Amanpour and Company

July 15, 2020

Chrisitane speaks with Giuseppe Sala, the mayor of Milan, and LaToya Cantrell, the mayor of New Orleans, about how their cities are dealing with coronavirus. She also speaks with Sarah Longwell, co-founder of Republican Voters Against Trump. Michel Martin speaks with Mehra Baradaran about how Black communities have been systemically shut out of the banking system in the U.S.

The Racial Wealth Gap? It All Comes Down to Black Banks

17m 18s

Data show that the median white family has 10 times more wealth than the average black family, a fact familiar to law professor Mehrsa Baradaran. In her book, “The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap,” she examines how Black communities have been systemically shut out of the banking system. Michel Martin spoke with Baradaran about these issues--just before the pandemic.

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    Coronavirus Updates from Milan and New Orleans

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    Christiane speaks with two mayors whose cities are at different ends of this coronavirus pandemic: from Milan is Mayor Giuseppe Sala, chair of the Global Task Force – his city is gradually recovering after Italy became the European epicenter of the disease – and from New Orleans is Mayor LaToya Cantrell. Her city is currently closing down bars once again as coronavirus cases surge.

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    Republican Voters Against Trump

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    The president doesn't have to look across the aisle for opponents. Groups like Republican Voters Against Trump are trying to convince party members to abandon the president. And it could be working: a poll shows Trump trailing Biden in Pennsylvania, a state that was key to his 2016 victory. Christiane speaks about this with Sarah Longwell, a Republican hoping to making Trump a one-term president.

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