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:
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
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
