From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point.

It's Amazon's world. We're just living in it.

I'm Leon Krause, in for Warren only, and this is to the point.

Retail in America is undergoing a revolution.

As consumers turn to e-commerce to buy everything from diapers to appliances, brick and mortar

stores are becoming obsolete. Macy's JC Penny Radio Shack are cutting thousands of retail jobs

across the country. Today, how will workers adapt? Cashiers, managers, salespeople outnumber the

manufacturing and co-workers we hear so much about. Where is their political power? Later on

today's talking point, journalism is supposed to be impartial, objective and most of all,

non-partisan. But what if those virtues are overrated and ill-suited for today's complex political climate?

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I'm Leon Krause, in for Warren Only, and this is To the Point. It's Amazon's world now. What began 23 years ago as an online bookstore, a romantic experiment, it seemed at the time, has become an absolute game-changer.

Retail stores and workers now face a long list of challenges. With more than a half-million

retail jobs gone since the year 2001, the future of retail might predict the future of America's

workforce in general as well. On today's talking point, impartiality has long been the

golden principle of journalism, but in the time of Trump, is non-partisan reporting overrated?

Should journalists show their own political colors? But first, this news. The Trump administration

is rolling out its revised travel ban today. Now that the Supreme Court has given the green light to parts of the order, the ban limits foreign visitors from six predominantly Muslim countries. But it's certainly more complicated than that. Ron Nixon writes about Homeland Security for the New York Times. Ron, good to have you with us. Could you run us through the guidelines

fine print? Because apparently we are now redefining close family in America.

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