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","summary":"For Black women, hair is about so much more than beauty. It can affect how they're treated and what opportunities are available to them. It's tied to history, identity and politics. And though many Black women and girls now embrace their natural curls, Black hair is still a site of discrimination. In this episode, Brittany Luse talks to two women fighting to change that: Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.), who has been pushing for a federal law against race-based hair discrimination, and Michaela Angela Davis, whose docuseries \"The Hair Tales\" is meant to inspire Black women to celebrate their crowning glories. You can follow us on Twitter @NPRItsBeenaMin or email us at ibam@npr.org.","image":"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2023\/01\/12\/ibam_hair_wide-437aa704f936c5ead84389e6a1e189962fb92814.jpg","date_published":"2023-01-13T13:24:23-05:00","date_modified":"2023-01-13T16:14:00-05:00","author":{"name":"Brittany Luse","url":"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/people\/1123917129\/brittany-luse?utm_medium=JSONFeed&utm_campaign=popculture","avatar":"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2022\/09\/28\/bl-headshot_custom-bc4207e0f6828a57f8b88f5d08e4e17288b70429.jpg"},"attachments":[{"url":"https:\/\/ondemand.npr.org\/anon.npr-mp3\/npr\/sam\/2023\/01\/20230113_sam_e57dbabd-4765-4111-9463-35c568bc1965.mp3?orgId=1&d=1741&story=1148394231&t=podcast&e=1148394231&ft=rss","mime_type":"audio\/mp3","title":"Listen to the Episode","duration_in_seconds":1741},{"url":"https:\/\/ondemand.npr.org\/npr-mp4\/npr\/sam\/2023\/01\/20230113_sam_e57dbabd-4765-4111-9463-35c568bc1965.mp4?orgId=1&d=1741&story=1148394231&t=podcast&e=1148394231&ft=rss","mime_type":"audio\/aac","title":"Listen to the Episode","duration_in_seconds":1741},{"url":"https:\/\/ondemandhls.npr.org\/nprhls\/\/npr\/sam\/2023\/01\/20230113_sam_e57dbabd-4765-4111-9463-35c568bc1965\/master.m3u8?orgId=1&d=1741&story=1148394231&t=podcast&e=1148394231&ft=rss","mime_type":"audio\/m3u8","title":"Listen to the Episode","duration_in_seconds":1741}]},{"id":"1147805675","url":"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/01\/09\/1147805675\/does-plane-take-off-or-just-sit-on-the-runway?utm_medium=JSONFeed&utm_campaign=popculture","title":"Does 'Plane' take off, or just sit on the runway?","content_html":"What do you need to know about the movie Plane<\/em>? Well, there's a plane. Specifically, there's a plane that goes down when it's struck by lightning and ends up on the worst possible island. It's then up to a captain, played by Gerard Butler, and his passengers to survive.<\/p>
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","summary":"Like the video game it's based on, the HBO series about a mutated fungi that destroys civilization spotlights the connections between its compelling characters, not the monsters they face.","image":"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2023\/01\/11\/bella-ramsey-anna-torv---liane-hentscher_hbo_wide-65eb226b4c1775bfbedf0d302d4785085ca62ef7.jpg","date_published":"2023-01-12T10:33:32-05:00","author":{"name":"Glen Weldon","url":"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/people\/137817249\/glen-weldon?utm_medium=JSONFeed&utm_campaign=popculture","avatar":"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2019\/03\/21\/npr_glenn_weldon_001_vert-514e4ddbd8efee7e2f3153d23b8cb92254a824ac.jpg"}},{"id":"1148227074","url":"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/01\/10\/1148227074\/the-rom-com-smiley-asks-if-a-gym-rat-and-nerd-can-find-love?utm_medium=JSONFeed&utm_campaign=popculture","title":"The rom-com 'Smiley' asks if a gym rat and nerd can find love","content_html":"
If you're looking for a charming romantic comedy, consider checking out the Netflix series Smiley.<\/em> Set in Barcelona, it follows Alex and Bruno, two very different men who meet and experience an overwhelming attraction that they then, as they must, struggle with enormously. Can these two ever find happiness? <\/p>
