Explain It to Me

Ezra and Matt on Warren, Abrams, Harris, and the Tammies and the links between racial and economic justice.Resources:"The Second Defeat of Bernie Sanders" by Ross Douthat, NYT"The Black-White Wage Gap Is as Big as It Was in 1950" by David Leonhardt, NYT"What is Owed" by Nikole Hannah-Jones, NYT"The Triumph of Black Lives Matter and Neoliberal Redemption" by Cedric Johnson, Nonsite.orgHosts:Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias), Senior correspondent, VoxEzra Klein (@ezraklein), Editor-at-large, VoxCredits:Jeff Geld, (@jeff_geld), Editor and ProducerThe Weeds is a Vox Media Podcast Network productionWant to support The Weeds? Please consider making a contribution to Vox: bit.ly/givepodcastsAbout VoxVox is a news network that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines.Follow Us: Vox.comFacebook group: The Weeds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jane, Dara, and Matt explain “intersectional,” “structural” and the new language of identity discourse.Resources:"The intersectionality wars" by Jane Coaston, Vox"The Origins of “Privilege”" by Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker"Toward Black Liberation " National Humanities CenterWhite paper Hosts:Matt Yglesias (@mattyglesias), Senior Correspondent, VoxJane Coaston (@cjane87), Senior politics correspondent, VoxDara Lind (@DLind), Immigration reporter, ProPublicaCredits:Jeff Geld, (@jeff_geld), Editor and ProducerThe Weeds is a Vox Media Podcast Network productionWant to support The Weeds? Please consider making a contribution to Vox: bit.ly/givepodcastsAbout VoxVox is a news network that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines.Follow Us: Vox.comFacebook group: The Weeds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Cato's Clark Neily joins Jane to discuss Qualified Immunity - where is came from, why it exists, and what's being done to eliminate it. Clark details how the Supreme Court invented the civil doctrine to protect public workers from personal liability, and details hows it's being used to cloak police officers from being held accountable for unlawful practices.*This interview was recorded on Monday, June 15th 2020Relevant cases:Amy Corbitt, Petitioner v. Michael Vickers, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh CircuitJessop v. City of Fresno, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitSims v. Labowitz, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth CircuitRelevant articles:"To Make Police Accountable, End Qualified Immunity" by Clark Neily, The Bulwark"Is Qualified Immunity Unlawful?" by William Baude, California Law Review"Jury Rejects Damages for Victims of Pot Raid Based on Wet Tea Leaves" by Jacob Sullum, Reason"George Floyd’s Death Must Be a Catalyst for Accountability" by Clark Neily, CatoPlease visit https://www.unlawfulshield.com/ for more information on Cato's efforts to eliminate Qualified ImmunityGuest: Clark Neily (@ConLawWarrior) Vice President of Criminal Justice, Cato InstituteHost:Jane Coaston (@cjane87), Senior Politics Reporter, VoxCredits:Jeff Geld, (@jeff_geld), Editor and ProducerThe Weeds is a Vox Media Podcast Network productionWant to support The Weeds? Please consider making a contribution to Vox: bit.ly/givepodcastsMore to explore:Subscribe to Impeachment, Explained on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Overcast, Pocket Casts, or your favorite podcast app to get stay updated on this story every week.About VoxVox is a news network that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines.Follow Us: Vox.comFacebook group: The Weeds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jane, Dara, and Matt on what we know about police reform and its limitsResources:"Unbundle the Police" by Derek Thompson, The Atlantic"Why Are the Police in Charge of Road Safety?" by Alex Tabarrok, Marginal RevolutionCollective Bargaining Rights and Police Misconduct: Evidence from Florida, by Dhammika Dharmapala, Richard H. McAdams, & John Rappaport, University of ChicagoReducing Racial Disparities in Crime Victimization, by Anna Harvey & Taylor Mattia, NYUThe Impact of Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Policing by Bocar Ba, Dean Knox, Jonathan Mummolo, & Roman RiveraPolice Employment, Officers Per Capita Rates for U.S. CitiesGlossary of NonviolenceA Force More PowerfulGandhi on Non-Violence Hosts:Matt Yglesias (@mattyglesias), Senior Correspondent, VoxJane Coaston (@cjane87), Senior politics correspondent, VoxDara Lind (@DLind), Immigration reporter, ProPublicaCredits:Jeff Geld, (@jeff_geld), Editor and ProducerThe Weeds is a Vox Media Podcast Network productionWant to support The Weeds? Please consider making a contribution to Vox: bit.ly/givepodcastsAbout VoxVox is a news network that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines.Follow Us: Vox.comFacebook group: The