By now just about every kid in America has gone back to school, but there's something different about our American schools this year. Maybe you've heard about it?

They're banning cell phones.

A bill cracking down on cell phone use in schools is said to take another step forward today.

They're doing it in red states.

The banning of cell phones and Texas schools, that's the issue for our discussion.

They're doing it in blue states.

More than 30 school districts in Maine have opted to ban or restrict the use of cell

phones in schools.

They're doing it in Florida states. Tonight at 11

Broward County public schools are banning students from using cell phones in

classrooms and

how do the schools are finally banning cell phones and how do the kids feel about it first stop

Philadelphia the birthplace of the United States.

Hey everybody, I'm Ashley C Ford and I'm the host of Into the Mix, a Ben and Jerry's

podcast about joy and justice produced with Vox Creative. And in our new mini

series we're talking about voter fraud.

For years now, former President Donald Trump has made it a key talking point,

despite there being no evidence of widespread fraud.

But what impact do claims like these have on ordinary voters?

People like Olivia Coley Pearson, a civil servant in Douglas Georgia who was arrested for voter fraud because she showed a first-time

voter how the voting machines worked. Hear how she fought back on the latest

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