Homeland Security extended the real ID deadline this week, and one listener asked why this kind of identification is even a thing. Molly and Kai discuss. Plus: Will companies start requiring their employees to get vaccinations? And explainers about the financial press’ interest in company earnings and what the “Overton window” has to do with reparations.

What we talked about today:

• The latest pandemic fault line: bills to ban employers from requiring vaccination from Marketplace
• California’s massive UC and Cal State systems plan to require COVID-19 vaccinations this fall, from The Los Angeles Times
• The Real ID Act Raises Privacy issues, from NPR
• How an Obscure Conservative Theory Became the Trump Era’s Go-to Nerd Phrase from Politico