Baby, You’re A Firework

<p>Turns out the anti-police brutality protesters haven’t <a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/peteraldhous/black-lives-matter-protests-coronavirus-no-surges">caused the coronavirus surges </a>that some people were worried about. <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-protests-for-racial-justice/2020/06/23/882473020/what-is-no-longer-in-a-name-rhode-island-official-docs-shed-racially-loaded-moni">Rhode Island</a> is dropping the word “Plantations” from its official name — oh, by the way, Rhode Island had the word “Plantations” in its official name. And there’s been an explosion of complaints about <a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/carolinehaskins1/nypd-fireworks-task-force-sting-operations">fireworks</a> in cities across the country. We talked with BuzzFeed News reporter <a href="https://twitter.com/carolineha_">Caroline Haskins</a> about what the hell is going on with that. </p><p> </p> Learn more about your ad-choices at <a href="https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com">https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com</a><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>