UCI political scientist professor Davin Phoenix returns to take up voting right themes amidst some distressing drumbeats of voter intimidation, as the country’s general election this fall draws nearer and the racial divide opens wider.  The next classes that he will be teaching will be during the upcoming winter quarter.  Presumably he’ll offer some looks into the American political petri dish.

Over the second portion of the show, we check back with Kennedy Commission project manager Linda Tang on an update of the disappearing act of affordable housing stock in Costa Mesa; today a motel room, tomorrow a deluxe rental unit. More information is available at: http://www.kennedycommission.org/ or lindat@kennedycommission.org.