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Congress has procrastinated on its projects, and this week it faces frenetic deadlines. A new budget for the federal government was supposed to be approved to start October 1, but Congress pushed that deadline to this Friday, December 22. If a new budget isn’t approved by then, there will be a(nother) federal government shutdown.
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Over 6 million American citizens are unable to vote for one reason: they have been convicted of a felony. Regardless of time served or the nature of the crime, they are disenfranchised. A disproportionate number of them are people of color. Due to historical and ongoing inequities of justice, felony disenfranchisement hits communities of color (especially black communities) the hardest. How can we regain voting access for millions of Americans?
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We’re back to talk more about fascism. Last edition, we grounded ourselves in history and reminded ourselves that this is a violent, genocidal ideology that’s plunged the world into chaos more than once and cannot be allowed to again. How do we stand up against this creeping contagion? Let’s get started.