This week we discuss the repeal of mask mandates for airline travel and other public transit. And, I recently spoke with Reed DeAngelis, doctoral student at the University of North Carolina and the Carolina Population Center, about his recent paper titled “Moving on Up? Neighborhood Status and Racism-Related Distress among Black Americans.” The paper is to be published in Social Forces, and is sole-authored.

Segment 1 -- Reed DeAngelis on “Moving on Up? Neighborhood Status and Racism-Related Distress among Black Americans.”

Segment 2 -- Mask mandate repeal despite broad scientific and public support