Administration has taken more than 900 migrant children away from their parents even though a federal judge ordered officials to stop the administration argues there is an exception for parents with criminal histories the a.c.l.u. Says this is being used to take children from parents who have minor traffic violations the National Cathedral in Washington d.c. Has issued a response to what it calls President Trump's escalation of racialized rhetoric N.P.R.'s Amy Held reports leaders of the Episcopal Church compare the president's actions to McCarthyism and implore the nation to find its decency the authors write they were compelled to speak out as 3 faith leaders at a church that serves as a sacred space for Americans at moments of national significance this is that moment they write warning the president's words are dangerous and a clarion call to white supremacists they cite insults directed at Congressman Elijah Cummings immigrants and at Baltimore this weekend Trump tweeted Cummings majority African-American district is a quote disgusting rat and rodent infested mess till many of those of us in religious and other leadership are being quiet Marianne but he coauthored the statement we can no longer be quiet deciding enough is enough they write is less about the president's sense of decency and more about ours Amy Held n.p.r. 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There is not much doubt that the United States is still separating some migrant children from their families when they cross the border the question is when this happens and whether it's legal the Trump administration once embraced family separation as a policy that officials explicitly on the record described as a deterrent to migrants coming to the United States under fierce criticism the administration backed off acting secretary of Homeland Security Kevin Macklin told a House committee this month that separations today only come to protect children this is carefully governed by policy and by court order that needs to have a criminal background or issue as you referenced potential communicable disease or medical emergency or risk of abuse or neglect from the parents of the child this is in the interest of the child lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union dispute that characterization and say they have found examples of unjustified separations the organization has now filed a motion in a u.s. District court in San Diego to stop this legal learnt is the lead a.c.l.u. Attorney on this case and he's on the line Welcome back to the program thanks for having me what does the evidence show is going wrong here. The evidence shows that more than $900.00 children up and separate since the court put a halt to this in this is not evidence that we've gathered this is evidence that the that the government has supplied to us through a court order and what we expected to find is only parents who are genuinely a danger to their children are unfed because that's what the court made clear was the narrow narrow exception but what we found out was that they're separating for the most minor crimes possible traffic offenses and one case a nonviolent theft for $5.00. Disorderly conduct just shocking and we're talking about little kids $185.00 kids under 5 the kids are younger than the 1st time around that's all we basically see is family separation by another name under the guise of supposedly protecting the children from dangerous parents these parents have things like traffic offenses so we should be clear on one thing here there's a baseline under which some kids would be separated from their parents and that would be true no matter who is president it happened under President Obama it's probably happened under any president as long as there's been immigration law some of this would happen some of this would happen involving non migrants that children would be separated from the parents so you're not disputing that that this could happen legitimately from time to time right that's absolutely right and so that's a critical point we came in in day one of this lawsuit and said look if the parent is genuinely unfair that were genuinely in danger of their child and there's objective evidence then we of course want the child taken away that would be trying for state law it be true under federal law and what the judge said is of course if the if the parent is genuinely a danger to the child and there's a real objective evidence then the child should be separated but that's not what's happening here you know the government is really making no claim that as far as we can tell. This child is in danger because the parent has a traffic offense from years ago so the question really is is the government taking the position that any criminal offense by the parent no matter how long ago no matter how insignificant allows them to separate and that appears to be their position you said this is not your evidence when you describe years old traffic offense leading to a separation of a parent from a child that what is that a court record it's an exile spreadsheet that the government has to give us by court order with the separations and so we've been getting them roughly every month and what we