Nov 30, 2020
Episode 330
Schools are closed, bars are open
More than 70% of Black students are learning entirely remotely right now, according to a Marketplace-Edison Research poll.
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And teachers are burnt out.
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It’s still too early to know how the Thanksgiving holiday — and some Americans’ refusal to follow the advice of experts and stay home for it — will impact the number of coronavirus cases, but we’re headed for a dark winter indeed. What are teachers to do? We’ll talk about it. Plus, Molly’s sad bitcoin story and the changing GOP line on “mean tweets.”
Here’s a list of everything we talked about today:
- “Teaching in the Pandemic: ‘This Is Not Sustainable’” from The New York Times
- “Exxon Slashes Spending, Writes Down Assets” from The Wall Street Journal
- “Bitcoin Climbs to Record High” from The New York Times
- “With Bank of America Announcement, Every Major US Bank Has Ruled out Funding for Arctic Drilling” from the Sierra Club
- And finally, this bit Kai caught on CNN this afternoon
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The team
Kai Ryssdal
Host
Marissa Cabrera
Senior Producer
Bridget Bodnar
Senior Producer
Tony Wagner
Digital Producer
