This episode of the NPR Up First podcast covers a range of topics, including Vice President Kamala Harris's speech at the Essence Festival, the ongoing contract negotiations between Hollywood actors and major studios and streamers, the Writers Guild of America's strike, and the concerns of union workers who lose workdays. The episode also explores the funeral of Nahal M., a young man killed by police in France, and the comparisons being drawn between his death and that of George Floyd in the US.
