COVID, Religion, Voting, and Boats

Episode #40

This week, Bill and Phil discuss recent revelations that the Trump administration’s coronavirus response was even worse than previously known, some recent data on religious identity in America, new voting rules in Georgia, and the big boat that got stuck in the Suez.

Reading from this week’s episode:

• “Feuds, fibs and finger-pointing: Trump officials say coronavirus response was worse than known” by Dan Diamond in The Washington Post

• “Opinion: The Birx dilemma is a lesson for the ages” by Matt Bai in The Washington Post

• “America Without God” by Shadi Hamid in The Atlantic

• “Church membership in the U.S. has fallen below the majority for the first time in nearly a century” by Sarah Pulliam Bailey in The Washington Post

• “Georgia G.O.P. Passes Major Law to Limit Voting Amid Nationwide Push” by Nick Corasaniti in The New York Times

• “The Big, Stuck Boat Is Glorious” by Amanda Mull in The Atlantic

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