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","summary":"There's more to Monopoly than you might think. It's one of the best-selling board games in history \u2014 despite huge economic instability, sales actually went up during the pandemic \u2014 and it's been an iconic part of American life at other pivotal moments: a cheap pastime during the Great Depression; a reminder of home for soldiers during WWII; and an American export during its rise as a global superpower. It endured even as it reflected some of the ongoing inequities in American society, from segregation and redlining, to capitalism run rampant. That's because Monopoly is also built on powerful American lore \u2013 the idea that anyone, with just a little bit of cash, can rise from rags to riches. Writer Mary Pilon, the author of The Monopolists: Obsession, Fury, and the Scandal Behind the World's Favorite Board Game, describes Monopoly as \"the Great American Dream in a board game \u2013 or, nightmare.\"This week: how a critique of capitalism grew from a seed of an idea in a rebellious young woman's mind into a game legendary for its celebration of wealth at all costs. And behind that legend \u2014 there's a lie.","image":"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2022\/12\/16\/ap21039488521856_custom-6f3dcf44fe47031d4cbb2c6d0883480bd2f92153.jpg","date_published":"2023-01-12T00:10:40-05:00","date_modified":"2023-01-13T09:18:00-05:00","author":{"name":"Rund Abdelfatah","url":"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/people\/705948878\/rund-abdelfatah?utm_medium=JSONFeed&utm_campaign=popculture","avatar":"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2022\/05\/13\/rund-abdelfatah_vert-d22e8facceb8970ebbe1e844f23b55bb90b24637.jpg"},"tags":["Parker Brothers","The Landlord's Game","Henry George","Elizabeth Magie Phillips","Lizzie Magie","Anti-Monopoly","Ralph Anspach","Charles Darrow","Milton Bradley","Atlantic City","board games","Monopoly"],"attachments":[{"url":"https:\/\/ondemand.npr.org\/anon.npr-mp3\/npr\/throughline\/2023\/01\/20230112_throughline_0f1ba517-b23b-48cc-a537-a0357ffd4e54.mp3?orgId=1&d=3085&story=1143650089&t=podcast&e=1143650089&ft=rss","mime_type":"audio\/mp3","title":"Listen to the Story","duration_in_seconds":3085},{"url":"https:\/\/ondemand.npr.org\/npr-mp4\/npr\/throughline\/2023\/01\/20230112_throughline_0f1ba517-b23b-48cc-a537-a0357ffd4e54.mp4?orgId=1&d=3085&story=1143650089&t=podcast&e=1143650089&ft=rss","mime_type":"audio\/aac","title":"Listen to the Story","duration_in_seconds":3085},{"url":"https:\/\/ondemandhls.npr.org\/nprhls\/\/npr\/throughline\/2023\/01\/20230112_throughline_0f1ba517-b23b-48cc-a537-a0357ffd4e54\/master.m3u8?orgId=1&d=3085&story=1143650089&t=podcast&e=1143650089&ft=rss","mime_type":"audio\/m3u8","title":"Listen to the Story","duration_in_seconds":3085}]},{"id":"1148538924","url":"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/01\/11\/1148538924\/supermodel-tatjana-patitz-dies-freedom-90-video?utm_medium=JSONFeed&utm_campaign=popculture","title":"Tatjana Patitz, one of the original supermodels of the '80s and '90s, dies at age 56","content_html":"The German-born Patitz was among an elite group of famed fashion supermodels who graced magazine covers. She famously appeared in George Michael's \"Freedom! '90\" music video.<\/p>
","summary":"The German-born Patitz was among an elite group of famed fashion supermodels who graced magazine covers. She famously appeared in George Michael's \"Freedom! '90\" music video.","image":"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2023\/01\/11\/ap23011656126904-7afc0843a2337bc1da08a5adb24e44e494721368.jpg","date_published":"2023-01-11T17:59:17-05:00","author":{"name":"The Associated Press"}},{"id":"1148253567","url":"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/goatsandsoda\/2023\/01\/11\/1148253567\/what-if-you-could-buy-wishes-an-egyptian-fantasy-comic-does-some-wishful-thinkin?utm_medium=JSONFeed&utm_campaign=popculture","title":"This graphic novel imagines what would happen if you could buy and sell wishes","content_html":"
Artist and author Deena Mohamed created a graphic novel about how wishes would \u2014 or wouldn't \u2014 work in modern-day Egypt. Her much-praised book is now out in English. It's ... a wish come true!<\/p>
