May 24, 2019

ITT Sound Off: Six Is Too Many

Julio is joined by guest co-host Antonia Cereijido of Latino USA to discuss the tragedy and horror of six migrant children who have died in U.S. custody in the last eight months. Meanwhile, most 2020 presidential candidates have no comprehensi…

May 21, 2019

If I Was a Dragon

We’re talking elections! Whether it’s the 2020 candidates or the series finale of Game of Thrones, white males seem to be at the forefront. Maria and Julio are joined by Astead Herndon, national political reporter with The New York Times, and …

May 17, 2019

ITT Sound Off: Federal Infringement

Maria and Julio discuss Trump’s push for a merit-based immigration plan, after claiming our current legal immigration system is broken. They also talk about Alabama banning abortion outright, following the recent wave of anti-abortion legislat…

May 14, 2019

Warmongering Diplomacy

Amidst the Mueller saga, Trump finds himself facing a number of subpoenas from Congress. Meanwhile in foreign policy, tensions with Iran are escalating, and Trump is going all-in on the trade war with China, after raising U.S. tariffs on Chine…

May 10, 2019

ITT Sound Off: Bad Parcheesi Game

Another week of the Mueller saga ended with Trump yet again refusing to cooperate with Congress’ investigations on the report. Maria and Julio discuss the congressional hearing held on Wednesday, plus Trump’s repeated lies about Puerto Rico an…

May 7, 2019

Diabolical America

This week in immigration, Trump announced his plans to appoint Mark Morgan to head ICE, while former White House chief-of-staff John Kelly joined the board of a company that runs detention centers for migrant children. Maria and Julio are join…

May 3, 2019

ITT Sound Off: War Presidents Win

Protests in Venezuela have erupted after opposition leader Juan Guaidó called for the support of armed forces to overthrow Nicolás Maduro on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Attorney General William Barr testified in front of the Senate about his handling …

April 30, 2019

Census Suppression

Last week, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments for whether the Trump administration should add a question about citizenship to the 2020 Census, effectively changing the way people in the United States would be counted. Maria and Julio are j…

April 26, 2019

ITT Sound Off: Presidential Baggage

Well, he finally did it. Joe Biden announced he was running for president on Thursday, just a day after She the People hosted the first ever policy forum dedicated to women of color in Houston, TX, where many of the 2020 candidates spoke. Mari…

April 23, 2019

The Roots of American Racism

The Mueller report dropped last week and left everyone wondering what’s next? Maria and Julio are joined by Tanya Ballard Brown, 2019 Nieman fellow at Harvard University, and Adam Serwer, staff writer at The Atlantic, to unpack the reactions t…

April 19, 2019

ITT Sound Off: Corruptly

In this special Mueller report ITT edition, Maria and Julio give their takeaways on the 448-page redacted document by special counsel Robert Mueller on Russian meddling during the 2016 presidential election. They discuss Attorney General Willi…

April 16, 2019

Infected with MAGA-ism

This week, Trump said he’s considering sending migrants to sanctuary cities. Maria and Julio are joined by two All-Stars, Jenni Monet, independent journalist and tribal member of the Pueblo of Laguna, and Brentin Mock, staff writer for City La…

April 12, 2019

ITT Sound Off: One White Nation, Indivisible 

It’s been a busy week in immigration news, from Kirstjen Nielsen’s resignation to Trump contradicting his administration’s officials when it comes to his zero tolerance policy. Maria and Julio make sense of the latest in border politics. They …

April 9, 2019

Mexico’s #MeToo

Feminists have been organizing against gender violence in Mexico for years. But over the last few weeks, Mexican women have taken to social media to call out abusive men in creative industries, starting a new wave of #MeToo. Maria and Julio ar…

April 5, 2019

ITT Sound Off: Hip-Hop Is Heartbreak

In a historic election on Tuesday, Lori Lightfoot became Chicago’s first black woman and openly gay person elected mayor, but not everyone in the community is celebrating. Julio and guest co-host All-Star Jamilah King discuss this, plus the me…

April 2, 2019

Talking in Code

Special counsel Robert Mueller’s full redacted report is expected to come out mid-April, but what do we make of what we already know? Maria and Julio discuss this and more with Jonathan Capehart, opinion writer with the Washington Post, and Al…

March 29, 2019

ITT Special Report: Women in Power

As the energy around 2020 grows, conversations about women’s political leadership are taking the lead. In The Thick’s NY Women’s Foundation fellow Nour Saudi reports from a panel organized by the Metro New York chapter of UN Women on what the …

March 26, 2019

LIVE From South Texas: Borderland Life

Everyone is talking about the border, but no one is really talking about the border: what it is like to live, work and experience the vibrant day-to-day life around it. We don’t hear about the particular culture, uniqueness or challenges of th…

March 22, 2019

ITT Sound Off: Joe Biden Is No Idris Elba 

In this “All 2020 Everything” Sound Off, Julio and guest co-host All-Star, Terrell Jermaine Starr talk about the growing speculations of a Joe Biden-Stacey Abrams ticket, and the issue of reparations that almost every Democratic candidate has …

March 19, 2019

Detained and Forgotten

In Taylor, Texas, a Latino USA and Rewire.News investigation into one of most notorious detention centers, the T. Don Hutto Residential Center, revealed a long and extensive pattern of sexual abuse and harassment. Julio and Maria are joined by…

March 15, 2019

ITT Sound Off: White Nationalism’s Violent Consequences

A deadly terrorist attack at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand on Friday left at least 49 people dead, dozens injured, and the rest of the world shaken. Julio is joined by guest co-host Antonia Cereijido of Latino USA, to discuss this t…

March 12, 2019

A Big Nothingburger

A new budget plan was released on Monday that includes a proposal of $8.6 billion for construction of the border wall. Meanwhile, the long-awaited Robert Mueller report could be published any day, and a new House resolution was passed that bro…

March 8, 2019

ITT Sound Off: The Effects of Trauma

This week, four different congressional hearings on immigration took place at the same time. Maria and Julio discuss one where Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen testified that she was unaware of the long-lasting effects family se…

March 5, 2019

LIVE From South Texas: Purple State?

In Texas, 40 percent of the state is Latinx and by 2022 Latinos are expected to be the largest demographic group in Texas, surpassing non-Hispanic white people. Maria and Julio discuss the demographic and political changes that Texas is going …

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