noticed was that the numbers were going up month after month and the and that the reasons for the separation were so in significant I mean we need more information from the government it's very cryptic but it is the government's information the government is supplying the reason for separation and sometimes it'll just say criminal history Mr mean or even the person wasn't convicted there was just a charge or an offense or sometimes just an allegation but it's the government stating their reason for the separation why do you think the Department of Homeland Security would be doing this. We hope to find out in court you know what we fear is that they're still trying to do separations and just using this this what was supposed to be a very narrow exception laid down by the court and using it as a sort of backdoor way to continue separations but we'll find out what do you what do you think about people what would you say rather to people who are listening to what you're saying and responding well they they really should have had a traffic violation they should have stolen $5.00 I feel bad for the family but they should have done that right so you know for every type of criminal offense the criminal justice system punishes you but you we don't take away your children for offenses like that I mean can you imagine how many Americans would lose their children if a traffic offense or a disorderly conduct or a misdemeanor theft offense was as a basis for taking away your child and I think the challenge for us now is to make clear that family separation is still out go still ongoing and we need that public outcry Mr Gillon thanks so much thank you legal learnt as a lawyer with the American Civil Liberties Union. The 1st in the nation Iowa caucuses are set for February of 2020 and many of the state's voters were watching last night's Democratic debate so what were their takeaways Iowa Public Radio's Kate Payne watched the debate at a bar in Cedar Rapids dozens of Iowa Democrats crowded in a sports bar in suburban Cedar Rapids Tuesday night campaign workers for a slate of candidates were milling around with clipboards to take down their contact info the hope is to keep them engaged and sell their candidate in a crowded field I'm. Being interrupted by something to me. It was a mixed crowd with plenty of committed voters the current crop of candidates has been around the state for months some making the rounds 2 years before they even declared their candidacy Nikki rotting house at a number of candidates stuck out including Marianne Williamson but not in a good way Williamson. Kind of scares me. Up lists all right I just lack of substance but she says Elizabeth Warren is solidly on her short list you know. We're in a position where we need somebody like slowly need somebody who is direct and we need somebody who is. Not all of the politics of war and got a lot of applause lines in a room amplified by a slowing of organizers I Jim Williams says the moderators gave a fair shot to lower polling candidates but she like as a supporter of John Delaney a former congressman from Maryland Still he says he'll be glad when the field fans out most of these people he's running and their personalities are yet to. See and the things that lead to. In the Democratic Party we don't have a leader but a lot of voters here said the debate didn't really change their views of the candidates like many active Iowa Democrats Kathy Meyer has. And a number of them in person when she says is more helpful I've been fortunate like I said to. Or I'm. Very grateful but I feel it in their place and what they're feeling is. Child care. Bill that America more than any candidates talking points the moment that Drew what might have been the biggest reaction in the room was a television ad for president Donald terms reelection campaign he won the state in 2016 for reactions in the room didn't show that. These are you were Democrats agree on that at least their opposition to trump for n.p.r. News I'm Kate pain in Cedar Rapids candidates are also preparing for California as a 2020 primary and a new state law in California requires candidates for president to release their tax returns in order to appear on the primary ballot at all Capital Public Radio Scott Brown reports from Sacramento candidates will have to disclose 5 years of tax returns by this November to be eligible for the state's primary ballot in March in a statement after signing the bill into law Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom invoked an unlikely comparison ever since Richard Nixon released his tax returns in 1973 by saying the people have to write the right to know if their president is a crook it's become the norm in this country that presidents of all political stripes release their tax returns that's been the case for 40 years the law does not mention a specific candidate but President Trump has been at the heart of the debate all we're requiring is people that aspire to be president it's not about one person they have to disclose their tax returns just issues of self dealing conflicts of interest California will post the information online for public access the law also applies to candidates for governor Republican