Abortion supporters Alie Utley and Joe Moyer (R) react to the failed constitutional amendment proposal at the Kansas Constitutional Freedom Primary Election Watch Party in Overland Park on August 2, 2022.(Dave Kaup / AFP via Getty Images)
Remember how Kansas was the first state to vote directly on abortion after the Supreme Court overturned Roe, and how Kansans surprised everyone by voting to keep abortion rights in the Constitution, 59-41 percent? Amy Littlefield went to Kansas to report on the election for The Nation and see how the victory had been organized and won.
Also on this week’s episode, we’re still thinking about Barbara Ehrenreich, who died last week. She was one of our best. We’ll listen to an interview with Ehrenreich from 2002, about Nickel and Dimed, her unforgettable book about trying to live on low-wage work, which had just been published.
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