Episode 176: Mass shooting in Atlanta, Europe on lockdown again, US/Mexico border is back in the news and more....

Today we make a run through headlines catching our eyes this past week. Eight people were shot to death in Atlanta, Amazon workers are voting to unionize in Alabama, Europe is on the verge of more Coronavirus cases, the US gets its first Native American Cabinet Secretary, George Floyd's family settles with Minneapolis and illegal border crossings on the southern border again and so much more. 

But also Yo-Yo Ma melts our hearts one more time and everyone should start celebrating 'Maslenitsa' to ring in the arrival of spring!

Show Links:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/03/13/cheer-mom-deepfake-teammates/?fbclid=IwAR0zY3iGkanP--ad3AxkI_D0Etkk1SZLIYtnFwBE3dVDmDF8HEN_ofMIQ8I

https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1371575683554672640?s=20

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/17/briefing/atlanta-shooting-biden-filibuster-andrew-cuomo.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/03/12/rubios-outreach-labor-encapsulates-his-partys-working-class-strategy/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/how-petrochemical-industry-made-public-responsible-plastic-waste

https://www.ajc.com/news/breaking-multiple-shootings-shut-down-busy-woodstock-highway/OLE23RVIO5BE3ELWBZAA6GVSSA/

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2021/03/14/yoyo-ma-serenades-newlyvaccinated-at-inoculation-clinic?fbclid=IwAR3MkCbeA7Fwftq0Afm6ZwbozsSlSdMpJpCc7nLa-q-wC2YKdIreqtjo04k

https://truthout.org/articles/house-passes-background-check-bill-but-only-8-republicans-voted-for-it/?fbclid=IwAR1hf4YOZiMX0m9x9x7Z1CWfUoEaIRybls-oA3akvAeZRZD7A5Y7PYccI0I

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/15/world/italy-covid-lockdown.html?fbclid=IwAR1NI1SMqiKvFpDjnNLI_Cnqs23uTt0bxvNxm9qZXt-Smk-E5KCFuccSzNs

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/15/climate/deb-haaland-confirmation-secretary-of-interior.html

https://newsandguts.substack.com/p/news-and-guts-march-16-2021?fbclid=IwAR0qtZXKVU9s5R-DqeICf5dLDIiBTIKdq5bahZgzPuPggCh1d03i5nstIug

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