Weeds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ezra and Matt on the return of a virus that never went away.Resources:"America Is Giving Up on the Pandemic" by Alexis C. Madrigal & Robinson Meyer, WaPo"14 states and Puerto Rico hit highest seven-day average of new coronavirus infections" by Kim Bellware & Jacqueline Dupree, WaPo"How Trump uses a crisis: Repeal rules while nobody is looking" by Rachel Augustine Potter, WaPoHosts:Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias), Senior correspondent, VoxEzra Klein (@ezraklein), Editor-at-large, VoxCredits:Jeff Geld, (@jeff_geld), Editor and ProducerThe Weeds is a Vox Media Podcast Network productionWant to support The Weeds? Please consider making a contribution to Vox: bit.ly/givepodcastsAbout VoxVox is a news network that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines.Follow Us: Vox.comFacebook group: The Weeds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jane, Dara, and Matt on America's dual reckonings with racism and police impunityResources:"It's Time To Bust Police Unions" by Peter Suderman, Reason"Libertarianism For Me, Authoritarianism For Thee" by Chris Arnade, American CompassA Colony in a Nation by Chris Hayes"10 Events that Shaped Cincinnati: Timothy Thomas is Shot and Killed" by Cedric Rose, Cincinnati Magazine"The data proves that school segregation is getting worse" by Alvin Chang, Vox"NYC delays controversial rezoning of 7 Brooklyn elementary schools" by Christina Veiga, Chalkbeat New York"Restrictive Zoning Promotes Racial Segregation" by Matthew Yglesias, SlateMapping Police ViolenceWhite paper Hosts:Matt Yglesias (@mattyglesias), Senior Correspondent, VoxJane Coaston (@cjane87), Senior politics correspondent, VoxDara Lind (@DLind), Immigration reporter, ProPublicaCredits:Jeff Geld, (@jeff_geld), Editor and ProducerThe Weeds is a Vox Media Podcast Network productionWant to support The Weeds? Please consider making a contribution to Vox: bit.ly/givepodcastsAbout VoxVox is a news network that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines.Follow Us: Vox.comFacebook group: The Weeds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ezra and Matt on reformism vs radicalism and reimagining law enforcementHosts:Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias), Senior correspondent, VoxEzra Klein (@ezraklein), Editor-at-large, VoxCredits:Jeff Geld, (@jeff_geld), ProducerJackson Bierfeldt, Editor Want to support The Weeds? Please consider making a contribution to Vox: bit.ly/givepodcastsAbout VoxVox is a news network that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines.Follow Us: Vox.comFacebook group: The Weeds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Barron's economics commentary Matt Klein explains what's really behind international trade conflictsGuest: Matthew C. Klein (@M_C_Klein) Senior Writer, Barrons and author of Trade Wars Are Class Wars Host:Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias), Senior correspondent, VoxMore to explore:Subscribe to Impeachment, Explained on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Overcast, Pocket Casts, or your favorite podcast app to get stay updated on this story every week.About VoxVox is a news network that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines.Follow Us: Vox.comFacebook group: The Weeds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ezra and Matt on Trump's war on social media, plus Joe Biden's policy agenda.*This episode was recorded on Thursday, May 28th, 2020.Resources:"Twitter Must Cleanse the Trump Stain" by Kara Swisher, NYT"Joe Biden has a plan for that" by Matthew Yglesias, VoxHosts:Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias), Senior correspondent, VoxEzra Klein (@ezraklein), Editor-at-large, VoxCredits:Jeff Geld, (@jeff_geld), Editor and ProducerThe Weeds is a Vox Media Podcast Network productionWant to support The Weeds? Please consider making a contribution to Vox: bit.ly/givepodcastsAbout VoxVox is a news network that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines.Follow Us: Vox.comFacebook group: The Weeds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jane, Dara, and Matt on gaffes and the racial politics of 2020Resources:"Do Joe Biden’s “you ain’t black” comments ultimately matter?" by Fabiola Cineas, VoxWhite paper Hosts:Matt Yglesias (@mattyglesias), Senior Correspondent, VoxJane Coaston (@cjane87), Senior politics correspondent, VoxDara Lind (@DLind), Immigration reporter, ProPublicaCredits:Jeff Geld, (@jeff_geld), Editor and ProducerThe Weeds is a Vox Media Podcast Network productionWant to support The Weeds? Please consider making a contribution to Vox: bit.ly/givepodcastsAbout VoxVox is a news network that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines.Follow Us: Vox.comFacebook group: The Weeds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices