Maria and Julio talk with Heather McGhee, activist, author and host of the new podcast “The Sum of Us,” produced by Higher Ground and Futuro Studios. They get into Heather’s journey covering multiracial solidarity movements across the United States. They also talk about the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, and the results of Kansas’ ballot initiative on abortion rights.

ITT Staff Picks:

• Ellen Ioanes breaks down how the Inflation Reduction Act will help Americans, for Vox.

• Rolling Stone spoke with organizer Ashley All on how the pro-abortion movement won in Kansas, and how to carry that momentum to other states.

• Decades of research show that Black and brown communities are on the front lines of environmental harms, writes Alejandra Borunda for National Geographic.

Photo courtesy of Futuro Studios