On today’s BradCast, guest hosted by me, Angie Coiro of In Deep, we start out with a round-up of headlines. Among the fun:
More confirmation of voter disenfranchisement in 21 states, apparently aided by Russian meddling.
From Politico, how Mick “The Knife” Mulvany used Donald Trump’s ignorance of exactly what Social Security is to get him to propose Social Security cuts.
Two more cases of police brutality; one cop already off scot-free, a second apparently a law unto himself.
Then – appropriate to the season – we spend time with Sarah Jaffe, author of Necessary Trouble: Americans in Revolt. She’s got an all-encompassing update on labor issues around the US. Surprise: organized labor is at least as popular as our “president”! The paperback edition of her book is out in November.
Finally, excerpts from an hour long conversation with James Forman, Jr., author of Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America. We touch on black Americans’ influence on the justice system, Charlottesville, the Confederate flag, and of course Trump.
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All hat but no cattle …
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