Corporate Slacktivism In Georgia
What A Day
What A Day
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🗓️ 1 April 2021
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Journalists got a tour this week of a detention facility in Texas housing migrants — the first time the media have gotten access to one since Biden took office. They reported that 4,000 people, including children, were packed into a space designed for only 250.
Companies like Coca-Cola and Delta finally spoke out about Georgia’s new voter suppression law. We discuss the statements, whether they came too late, and what businesses can do now to step up from here.
And in headlines: Witnesses in the Derek Chauvin trial express guilt and helplessness, France imposes a third national lockdown, and New York State legalizes recreational weed.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Thursday, April 1st. I'm Achila Hughes. |
| 0:08.8 | And I'm Prachi Gupta, Invergain Resnick. |
| 0:11.4 | And this is what a day where we're all curious to see how corporations navigate the |
| 0:15.2 | second annual pandemic April fools. |
| 0:17.4 | Yeah, again, the advice here is that less is definitely more. |
| 0:21.8 | Right, I mean, just save your pranks until after we're all vaccinated. |
| 0:24.5 | All right, no funny business. |
| 0:25.7 | Literally no entertainment industry until we're done. |
| 0:35.2 | Hey, so today we've got a new guest host joining us, Prachi Gupta. |
| 0:39.1 | She is a political writer and reporter formerly at Jezebel in Cosmopolitan. |
| 0:43.6 | She's also written a book about AOC called Fighter, Phenom, Change Maker. |
| 0:47.5 | And one more little badge of honor. |
| 0:49.1 | According to Donald Trump, she's a quote non-intelligent reporter. |
| 0:53.0 | So you know, that means that she's a very adorable, Prachi, super excited to have you with me today. |
| 0:57.8 | Thank you, Achila. I'm so happy to be here. |
| 1:01.2 | Awesome. All right, so let's get to it on today's show. |
| 1:04.4 | Next trip, Fly Delta. The airline run by professionals. |
| 1:08.9 | Delta is ready when you are. |
| 1:12.0 | Well, Delta, we were ready for you to fight against George's new restrictive voting law before it |
| 1:16.8 | passed, but like one of your flights, you're too late. That's coming up, but first the latest. |
| 1:21.3 | And we're going to start with immigration. This week, the media toured a detention facility, |
| 1:25.3 | housing migrants and Donna Texas. The Biden administration set up the facility in February, |
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