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What's The Strategy? Corporate Activism And Anti-Trans Bills

Corporations have spoken out against the new restrictive voting law in Georgia, but to what end? Sam talks to Slate writer <a href="https://slate.com/author/dahlia-lithwick">Dahlia Lithwick</a> about whether that tactic actually effects change—and whether it's just a performance. Plus, Sam talks to author and historian <a href="https://mobile.twitter.com/gp_jls">Jules Gill-Peterson</a> about the historic flood of anti-trans bills in state legislatures and how these bills echo anti-gay rhetoric of the past. Then, friends of the show <a href="https://twitter.com/theferocity">Saeed Jones</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachStafford">Zach Stafford</a> join Sam to play Who Said That. — Read Dahlia Lithwick's Slate article, "<a href="https://bit.ly/3dQhieT">The Problem with Boycotting Georgia</a>" You can follow us on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/NPRItsBeenAMin">@NPRItsBeenAMin</a> and email us at <a href="mailto:samsanders@npr.org">samsa</a><a href="mailto:samsanders@npr.org">nders@npr.org.</a> Learn more about sponsor message choices: <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a> <a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>

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