How pro-Palestinian protests are impacting the DNC

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🗓️ 20 August 2024

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We'd love to hear your thoughts on the podcast. Take the survey here or at wbur.org/survey. The 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago is officially underway. KFF Health News' Julie Rovner and The 19th's Chabeli Carrazana talk about what Vice President Kamala Harris is proposing on health care, retirement and family support. Then, outside the DNC, protests are taking place over the war against Hamas in Gaza. For more on the protests and what impact they are having on the convention, Here & Now's Chris Bentley joins us from Chicago. And, it's corn season in many of parts of the country. Resident chef Kathy Gunst is celebrating with three new recipes.

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0:34.7	Harris has sort of a long history of supporting child care, paid leave,
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