Redistricting Battles: Exploring Their Impact from Los Angeles to Alabama
Our Body Politic
English - October 13, 2023 20:00 - 56 minutes - 51.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 647 ratingsNews Commentary News Society & Culture Documentary Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: The Dangers of Medical Racism and Our GOP Debate Recap
On this episode of Our Body Politic, guest host Karen Grigsby Bates talks about redistricting and newly redrawn maps in Alabama with Marina Jenkins, executive director of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee. Then Karen looks at redistricting on the city level with Los Angeles City Council Member Nithya Raman who represents the 4th district. We round out the show with Karen speaking with Jenisha Watts, senior editor at The Atlantic about her October cover story which details her upbringing in a crack house in Lexington, Kentucky.