Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast

Two matters of law — a voting rights case in Georgia and an indictment of officials in the Trump Organization — have moved forward in recent days. On Today's Show:Aziz Huq, professor of law at the University of Chicago School of Law, explains the legal underpinnings behind these two cases, how the parties might proceed.

If you've been noticing long lines at the store, it's probably not capacity requirements anymore. Instead, look at why so many workers are leaving retail. On Today's Show:Anna North, senior correspondent at Vox and author of the bestselling book Outlawed (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021), joins to take calls from listeners on how this exodus is affecting their lives -- whether from the perspective of the workers or the shoppers.

On Monday, the Las Vegas Raider's Carl Nassib announced on Instagram that he is gay. On Today's Show:Jane McManus, director of Marist's Center for Sports Communication and Deadspin sports columnist, joins to discuss the news and what we as a society expect from male professional athletes with Jeff Rueter, staff writer at The Athletic, who recently wrote an article on the topic.

New York City is using "ranked choice voting" for the first time. It's the largest implementation so far of this different way of tallying votes. On Today's Show:It's the day of the primary, so we asked listeners to call in for an "exit poll" on how they decided their ballot rankings. Plus, Susan Lerner, executive director of Common Cause New York, talks about what she is seeing at poll sites, answers last-minutes ranked choice voting questions and explains why the counting process will take so much time.

A group of conservative Catholic bishops have laid the groundwork to deny President Biden communion over his support of abortion rights. On Today's Show:Catholics call in to discuss whether they think it's justified or hypocritical.

On June 19th, 1865, federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas to ensure that all enslaved people were freed, ushering in the end of slavery. Now, Congress has made it a holiday. On Today's Show: Elizabeth Alexander, president of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, poet, educator, memoirist and scholar, looks back through American history — both recent and not — and asks the fundamental question "what does it mean to be Black and free in a country that undermines Black freedom?"

On June 19th, 1865, federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas to ensure that all enslaved people were freed, ushering in the end of slavery. This week, Congress made it a national holiday. On Today's Show: Clint Smith, staff writer at The Atlantic, award winning poet, and author of How the World is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America (Little, Brown and Company June 1, 2021), leads listeners through a tour of U.S. monuments and landmarks that explain how slavery has been central in shaping our history.

Throughout the pandemic, Amazon has grown exponentially, as have calls for fairer working conditions for the logistic giant's workers. On Today's Show:Prize-winning investigative reporter and best-selling author Jodi Kantor, and Grace Ashford, a researcher and reporter with The New York Times' Investigations unit, break down the key takeaways from a months-long investigation of the JFK8 Amazon fulfillment center and what it exposes about the company's work culture.

The Senate has a lot on its plate, from infrastructure to voting rights. On Today's Show:Kirsten Gillibrand, U.S. Senator (D NY), talks about her work in the Senate on military justice, plus updates on the status of the Senate's other important business.

Newly released IRS documents show how the nation's tax enforcement treats the rich differently, often to their benefit. On Today's Show:ProPublica received a trove of IRS data showing that the wealthiest Americans "sidestep" income taxes, legally. Jesse Eisinger, senior reporter and editor at ProPublica, talks about his reporting, and what it says about the inequality baked into the US tax system.