Vern's Podcast-Survival in Catastrophic Times: Recent Episodes
Vern
We will discuss progressive activist issues relating to politics, criminal justice reform, police reform, voting rights, universal healthcare, and the wealth/income gap
Interview with Janis Mayeda, Berges-Retired veteran administrator of LAUSD and daughter of World War II internment parents.
Interview with Janis Mayeda Berges-Retired veteran administrator of LAUSD, and daughter of World War II internment parents.
Interview with Janis Mayeda Berges-Retired veteran administrator of LAUSD, and daughter of World War II internment parents.
In this episode, we discuss recent exonerations of prisoners after 40-60 years of incarceration, disenfranchisement post-conviction, and the rates national of incarceration for people of color
The question is: Can we afford not to educate prisoners? 75% of whom will return to society?
Black on A Sinking Democratic ShipImagine yourself on a sinking ship. To put the image into focus, think of the Titanic, approaching an iceberg. Now alter your image (only slightly). The sinking ship is named the USS Democrat, or better yet, the USS Biden. Whatever you name your ship, the problem you face is still the same: you are a black adult, you’ve been taught all your life to believe all real blacks vote Democratic, the vessel you’re on is about to sink, and you must survive. Injuries are damn near certain. The deadly waters swirling around the ship are freezing and full of Republicans, sharks, white supremacists, and creatures resembling Donald Trump & the Proud boys. Joe Manchin and Kristen Sinema have high jacked all the lifeboats. The question is: what are you going to do? As the Ghostbusters theme song asks: Who you gonna call?
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