Friday on Political Rewind: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been the gold standard of global public health organizations for many decades. But recent efforts to marginalize and undermine such trusted public health agencies — including the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) — are complicating the COVID-19 response.

How does this affect Americans' perceptions and the country's ability to combat coronavirus, particularly when a vaccine does become available? We discuss the politicization of a pandemic.

Wednesday on Political Rewind, we take another look at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll on the top races in Georgia. We zero in on the Senate seats at stake and unpack the political messaging at play. In today’s divisive environment, how does tone — and even humor — affect a candidate’s message?

A new political advertisement by Sen. Kelly Loeffler describes her as being "more conservative than Attila the Hun." The advertisement then cuts to a reenactment of the despot instructing his assistant to "fight China," "attack big government," and "eliminate the liberal scribes."

GPB political reporter Stephen Fowler talks with Morning Edition host Leah Fleming about his new podcast called “Battleground: Ballot Box," which explores how your vote is counted.

On this episode of Battleground: Ballot Box, we hear from the Secretary of State, a county elections supervisor, a poll worker and a voter to understand the challenges that loom over a successful November election, and what steps are being done to address them.

The push includes several spots targeted at Black voters, a crucial demographic in Georgia as Democrats hope to flip the state in November.

Wednesday on Political Rewind, the latest pandemic and election 2020 news in Georgia.

The Trump campaign is running new television spots in the Peach State but the focus is on the economy, and not the law and order message the President has pushed in recent weeks.

And can the CDC continue to do their work well despite the distractions of politics?

Absentee ballots that are postmarked by Election Day Tuesday, Nov. 3 must be received by 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6 in otder to be counted, a judge ruled Monday.

The pastor, one of 21 candidates running in a special election, touts support for "the people whom government has forgotten" in a new television spot.

As concerns mount over an increase in absentee-by-mail voting, a lawsuit seeks to change the deadline for Georgians to return their ballot.

Thursday on Political Rewind, a momentous decision put California Senator Kamala Harris on the Democratic presidential ticket. She will be the first women of color to run on a major party’s bid for the office. How will the decision play out in Georgia? The Peach State is now considered an important battleground in the run up to November’s election.

Georgians  - mostly in metro Atlanta - waited hours to vote in the primary election. 

Fewer poll workers and those who reportedly had trouble operating the state's new voting machines were among the causes. 

In response, the Metro Atlanta Chamber is recruiting tech-savvy poll workers ahead of the November general election.

While the late Rep. John Lewis is not someone whose shoes are easy to fill, state law requires the Democratic Party of Georgia to replace him on the November ballot.

The party's executive committee voted Monday to select party chairwoman Nikema Williams, a state senator whose Atlanta district partially includes the 5th Congressional district that Lewis represented for more than three decades in the U.S. House. 

GPB political reporter Stephen Fowler joined All Things Considered host Rickey Bevington to explain the speedy process.

With an Atlanta-area UPS hub as the backdrop, President Donald Trump rolled out his infrastructure plan to improve roads, bridges, tunnels and highways on Wednesday. 

Today on Political Rewind, discussion on the reforms mandated by the state for senior care homes following a year-long investigation into the industry...