","summary":"Artist and author Deena Mohamed created a graphic novel about how wishes would \u2014 or wouldn't \u2014 work in modern-day Egypt. Her much-praised book is now out in English. It's ... a wish come true!","image":"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2023\/01\/11\/selfportraitcolor_custom-ec1bf2182f7262809089cf28fc1c213aada76768.png","date_published":"2023-01-11T15:49:27-05:00","date_modified":"2023-01-14T10:43:00-05:00","author":{"name":"Malaka Gharib","url":"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/people\/469106148\/malaka-gharib?utm_medium=JSONFeed&utm_campaign=popculture","avatar":"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2021\/08\/05\/malaka-gharib_vert-f10da9d1f53a5f0875a0ef2f17c899745be4e7f8.jpeg"},"tags":["Arabian nights","Shubeik Lubeik","Deena Mohamed","wishes","graphic novel","Egypt"]},{"id":"1147805698","url":"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/01\/09\/1147805698\/in-m3gan-a-high-tech-doll-gets-programmed-to-k1ll?utm_medium=JSONFeed&utm_campaign=popculture","title":"In 'M3GAN,' a high-tech doll gets programmed to k1ll","content_html":"
In the new movie M3GAN<\/em>, an orphaned 8-year-old girl is given a lifelike interactive doll. The doll in question was designed by roboticist Gemma (Allison Williams) and is programmed with artificial intelligence that allows her to learn, evolve and possibly commit murder. The movie is a cautionary tale about AI, a killer-doll flick, and the source of some truly creepy memes.<\/p>
","summary":"In the new movie M3GAN, an orphaned 8-year-old girl is given a lifelike interactive doll. The doll in question was designed by roboticist Gemma (Allison Williams) and is programmed with artificial intelligence that allows her to learn, evolve and possibly commit murder. The movie is a cautionary tale about AI, a killer-doll flick, and the source of some truly creepy memes.","image":"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2023\/01\/10\/2545_d018_00014_0012r_comp_crop-1200x831-48898ce_wide-41ef3bf40ab2ca21af7cfde17a1772debfb88f1e.jpg","date_published":"2023-01-11T00:10:06-05:00","author":{"name":"Stephen Thompson","url":"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/people\/5244882\/stephen-thompson?utm_medium=JSONFeed&utm_campaign=popculture","avatar":"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2016\/06\/30\/stephen-thompson---toned_sq-4fb274e68e24eb5e1aebd764dcd46c7511599c8c.jpg"},"attachments":[{"url":"https:\/\/ondemand.npr.org\/anon.npr-mp3\/npr\/pchh\/2023\/01\/20230111_pchh_6eb03605-2f2a-4660-8a01-89d8a53c5deb.mp3?orgId=1&d=892&story=1147805698&t=podcast&e=1147805698&ft=rss","mime_type":"audio\/mp3","title":"Listen to the Story","duration_in_seconds":892},{"url":"https:\/\/ondemand.npr.org\/npr-mp4\/npr\/pchh\/2023\/01\/20230111_pchh_6eb03605-2f2a-4660-8a01-89d8a53c5deb.mp4?orgId=1&d=892&story=1147805698&t=podcast&e=1147805698&ft=rss","mime_type":"audio\/aac","title":"Listen to the Story","duration_in_seconds":892},{"url":"https:\/\/ondemandhls.npr.org\/nprhls\/\/npr\/pchh\/2023\/01\/20230111_pchh_6eb03605-2f2a-4660-8a01-89d8a53c5deb\/master.m3u8?orgId=1&d=892&story=1147805698&t=podcast&e=1147805698&ft=rss","mime_type":"audio\/m3u8","title":"Listen to the Story","duration_in_seconds":892}]},{"id":"1146651761","url":"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/01\/03\/1146651761\/ginny-and-georgia-has-a-lot-going-on?utm_medium=JSONFeed&utm_campaign=popculture","title":"'Ginny And Georgia' has a lot going on","content_html":"The Netflix series Ginny & Georgia<\/em> follows a young single mom, her teenage daughter, and their efforts to create a life for themselves in the suburbs of Massachusetts. It's got high school standbys like new friendships and first sexual experiences, but it's also got adult soap standbys like secret pasts and shady figures. The series recently returned for a second season, so in this encore episode, we revisit our conversation about the first season.<\/p>
","summary":"The Netflix series Ginny & Georgia follows a young single mom, her teenage daughter, and their efforts to create a life for themselves in the suburbs of Massachusetts. It's got high school standbys like new friendships and first sexual experiences, but it's also got adult soap standbys like secret pasts and shady figures. The series recently returned for a second season, so in this encore episode, we revisit our conversation about the first season.","image":"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2023\/01\/03\/ginny_-_georgia_s2_e9_00_30_19_09rc2_wide-6d346d3064db07aafab48c929f96c1a208ab980a.jpg","date_published":"2023-01-10T00:15:37-05:00","author":{"name":"Linda