lawmakers opposed the legislation arguing it's politically motivated the California Republican Party declined our request for a taped interview. In a statement Party chairwoman Jessica Milan Paterson said the law is a waste of time in taxpayer money and will ultimately be struck down a spokesperson for the White House declined to comment Trump has previously cited an ongoing audit by the i.r.s. As the reason for not releasing his tax returns Richard Hassoun is a professor of election law at the University of California Irvine he says attempts by other states to force the release of Trump's tax returns have faced legal hurdles while I think it's just about certain that he will be challenged in court in federal court and the question will be whether or not it violates the Constitution has and says the new law is the 1st of its kind meaning there isn't much legal precedent set on the issue at all that question I think it's uncertain as to what the courts will do about a challenge to such a law he says the case could make it all the way to the Supreme Court the New York law signed earlier this month requiring the release of Trump's tax returns to the state legislature remains tied up in court but that law would not prevent a candidate from appearing on an election ballot 2 years ago the California legislature passed a bill similar to the one Newsome signed into law but his Democratic predecessor Jerry Brown vetoed the legislation he expressed concerns about the constitutionality of requiring candidates to release their tax returns instead it could create a slippery slope in his veto message Brown wondered if it would lead to laws requiring the release of health records or birth certificates to be eligible for the ballot Brown declined to release his tax returns were running for governor. Released 6 years of his for n.p.r. News I'm Scott in Sacramento. News. But it surprise you to know that while you're sleeping your smartphone is sharing your personal data with companies you've never heard of on the next fresh air Jeffrey Fowler tax about some of the ways our phones computers and smart speakers harvest and use information about ash feller writes a consumer oriented technology column for The Washington Post join us. Support for n.p.r. Comes from this station and from the Main Office of Tourism with wild landscapes and rugged coasts to inspire original lifestyles and authentic adventures Maine offers travelers an opportunity to discover their very own main thing at visit Maine dot com from Progressive Insurance offering a way to buy home insurance with their home quote Explorer tool custom quotes and rates are available online learn more at progressive dot com or 1800 progressive Now that's progressive and from m.d. Anderson Cancer Center where physicians treat all types of cancers with a team of nearly 21000 all devoted to ending cancer and providing hope to patients more at making cancer history dot com It's Morning Edition from n.p.r. News I'm Steve Inskeep And I'm David Greene President Trump is meeting with the president of Mongolia today at the White House Mongolia is strategically important it's landlocked right between Russia and China it's also a country in transition with its economy and workers moving from agriculture to mining in the final part of our series on Mongolia N.P.R.'s Emily Kwan flew to a Megamind to meet people finding work along the coal road to China. Thank you for your figure this dear friend touched down in mining country at 922 in the mornings right here you are certainly they are going to come over here is an outsider plane window is Mongolia's biggest mining project. We are told has a movie theater an apothecary a hair salon my interpreter. When I visit the cafeteria for lunch bustling with minors in orange uniforms. Very big miss for the people here shake hands a very Western practice which is slightly on nerves gone but they're not behaving like Mongolians he jokes as we scoop fried noodles on to trace I tell him the cafeteria reminds me of Google it's very regimented and clean and gobies like your Silicon Valley Mongolia rapidly transitioned from Soviet style communism to free market democracy in 1900 hurting has diminished while mining has only grown it's introduced volatility to Mongolia's economy but also opportunity in a nation where jobs are drying up in the countryside and people are desperate for work the Gobi has become a destination for jobs both formal and off the books. And it's a younger generation the sons and daughters of herders and agriculturalists taking on this work. Among mountains on the opposite side of the country and I have found out that it doesn't say what it's selling is beautiful. The problem is there's no jobs for young people in addition to copper and gold. Exports millions of tonnes of coal to China every year by truck and is one of thousands of these drivers ferrying coal from. Another major mine across the southern border by their 1st names. The. 38 year old mother Ford does her make up in this cab and sleeps here too. Like a row of dominoes has waited up to 7 days in this line it's exhausting work. So why do it over the rumble she tells us the money makes it worth it her Chinese employers pay