In The Thick

Maria and Julio talk with All-Star , race and justice reporter and host of the Mother Jones podcast, and , political reporter with Refinery29. They discuss the larger issues at stake in the Virginia Governor Ralph Northam's blackface scandal, the racist and homophobic attack against Jussie Smollett, and the latest 2020 Democratic candidates to announce their campaigns.

 

ITT Staff Picks:

• Kamala Harris’ campaign will force democrats to decide where they stand on criminal justice, Jamilah's latest for Mother Jones
• How To Watch President Trump's State Of The Union, Andrea's latest with Refinery29
• There’s more at stake than Ralph Northam’s career, by Adam Serwer in The Atlantic