Holmes","url":"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/people\/93702353\/linda-holmes?utm_medium=JSONFeed&utm_campaign=popculture","avatar":"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2019\/03\/07\/lindaholmes_vert-824f176d624909d3dcb40d43a36515a55d730567.jpg"},"attachments":[{"url":"https:\/\/ondemand.npr.org\/anon.npr-mp3\/npr\/pchh\/2023\/01\/20230110_pchh_b039ad6a-8311-4d5f-8e79-58962bf28ee7.mp3?orgId=1&d=944&story=1146651761&t=podcast&e=1146651761&ft=rss","mime_type":"audio\/mp3","title":"Listen to the Story","duration_in_seconds":944},{"url":"https:\/\/ondemand.npr.org\/npr-mp4\/npr\/pchh\/2023\/01\/20230110_pchh_b039ad6a-8311-4d5f-8e79-58962bf28ee7.mp4?orgId=1&d=944&story=1146651761&t=podcast&e=1146651761&ft=rss","mime_type":"audio\/aac","title":"Listen to the Story","duration_in_seconds":944},{"url":"https:\/\/ondemandhls.npr.org\/nprhls\/\/npr\/pchh\/2023\/01\/20230110_pchh_b039ad6a-8311-4d5f-8e79-58962bf28ee7\/master.m3u8?orgId=1&d=944&story=1146651761&t=podcast&e=1146651761&ft=rss","mime_type":"audio\/m3u8","title":"Listen to the Story","duration_in_seconds":944}]},{"id":"1147440285","url":"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/01\/09\/1147440285\/golden-globes-2023-hfpa?utm_medium=JSONFeed&utm_campaign=popculture","title":"Tarnished Golden Globes attempt a comeback, after years of controversy","content_html":"On Tuesday, the 80-year-old Hollywood Foreign Press Association will hand out awards at a lavish party emceed by Jerrod Carmichael. Studios, networks, stars and publicists boycotted the 2022 ceremony.<\/p>
","summary":"On Tuesday, the 80-year-old Hollywood Foreign Press Association will hand out awards at a lavish party emceed by Jerrod Carmichael. Studios, networks, stars and publicists boycotted the 2022 ceremony.","image":"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2023\/01\/06\/gettyimages-1363713236_custom-f51474d60023675f6e35138454d883d24440f472.jpg","date_published":"2023-01-09T16:34:47-05:00","date_modified":"2023-01-09T20:12:00-05:00","author":{"name":"Mandalit del Barco","url":"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/people\/2100429\/mandalit-del-barco?utm_medium=JSONFeed&utm_campaign=popculture","avatar":"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2015\/08\/13\/del-barco-mandalit_sq-2bad2aeb06c9ed9113312b2a3a8ee44ee48d75e8.jpg"},"tags":["Golden Globes"],"attachments":[{"url":"https:\/\/ondemand.npr.org\/anon.npr-mp3\/npr\/atc\/2023\/01\/20230109_atc_tarnished_golden_globes_attempt_a_comeback_after_years_of_controversy.mp3?orgId=1&d=228&p=1147908478&story=1147440285&t=progseg&e=1147908478&seg=16&ft=rss&f=1147908478","mime_type":"audio\/mp3","title":"Listen to the Story","duration_in_seconds":228},{"url":"https:\/\/ondemand.npr.org\/npr-mp4\/npr\/atc\/2023\/01\/20230109_atc_tarnished_golden_globes_attempt_a_comeback_after_years_of_controversy.mp4?orgId=1&d=228&p=1147908478&story=1147440285&t=progseg&e=1147908478&seg=16&ft=rss&f=1147908478","mime_type":"audio\/aac","title":"Listen to the Story","duration_in_seconds":228},{"url":"https:\/\/ondemandhls.npr.org\/nprhls\/\/npr\/atc\/2023\/01\/20230109_atc_tarnished_golden_globes_attempt_a_comeback_after_years_of_controversy\/master.m3u8?orgId=1&d=228&p=1147908478&story=1147440285&t=progseg&e=1147908478&seg=16&ft=rss&f=1147908478","mime_type":"audio\/m3u8","title":"Listen to the Story","duration_in_seconds":228}]},{"id":"1146018558","url":"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2022\/12\/29\/1146018558\/2022-books-we-love-realistic-fiction?utm_medium=JSONFeed&utm_campaign=popculture","title":"2022 Books We Love: Realistic Fiction","content_html":"
NPR's Books We Love is full of stories. The feature rounds up fiction and nonfiction of many different kinds, and it gives you lots of ways to find what you might love, too. Today, we're diving into the category of realistic fiction \u2013 the stories that may not be literally true, but they feel true to the world that people encounter when they walk out the door.<\/p>
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Adam Rich, the child actor with a pageboy mop-top who charmed TV audiences as \"America's little brother\" on Eight Is Enough<\/em>, has died. He was 54.<\/p>
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Vince McMahon is rejoining the board of WWE several months after he retired from the sports entertainment company during an investigation into alleged misconduct.<\/p>
