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Extra! Extra!: Untangling the Staggeringly Long List of Culpable Parties for the Insurrection

So much has happened, and in many ways it feels impossible for me to not look at everything through the lens of the insurrection in the U.S. Capitol. This is…

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Jan 15, 2021

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Extra! Extra!: Mourning Brandon Bernard and Casey Goodson Jr

In this week’s Extra! Extra! we discuss some of the recent abuses committed by the criminal justice system, revisit the topic of COVID-19 vaccine authorization (after a robust discussion on…

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Dec 11, 2020

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Extra! Extra!: What Do We Actually Know About a COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout?

This week’s Extra! Extra! returns with some LGBTQ+ news from both sides of the Atlantic; an update on the COVID-19 pandemic, the havoc it’s wreaking in so many areas of…

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Dec 4, 2020

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Extra! Extra!: Some of the Changes We Can Already See as the Trump Era Drags On

In this week’s Extra! Extra! we continue following America’s election 2020 saga, the havoc the Trump administration continues to wreak in its final two months and a few encouraging outcomes…

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Nov 20, 2020

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Extra! Extra!: What The 2020 Election Says About America

We reflect on what the 2020 election says about America, what the ultraconservative majority in the Supreme Court has been up to, plus the pandemic and political situations unfolding around…

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Nov 13, 2020

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Extra! Extra!: As the Dust Settles, Here’s What We’ve Learned So Far in the 2020 Election

Last week I was full of the nervous anxiety you feel when you know something big is about to happen, and you’re just counting down the clock. This week I’ve…

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Nov 6, 2020

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Extra! Extra!: Everything Not the Election It’s Been Hard to Keep Up with

This week’s Extra! Extra! looks at a whole slew of non-election related news, including LGBTQ+ rights and the trifecta of global pandemics: police violence, climate change and COVID-19. And then,…

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Oct 23, 2020

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Extra! Extra!: Where to Start, Trump’s Tax Avoidance or COVID Superspreading?

This week’s Extra! Extra! gives an update on the latest scandals from Trumpland, some reflections on what happened in Minneapolis this summer, another setback in the fight for Indigenous rights…

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Oct 9, 2020

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Extra! Extra!: What Would Happen If We Did Lose Roe v. Wade? Let’s Talk About It

This week’s Extra! Extra! turns to other areas of the news. Not because RBG’s death and the verdict on Breonna Taylor’s murder aren’t important. But because sometimes things are so…

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Sep 25, 2020

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Extra! Extra!: In Search of an Order of Magnitude to Even Measure Trump’s Unforgivable Immigration Legacy

This week’s Extra! Extra! turns to some devastating immigration news and a look at women’s rights more broadly. This week also brought, perhaps unsurprising, news that the fossil fuel industry…

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Sep 18, 2020

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Extra! Extra!: How Much Does Yet Another Trump Reveal Actually Reveal?

This week’s Extra! Extra! Offers more reflections on police brutality and delves into some damning news coming out of Trumpland. We also look at some LGBTQ+ news from around the…

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Sep 11, 2020

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Extra! Extra!: In Which the Criminal Justice System Offers Justice for Who, Exactly?

This week’s Extra! Extra! brings us more news on abuses of power at all different levels of the criminal justice system. We also take another look at some of the…

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Sep 4, 2020