August 26, 2020

To discuss the racial and political ramifications of events in Wisconsin, President Obama’s former Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson joins the program.

Scientists say there's no doubt that recent extreme weather is driven by climate change. Yet the RNC will have nothing to say about it. Environmentalist and Republican Benji Backer grew up knocking on doors for John McCain and Mitt Romney. In college, he created the American Conservation Coalition to engage young conservatives on climate change and push the GOP to take action.

Alcohol is back on sale in South Africa, after previously being banned by South African President Ramaphosa to stave off domestic abuse. Josina Machel was blinded in one eye in a brutal attack by her partner five years ago. The incident led her to set up the Kuhluka Movement to empower women. She joins the program to tell her story and the discuss how the pandemic fuels domestic violence.