Inequality and covid

08/26/20 • 25 min

The pandemic has highlighted and worsened inequality in the United States, where two neighborhoods in the same community can have vastly different infection rates. Also: How prison overcrowding can lead to covid outbreaks.

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Conservatives avoid penalties for misinformation on Facebook

Today on the show: For years, far-right personalities have claimed that tech companies are biased against conservatives. Recent reports from NBC News and BuzzFeed show that at Facebook, fears of that perception led the company to turn a blind eye to misinformation from certain conservative pages.

Also: Why this year’s election results may be delayed and a look at the president’s recent executive order on evictions.

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Utah’s lucrative wilderness therapy industry

For decades, Utah has dominated the for-profit industry to help troubled kids, with facilities there receiving millions in government funds. We spoke with Salt Lake Tribune reporter Jessica Miller about her investigation into these youth treatment centers, where some former residents said they were abused.

Also: The politicization of a covid-19 vaccine and how violence in Portland and Kenosha, Wisconsin is playing out online.