Common Language of Emotions (with Mehrsa Baradaran)

05/19/20 • 68 min

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This week DeRay, Brittany, Clint, and Sam discuss Ohio's hacker protest, prisoner connectivity apps, Africa's coronavirus response, and the stats on how Black Democratic voters are changing. Then, DeRay sits down with Mehrsa Baradaran to evaluate all of the ethnic groups that were ignored in the first round of stimulus promotion, and what we need to make sure we include in the second round.

Show Notes

Ohio and their efforts to eliminate workers receiving unemployment thwarted by a hacker

Connections with incarcerated parents is easier with a new app developed by a teen

What African nations are teaching everyone about fighting COVID

5 facts about black Democrats

Show Notes

Ohio and their efforts to eliminate workers receiving unemployment thwarted by a hacker

Connections with incarcerated parents is easier with a new app developed by a teen

What African nations are teaching everyone about fighting COVID

5 facts about black Democrats

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Show links

ProPublica - Early Data Shows Black People Are Being Disproportionally Arrested for Social Distancing Violations

CNN - Sioux tribe rejects South Dakota governor request to remove Covid-19 checkpoints

NYT - Georgia Killing Puts Spotlight on a Police Force’s Troubled History

The New Yorker - How Racism Is Shaping the Coronavirus Pandemic

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