her upon delivery the equivalent of $260.00 us dollars that kind of money goes far here. But most of. Those with ancillary services to support the mining industry are making money to fuel suppliers car mechanics selling hot meals. In fact a whole community has emerged from the dust to support coal truck drivers right before this border trip locals call it. Or flight. The cell phone of 53 year old. Won't stop ringing she just opened a new restaurant in White Rock and word has gotten to. The restaurant tables are heaped with candy and soda for the grand opening the playlist is all Dolly Parton music befitting an outpost on the mining frontier. And. That failure is like a mother hen. I want to kill quick water since fair with this service truck. Driver 6. Problem. I try to help them mining may be lucrative but the conditions are harsh trucks stir up fragile topsoil with their constant coming and going turning the streets of White Rock dark and blustery. But the dust was far worse in the early days before the coal road was paved at the Your says drivers eager to reach China were cutting across her passion or land as a. Local hostess protesting saving a smash. Mining may be a boon to the national economy but locally tensions persist not just around dust storms but environmental issues too like water scarcity and desert occasion hurting groups have taken the industry to court around their environmental and economic impact 51 year old. Remembers when mining came to a province the usual quiet of the pasture land was disrupted by the rumble of trucks rode through do being in the life of the. Whole Track. And. Half a dozen of his camels were killed by passing trucks and when that massive Copper and Gold Mine was preparing to break ground he had to relocate. And his wife were one of 11 families physically displaced ironically that payment allowed them to continue herding not with camels but with cows. They purchased a bull with Oyu Tolgoi money to breed cows if they are successful Oyu Tolgoi has pledged to buy their beef to feed to miners in the cafeteria such a relationship was unheard of 15 years ago but it feels like he has no other choice . We are already or. No one will have. We can do other jobs this is what we know how to do Mongolia has a tradition of hurting animals and a deep cultural connection to the land but as the nation focuses on mineral extraction as a means for participating in the global economy and. Lifting people out of poverty what will become of that land plenty of Mongolians fear the country's direction one herder in the Gobi told me Mongolia is like a small island in a blue planet if we help preserve the environment I think it will be helpful for the rest of the world. And likewise n.p.r. News on the go bungling on. Emily Chua is N.P.R.'s above the fray fellow at fellowship program supports foreign reporting in under covered parts of the world and to listen to the 1st 2 parts of her series visit our website n.p.r. Dot org This is n.p.r. News linguist Gretchen McCulloch's new book breaks down the rules of internet language take l.o.l. But colic says now l.o.l. Doesn't always mean laughter if I say I hate you lol now I'm joking so it's fine I'm not laughing out loud while I think you I'm undermining my message and saying I hate you like I'm not serious about it the book because Internet and analysis of the 2nd Democratic presidential debate this afternoon on All Things Considered from n.p.r. News. Live from n.p.r. News in Washington I'm Dave Mattingly 10 more Democratic presidential candidates will be facing off tonight in Detroit they include former Vice President Biden and California Senator Kambula Harris last night moderates criticized senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders for supporting Medicare for all citing its cost and the idea of eliminating private health insurance the Trump administration says it's working to allow imports of some prescription drugs from Canada the move was announced this morning Audi's former c.e.o. Rupert Sadler is among 4 people facing charges in connection with an ongoing diesel emissions cheating investigation of Volkswagen and a Norse give its reports from Berlin in a $400.00 page indictment prosecutors in Munich have brought charges of fraud full such a vacation and criminal advertising against the former c.e.o. And 3 managers who work for the v.w. Owned company $56.00 a good stead LHO was 1st arrested last year when prosecutors felt he might be seeking to suppress evidence and today was denounced for not preventing the sales of vehicles on the u.s. And European markets in 2015 despite having knowledge of the many pollution of diesel emissions testing software the prosecution comes man months after officials in the German city of bones bike charge from a v.w. Bus March invent a corner with fraud if found guilty all of the accused could face years of imprisonment for n.p.r. News I'm on our schedule in Berlin this is n.p.r. News from Washington. Wall Street and most economists believe the Federal Reserve will announce a cut in short term interest rates this afternoon N.P.R.'s Scott Horsley says a quarter point cut is expected the 1st such move in more than a decade due in part to ongoing