Aasif Mandvi, former Daily Show correspondent, discusses Southern voter suppression laws with John Lewis, a North Carolina GOP executive, and explores racist backlash to Miss America. They also uncover a corporate conspiracy involving Simplot and discuss the unintended consequences of the anti-GMO lobby.
Southern voter suppression laws are seen as racially discriminatory after the Supreme Court ruling on the Voting Rights Act.
Genetically modified crops, like Simplot's potatoes, raise concerns about safety and agro-business monopolistic control.
Deep dives
Voting rights restrictions after Supreme Court decision
After the Supreme Court struck down a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, red states celebrated by introducing new voting laws that are seen as racially discriminatory.
Miss America embraces diversity, faces racial slurs
Nina Davuluri, an American of Indian descent, makes history by becoming the first Indian Miss America. However, there is a backlash on Twitter with racial slurs and derogatory comments.
Controversy over genetically modified potatoes
The Simplot company introduces genetically modified potatoes that have lower levels of a possible carcinogen when fried. However, anti-GMO activists express concerns about the safety and the potential monopolistic control of agro-business giants like Simplot and Monsanto.
Former Daily Show correspondent Aasif Mandvi explores Southern voter suppression laws with the late Congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis and a North Carolina GOP executive who is forthright with his true feelings and political motivations. Also, Aasif joins Jon Stewart to discuss the racist backlash to Nina Davuluri winning Miss America and the disastrous environmental waste and controversial GMO crop developments coming out of the mysterious Simplot corporation.