minding The Map In Georgia
16 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees voted to ratify new film and TV contracts after months of negotiations. The results were anno...
Freed Britney with Ashley Fetters Maloy
15 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Britney Spears is finally free. Last Friday, a Los Angeles judge ended her 13 year conservatorship where her father, Jamie, oversaw many aspects of he...
The Read On Redistricting
12 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The 2020 Census data and the redistricting that comes after will have big implications for who gets represented and who gets to stay in power for the ...
Inflation Nation
11 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A new report by the Labor Department shows that inflation continued to spike last month. Consumer prices jumped 6.2 percent between October of this ye...
COP26 Rock with Ben Rhodes
10 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The UN Climate Summit in Glasgow, aka COP26, brought together leaders from all over the world to combat climate change, and it wraps up in a few days....
With A Court This Right, What Could Go Wrong?
09 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The U.S. ended a year and a half-long pandemic travel ban, reopening borders to vaccinated travelers from 33 countries. Yesterday was an emotional day...
Vaccines, Family Style with Dr. Abdul El-Sayed
05 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Biden administration set a January 4th deadline for companies with 100 or more employees to have their workforce fully vaccinated, or start weekly...
Voters Reject Police Overhaul In Minneapolis
04 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss more election results and analyze where Democrats and progressives stand now. Some highlights include Michelle Wu becoming the first woman ...
Local Elections That Impact Criminal Justice
03 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Election day has come and gone with several important contests on the line. In New York, Eric Adams triumphed to become the city’s next mayor. And i...
The Stakes Of Election Day 2021
02 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It’s election day, again! We are following major gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey, mayoral contests in Cleveland, Buffalo, Atlanta and...
Hasta Barista Baby
01 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
President Biden and other leaders formally endorsed a new global corporate minimum tax at the G20 Summit in Rome. Under this agreement, corporations t...
Let's Make A Democratic Spending Deal
29 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After weeks of negotiations, President Biden announced his revamped Build Back Better plan, which includes approximately $1.85 trillion of investments...
Understanding The Coup In Sudan with Nima Elbagir
28 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sudan is in the grips of a coup after the military seized control of the country, and in the past several days, thousands of protesters have taken to ...
Facing The Facebook Papers with Mike Isaac
27 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Facebook is in the crosshairs after a drumbeat of stories over the last few weeks all stemming from a set of documents called the Facebook Papers. Som...
The Future Of Policing In Minneapolis
26 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Minneapolis residents are voting on a ballot measure, Question 2. If it passes, the city’s police department would be replaced with a Department of ...
A Tragic Shooting On The Set Of 'Rust'
25 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed in an incident last week involving a prop gun fired on the set of the film, “Rust.” It is unclear at th...