trade disputes it's an unusual time to be cutting interest rates with unemployment near a 50 year low and employers still hiring workers at a healthy clip nevertheless Fed chairman Jerome Powell and his colleagues appear poised to put their foot on the gas in hopes of prolonging the decade old economic expansion which many Americans have only recently begun to enjoy interest rate cuts make it cheaper for consumers to borrow money through auto loans credit cards and home equity loans South Korea is urging North Korea to stop launching ballistic missiles following the 2nd firing of 2 short range missiles in less than a week and P.R.'s Anthony Kuhn in Seoul says they landed in the Sea of Japan earlier today South Korea's joint chiefs of staff and its National Security Council commented that the recent launches were not helpful to lowering tensions and bringing peace to the peninsula North Korean state media said that last week's tests were meant as a warning to Seoul over its joint military drills with the u.s. And its acquisition of u.s. Made f. $35.00 fighter jets the Pentagon says newly appointed defense secretary Marc espers will be traveling to Seoul soon I'm Dave Mattingly n.p.r. News in Washington. Support for n.p.r. Comes from this station and from Zoom Zoom offers cloud video conferencing online meetings and a video conference room solution in one platform featuring digital video and audio was Screen Sharing account registration and more ad zoom died us and from visiting angels professional caregivers assisting adults in bathing dressing meals and light housework nationwide visiting angels America's Choice and senior home care office locations or at visiting Angels dot com. It's Morning Edition from n.p.r. News I'm Steve Inskeep in Washington d.c. And I'm David Greene in Culver City California good morning in last night's debate in Detroit Democratic candidates offered very different visions of the country and also the campaigns they would run against President Trump Some spoke of radical change others of a more moderate middle path and this came across as the candidates talked about health care and whether to pursue Medicare for all let's talk through some of the moments from last night with n.p.r. Political reporter Daniel Kurtz Leyburn who's in our studios in Washington I don't you know Hey David I saw a big question about any big plan particularly when it comes to health care's how exactly you pay for it and cnn's Jake Tapper had a very specific question for Senator Elizabeth Warren how would you raise taxes on the middle class to pay for Medicare for all offset obviously by the elimination of insurance premiums yes or no costs will go up for millionaires and go up for corporations for middle class families costs total costs will go gay lobby Ok yes or no would you raise taxes there wasn't really an answer there it sounds like so what do we learn from that response from Elizabeth Warren Well she's getting at a really important distinction on Medicare for all that could be easy to lose with one of those sort of simplistic yes or no would taxes go up questions what she's trying to say is that even if your taxes did go up under this plan you still might end up with more money in your pocket than you have now the way that that works is that it's true that Bernie Sanders has proposed a bunch of taxes under Medicare for all as she alluded to there a lot of those could be on the wealthy but there is one in particular that would hit middle class families but also under his plan there would be no premiums no co-pays so the argument she's making here and that Sanders makes as well is that all together you have a lot of people who are on net save money now I did consult with a couple of health care experts last night and I asked them Is that plausible and what they said is yes totally plausible that some families would middle class. Would pay less if the plan works as intended and of course we can't say that across the board for all middle class families sounds like a really central question though that if candidates like Sanders are Warner are really going to get traction with even some more moderate voters that they're going to have to really convince people on the topic most definitely yes well a number of the more moderate candidates last night made an argument that I think you hear from a lot of Republicans right I mean the argument that if you replace private health insurance with a government run system it could actually take people's health care away and I want to hear right now how Bernie Sanders responded to that the fact of the matter is chimes of millions of people lose their health insurance every single year when they change jobs or their employer changes that insurance if you want stability in the health care system if you want a system which gives you freedom of choice with regard to a doctor or hospital which is a system which will not bankrupt you the answer is to get rid of the profiteering and there's a lot of companies and the you're sure it's got ladies are worried about a cap was really passionate moment that that this argument gets settled all this and I know of course that I read it to be clear what we're talking about here