Putting Alabama On The Map
What A Day
What A Day
4.6 • 12.6K Ratings
🗓️ 6 October 2023
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
Federal judges chose a new congressional map for Alabama on Thursday, after a major, two year legal fight. The final, court-approved map gives Black Alabamians more political power, and could also give Democrats an edge in 2024.
Talks between SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP resume today, after negotiations to end the Hollywood actor’s strike restarted earlier this week. It’s not clear if they’re close to a deal, but the use of artificial intelligence may be a major sticking point.
And in headlines: the Biden administration has cleared the way to allow more border wall construction in Texas, Canadian voters elected a First Nations member to lead the province of Manitoba, and the CDC is phasing out its paper COVID vaccine cards.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Friday, October 6th. I'm Trevelle Anderson. |
| 0:09.2 | And I'm Josie Duffy Rice, and this is what a day. |
| 0:11.8 | Where we are totally 100% not bad about being snubbed |
| 0:16.4 | for this year's MacArthur Genius Grants again. |
| 0:18.6 | There's always next year, Josie. |
| 0:20.3 | Keep hope alive. Keep hope alive. |
| 0:22.7 | Gotta be honest, I don't think next year is my year. |
| 0:25.5 | I'm gonna go on a five-year timeline. |
| 0:27.3 | Okay. |
| 0:31.1 | On today's show, the Biden administration has cleared the way |
| 0:34.2 | to allow more border wall construction in Texas, |
| 0:37.7 | plus the CDC is phasing out paper COVID vaccine cards. |
| 0:41.8 | But first, federal judges chose a new congressional map |
| 0:44.6 | for Alabama on Thursday after years of the state legislature |
| 0:47.7 | drawing districts in ways that disenfranchise black voters. |
| 0:51.4 | The decision comes after two years of a major legal fight |
| 0:54.6 | when that involved the Supreme Court two separate times, in fact. |
| 0:57.6 | Yes, I remember this story in the absurdity around it. |
| 1:01.9 | And you know it's bad if even this Supreme Court that we have |
| 1:06.1 | says that you've gone too far. |
| 1:08.2 | For the folks who might not remember, |
| 1:09.7 | can you give us a little background on the case? |
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