To the Point
Voter Suppression, Climate Change and the President
As America prepares to vote again, a question remains from 2016: are the Russians still “meddling” with US elections? Meantime, are Republican election officials in Georgia and Kansas suppressing the vote to serve their own interests?
By Warren Olney • • 36m ListenThere’s no doubt that Russian trolls, operating out of St. Petersburg, had a major impact on 2016 presidential election. Greg Miller tells Warren how it was done and what’s likely to be happening now. Then, Carol Anderson describes the Governor’s races in Georgia and Kansas. Republican secretaries of state are running for governor while they’re still in charge of elections. Also, on this podcast, the first of our regular Climate Change updates with the president’s latest comments on global warming.
Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Andrea Brody
Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast
Greg Miller
Washington Post
Carol Anderson
Professor of African American Studies at Emory University and author of “One Person No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy.”
Bill McKibben
co-founder of 350.org