On the Ground in Nevada: Harold Meyerson; Voters of Color: Steve Phillips; MLK's last years: Taylor Branch
Living in the USA · Living in the USA
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Show Notes
World famous gambling and entertainment hub Las Vegas, Nevada is also home to one of the "the most politically potent" unions in the United States, representing hotel casino workers there: Culinary Union Local 226 -- Harold Meyerson traveled to Las Vegas to find out what this powerful union is doing to help "push Kamala over the top".
Also: Latino and Black voters in swing states, we are told by the New York Times, are “drifting away from the Democrats.” But how good is the evidence here? Steve Phillips has our analysis.
Plus: From the Archives: The final years of Martin Luther King Jr. -- Taylor Branch discusses his book At Canaan’s Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-68 (originally recorded in March 2006).