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January 30, 2018
Pod Save The People
Can’t Pour From An Empty Cup

In This Episode

DeRay, Brittany, Sam, and Clint talk about Flint’s water crisis, Florida’s potential restoration of voting rights, minimum wage, and the $400M that the Koch brothers are pouring into midterms. Author and commentator Reza Aslan joins DeRay to talk about being Muslim in America, Jesus as a protestor, the link between religion and voting, finding moral courage outside of religious identity, and his new book, God: A Human History.

Show notes:

Berkely La Raza Law Journal: The Violence of Voicelessness: The Impact of Felony Disenfranchisement on Recidivism

CNN: 1.5 million felons in Florida were stripped of their right to vote. That may soon change

NYT: Lead Levels in Flint Water Drop, but Residents Still Can’t Drink It

NowThis News

Harvard: The Racial Ecology of Lead Poisoning 

The Minimum Wage, EITC, and Criminal Recidivism

Time: The Koch Brothers Plan to Spend a Record-Setting $400 Million

 

 

 

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