Gandhi’s 3 Things: Little Rock 9

Litte Rock 9 are commemorating the 66 anniversey of the desegregation of Arkansas central high school. The new covid shot roll out are having issues with insurance companies! Finally WGA is set to vote to approve and end the writer's strike.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Gandhi breaks down everything going on in the world. Here's
her three things.

Speaker 2 (00:06):
The Little Rock Nine are commemorating the sixty sixth anniversary
of the desegregation of Arkansas's Central High School. The group
of nineteens were the first African American students to enter
the school and did so under protection of the National Guard.
Surviving members returned to the school's campus yesterday to confront
current issues in this state. They held a panel discussion
to talk about the legislature's decision to pass laws that

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prohibit the teaching of ap African American studies. The new
COVID shot rollout is causing some problems with people who
are complaining that they can't get their insurance companies to
cover the cost. The Department of Health and Human Services
is working with top leaders telling insurance companies that it
is their obligation to provide coverage and to pick up
the tab for COVID nineteen vaccines without cost sharing. Those

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on Medicare and Medicaid are also entitled to free COVID shots,
as well as children and the uninsured through public private
partnerships and Finally, Writers Guild of America leadership is set
to vote today on whether or not to approve a
tentative deals that would end the writer's strike. Its negotiating
committee reached the agreement with Hollywood's top studios over the weekend,
suspending all picketing. If the deal is agreed upon, it

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would then go to the roughly eleven thousand WGA members
for approval. The writer's walkout began over one hundred and
forty days ago, bringing film and TV to a halt.
I hope you're having a great day. I'm Gandhi, and
those are your three things.