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Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Babel or The Necessity of Violence,<\/em> Sultana's Dream, La \u00faltima copa\/The Last Cup, <\/em>and Brick. <\/em><\/p>
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","summary":"Congressman-elect Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) will (eventually) swear himself in on a copy of the Constitution, a photo of his parents, his certificate of U.S. citizenship and ... a copy of Superman #1.","image":"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2023\/01\/05\/gettyimages-2700898_custom-d70c380560359cea1829c808da31a05bb9213749.jpg","date_published":"2023-01-06T07:01:14-05:00","date_modified":"2023-01-13T13:01:00-05:00","author":{"name":"Glen Weldon","url":"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/people\/137817249\/glen-weldon?utm_medium=JSONFeed&utm_campaign=popculture","avatar":"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2019\/03\/21\/npr_glenn_weldon_001_vert-514e4ddbd8efee7e2f3153d23b8cb92254a824ac.jpg"}}]}
","summary":"The Peacock competition series combines a solid cast, the perfect host, an entertaining atmosphere and a nice, juicy game design. And it all adds up to a highly binge-able show.","image":"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2023\/01\/13\/nup_197705_00945_custom-c0c3781e8acda77210b1496e6df30a5950c8ba1a.jpg","date_published":"2023-01-15T07:00:15-05:00","author":{"name":"Linda Holmes","url":"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/people\/93702353\/linda-holmes?utm_medium=JSONFeed&utm_campaign=popculture","avatar":"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2019\/03\/07\/lindaholmes_vert-824f176d624909d3dcb40d43a36515a55d730567.jpg"}},{"id":"1148230592","url":"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/01\/10\/1148230592\/george-saunders-on-slaughterhouses-and-obscene-poetry?utm_medium=JSONFeed&utm_campaign=popculture","title":"George Saunders on how a slaughterhouse and some obscene poems shaped his writing","content_html":"
","summary":"Celebrated short story author George Saunders joins us to answer three questions about court stories. With panelists Paula Poundstone, Peter Grosz and Emmy Blotnick.Sign up for Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.","image":"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2023\/01\/13\/gettyimages-862514282_wide-aab234a86b34f5447583aa8749a7e556b12aaa57.jpg","date_published":"2023-01-14T11:50:21-05:00","date_modified":"2023-01-14T12:02:00-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https:\/\/ondemand.npr.org\/anon.npr-mp3\/npr\/waitwait\/2023\/01\/20230114_waitwait_2002c6f9-21c9-4413-88be-e491271e4bf5.mp3?orgId=1&d=2890&story=1148230592&t=podcast&e=1148230592&ft=rss","mime_type":"audio\/mp3","title":"Listen to the Story","duration_in_seconds":2890},{"url":"https:\/\/ondemand.npr.org\/npr-mp4\/npr\/waitwait\/2023\/01\/20230114_waitwait_2002c6f9-21c9-4413-88be-e491271e4bf5.mp4?orgId=1&d=2890&story=1148230592&t=podcast&e=1148230592&ft=rss","mime_type":"audio\/aac","title":"Listen to the Story","duration_in_seconds":2890},{"url":"https:\/\/ondemandhls.npr.org\/nprhls\/\/npr\/waitwait\/2023\/01\/20230114_waitwait_2002c6f9-21c9-4413-88be-e491271e4bf5\/master.m3u8?orgId=1&d=2890&story=1148230592&t=podcast&e=1148230592&ft=rss","mime_type":"audio\/m3u8","title":"Listen to the Story","duration_in_seconds":2890}]},{"id":"1148380176","url":"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/01\/13\/1148380176\/alice-in-borderland-aftersun-after-yang-jeanne-dielman?utm_medium=JSONFeed&utm_campaign=popculture","title":"What's making us happy: A guide to your weekend viewing","content_html":"
","summary":"Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Alice in Borderland Season 2, and the films Aftersun, After Yang and Jeanne Dielman.","image":"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2023\/01\/13\/Alice-in-Borderland_custom-5dd138b716e35268f98821c7c6f0ff2745223d37.jpg","date_published":"2023-01-13T17:01:10-05:00","author":{"name":"Ronald Young Jr."}},{"id":"1148394231","url":"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/01\/11\/1148394231\/curls-and-courage-with-michaela-angela-davis-and-rep-cori-bush?utm_medium=JSONFeed&utm_campaign=popculture","title":"Curls and courage with Michaela Angela Davis and Rep. Cori Bush","content_html":"