so Sanders Medicare for all plan would largely eliminate private insurance that's very true now last night you had mornin Sanders trying to reframe things saying you know we're not taking people's health care away under this plan it means giving everyone health care it just means changing what the insurance looks like but this question of what would happen to private insurance is one aspect of Medicare for all that really has proven unpopular in polling so for opponents of the program that line of attack about you would lose your current private insurance is potentially really potent I want to turn to the economy and trade specifically is a big issue in 2016 it's been central to the Trump ministrations economic policy and and things got heated last night this is former Maryland congressman John Delaney speaking about a trade. Policy negotiated by President Obama most of the folks running for president want to build economic walls to free trade and beat up on President Obama on the only one running for president who actually supports the Trans-Pacific Partnership President Obama was right about that we should be getting back in that Senator Warren just issued up a trade plan that it would prevent the United States from trading with its allies we can't go in we can't isolate ourselves from the world we have to engage banking in our rules based garnishment Delaney's Ok to know what we learn from the whole debate over trade last night we learned that especially on the issue of trade you have some really big divisions even among Democrats you have people like John Delaney who support some of those big multilateral deals like the Trans-Pacific Partnership and then you have people like Bernie Sanders and Lizabeth Warren both of whom are really opposed to that deal at by the way that deal was something that Barack Obama pushed and he that he is by the way quite popular a bond Democrat so that this is definitely a thing that could create a big Fisher among Democrats is something I'm going to be watching very closely as more debates go on N.P.R.'s Daniel Kurtzer been talking us through some of the moments last night thanks so much thank you. In Kentucky a group of coal miners is blocking a coal train they've camped out on the tracks images show them standing on the tracks even playing cornhole on the tracks in front of a culture and the miners say they will not leave until their bankrupt employer black jewel pays them here's w m m t's Sydney bull's eye one county Kentucky the small and rural has a long history of labor activism. There and this latest protest drive us hawk to support coal miners who since Monday have staged a sit in of sorts as many as 20 miners have blocked a railroad in Cumberland Kentucky they've been sitting in chairs are parking trucks across the tracks that catch a train full of coal from leaving the plant. The miners now bankrupt employer blocked all coal hasn't paid them for almost a month Blackpool is the nation's 6th largest coal company and its bankruptcy has rippled through local communities and more than a 1000 Appalachian miners and their families miners like saints Miss say they won't get off the tracks until they're paid if they can out or trying they are they can give us our money some extra 150 miles roundtrip to work at a local mine the father of 6 says he scraped together enough change to travel to the protest minor by the Sexton says his bank account is short thousands from the loss of where my family's home remained. And I want do whatever it takes. To Fadal I don't know if I'll go if I don't buy this house 8 years or whenever despite efforts by the trumpet ministration to support coal production some coal producers continue to struggle mining company Blacklock also declared bankruptcy this month and more coal fired power plants are shutting their doors or converting to natural gas black children not respond to specific questions about the protest but the person who was c.e.o. Until a month ago Jeff hopes says he's frustrated really really sorry this richest board and employee update from lax will this week said it's working with the bankruptcy court to allow employees to tap retirement savings in their 401 K.'s to access money immediately as for the current blockade of the Coltrane it's unclear who owns the coal and whether letting it through would help these miners eventually get the money they're owed for now they have no plans to leave the tracks for n.p.r. News I'm Sidney pulls in Cumberland Kentucky. Where this afternoon all things considered several food companies have vowed to stop buying from farmers who cut down trees in places like the Amazon and they're monitoring this from space listen by telling your spark speaker to play n.p.r. Or your member station by name. It's n.p.r. News. I'm not a young and 8 year old with diabetes. Because of a dispute with the school of insulin injections they put him in the hospital secondary that's very ill children he cannot go to school but he is not too ill he's perfectly capable of sitting in class and learning how to schools handle conditions like diabetes next time here and now. Good morning I'm David Greene Frank O'Rourke reacted as anyone would after a shark bite he was surfing