Slate live podcast taping! "Amicus"

The education-to-work pipeline is a system to help students transition from school to the workforce - involving mentorship, alternative programs to traditional education and coordination between schools and employers. Noble work, often an uphill battle. Meet some of the tireless people who make it happen.

Presented with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

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After the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, abortion access has become increasingly restricted in many states — harkening back to the pre-Roe era, when groups like "the Janes" created an underground network to provide access. We sit down with a former Jane and with a provider working today to consider the future of the fight for abortion access.

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There’s been a sharp increase in anti-LGBTQ+ bills across the country, a lightning rod for the bases of the politicians who introduce them. Meanwhile, trans people are four times more likely than cisgender people to be victims of violent crime, and 45% of LGBTQ+ youth considered suicide last year. Jonquilyn Hill talks with Danni Askini, co-executive director of the Gender Justice League.

As President Obama’s Attorney General, Eric Holder Jr. oversaw the Justice Department's civil rights enforcement efforts to combat racial profiling and to protect LGBTQ+ rights. His recent book, Our Unfinished March, is a history of the fight for voting rights in the U.S. Holder joins us to discuss the rule of law and the right to vote as essential to a functioning democracy.

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