Sojourner Truth Radio: September 9, 2021 - COVID Update, GE Trees, Reproductive Rights

Today on Sojourner Truth: An update on the COVID-19 pandemic, as public health concerns evolve into culture wars, with school officials under attack. President Biden has dropped in the polls for his handling of the pandemic, and he announces new COVID measures today. Our guest is Dr. David Himmelstein, a Distinguished Professor of Public Health at the City University of New York and a lecturer in Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Climate catastrophe is upon us. Anne Petermann, executive director of Global Justice Ecology Project, joins us for our weekly Earth Watch to discuss their work protecting forests and opposing genetically engineered trees. Legal scholar and attorney Marjorie Cohn joins us to discuss and give analysis of the legal threats to the reproductive rights of women.