by the pier in Jacksonville Beach Florida and a shark bit his elbow leaving teeth marks his friend r.j. Berger told w. J. X.t. That over to the hospital and made the best of a bloody situation he immediately went to a bar because he believes I got there by your computer like I'll buy you drinks so he went to peer shark bites man man shows off It's Morning Edition support for n.p.r. Comes from this station and from c 3 dot a I see 3 dot a I's software enables organizations to use artificial intelligence at enterprise scale solving previously unsolvable business problems learn more at c 3 dot a I from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute believing in the power of scientists to make basic science discoveries the change the world learned more at h h m i dot org And from the sustaining members of this n.p.r. Station. It's Morning Edition from n.p.r. News I'm Steve Inskeep And I'm David Greene when music historians talk about the pillars of American popular music they sometimes neglect half the population women are too often excluded from this conversation n.p.r. Music has been trying to offer some balance through an ongoing series called turning the tables and season 3 begins today in the past 2 years we've looked at the classic album era celebrating artists like Joni Mitchell and Aretha Franklin we have had fun with 21st century icons like Beyonce and favorites like Carly Rae Jepsen But now we're going back we're going back to a beginning that is n.p.r. Music's Ann Powers She's one of the curators of turning the tables and this beginning is when recorded popular music all started when Queens ruled and a group of contributors boiled it down to 8 giants of American music and presumably Bessie Smith they. May know Carter mother of country music. Billie Holiday icon of jazz but God bless that. That's Gavin. Classical diva Marian Anderson. Ella Fitzgerald inventor of vocal jazz. A sometimes overlooked great composer bandleader and mentor in jazz. Sister Rosetta Tharpe who made gospel into rock n roll. And sell you cruise the most popular. Latin musician arguably of all time. Oh yeah. Now at least some of the names you heard there you might recognize you might already think of them as American icons the season of turning the tables will try to prove that's just not enough we know what the Billie Holiday's face looks like we know what her melancholy tone is all about her we think we do but do we really know her story do we remember her technical skill we know Ella Fitzgerald is that warm presence who brought jazz into 1000000 homes via television but do we remember how cutting edge her music was that's what I think we're trying to do in turning the tables we're trying to go deeper than just a shallow memory of what these women are all about with you know the great men of music someone like Louis Armstrong who absolutely deserves every ounce of credit adulation he gets there are dozens of books you know studies documentaries films but these women deserve that kind of saturation in what we're trying to do is go deep on a much wider. Of our great age than they're really enjoying and they deserve at this moment that was amp hours from n.p.r. News if they are rolling out the latest season of turning the tables today. It's Morning Edition from n.p.r. News I'm David Greene and I'm Steve Inskeep. The Federal Reserve have to go into the international trade business Marketplace Morning Report is supported by the Lloyd private delivering tax consulting and advisory services tailored to the needs of growing privately held companies Deloitte dot com slash u.s. Slash private David Brancaccio about 3 hours from now the Fed is set to confirm its cutting interest rates by one quarter of one percent over the 1st time since we emerged from the Great Recession that interest rates fell a smidgen of stimulus like this comes at a funny time of low inflation and near full employment some of this is the Fed trying to counteract slower business investment given the uncertainties of the trade war u.s. Consumers for their part are still out there consuming could America's central bank also get into the management of the trade deficit and holding down the dollar to make it easier for export hers these are some of the questions that swirl around the bill with some bipartisan support to be introduced in the Senate today if anyone asks What's the Fed's Prime Directive the classic answer is there are to keep inflation and unemployment under control but if this new bill bill which the Washington Post got an advance look at goes anywhere there goes anywhere there would be an additional directive David Jay Lynch covers global economics for The Washington Post Good morning good morning the proposal here is for the guardians of interest rates at the Fed to worry about a 3rd thing what should they worry about according to these proponents they want the side to take on a 3rd job of keeping what's called the current account imbalance and the current account is a fancy way of talking about the u.s. Trade balance it's been chronically in deficit and as a consequence of that has been one of the factors keeping the dollar. Then these folks would like to see it they want the dollar lower to make it easier for. American manufacturers to sell their goods on world markets so in a sense I don't know you could consider it a currency manipulation play well that's not how they describe it I'm sure but yeah I think the us trading partners might see it that way the Fed sort of has their hands full so I don't think this is a proposal that would be warmly welcomed by Chairman Powell and his colleagues but it has some bipartisan support you have Tammy Baldwin is a Democrat from Wisconsin and Josh Hawley the Republican from I think Missouri as sort of reflects one of the things we've seen in the Trump era which is that the president trumps policies and attitudes on trade are echoed in the Democratic Party on sort of the Sanders wing and then the Warren wing folks who over time have looked at the way the average worker has suffered under globalization and they're searching around for tools to fight back at that president Trump's chief tool so far has been tariffs making it more expensive for American businesses and consumers to buy things from overseas in hopes of encouraging more production here at home but that hasn't worked and we're at the beginning of this debate certainly not the end of it what's the milestone today they might introduce legislation they intend introduced a bill today and of course that happens as the central be wrapping up its 2 day meeting Washington Post David Jay Lynch got a hold of this new bill thank you very much David any time. 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States having unpaid fines or court fees can render a person in eligible to vote on Election Day This is about people who had once been convicted of a felony but who have served their time this situation affects low income people disproportionately which sounds to many like a discriminatory income test for voting in America Danielle Lang is co-director of voting rights at the nonpartizan advocacy group Campaign Legal Center thank you for joining us thank you very much for having me just about all states prevent people convicted of felonies from voting but many states have a system where you can get back the right to vote after you do your time essentially But what is this in some states there are restrictions based on if you still hold money to the government that's absolutely right so in the vast majority of states 48 states and the District of Columbia you will lose your right to vote for some of the time after you have a path to fiction but also the vast majority of states will give you your right to go back at some point after you have served your time but it turns out that about 30 states could end up refusing you the right to vote on it deny you the right to vote because you still owe outstanding on the fees really it's your path conviction so advocates like yourself see the system as almost like a means test a wealth test for being able to vote in a particular state and we see it as a product a poll tax and they don't archive ocracy you know we got away from poll taxes and hid her right to vote. Our how much money you have in the 1960 but through the phony disenfranchisement of rights restoration we actually have a copper of it that continue to post poll taxes but just on those who are involved in the criminal justice system now we could have a separate discussion about fines are they exorbitant are they applicable do they discriminate but that's not exactly the organ you're making you're saying if there are penalties for not paying fines that's one thing but it shouldn't be you're banned from voting if you are these 5 3rd alarm right of cases even outside the right of a contract that say that states cannot punish people simply because they cannot pay outstanding that these are folks who have afford to pay the state are going to get any benefit by creating an unfair and discriminatory says or people from a ballot box to change this requires state by state efforts do you think you have wider public support I mean these are convicted felons do they have a constituency they absolutely do when the American people are polled on this issue on a bipartisan basis but we the people with conviction serve 2nd chances and they should have the right to vote they pay taxes are part of our community they send their children to our schools and they deserve to have this voice and the rest of our Danielle Lang is co-director of voting rights and redistricting at the Campaign Legal Center thank you very much thank you so much for having me there are 2 states that allow people currently serving time for felony crimes to vote even from prison Maine and Vermont and deal with the Marketplace Morning. 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Russian authorities are turning up the pressure on protesters from a mass rally for free elections it took place in Moscow last weekend from the Russian capital Charles means has details state investigators are carrying out police sweeps under criminal investigation into charges of mass unrest that following the July 27th protest in which baton wielding security forces detained some 1400 people who took to the streets after opposition candidates were banned from upcoming local elections the vote is the later.