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Abolish the Death Penalty

As the Idaho bill to bring back the firing squad is signed into law, Justin discusses how there isn't anything extra morally egregious about the bill compared to lethal injection or other methods used by the state to murder people, and why we need to wholesale get rid of the death penalty.
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What is Crime

Justin reflects on his two years serving as a public defender, how we are taught to think about crime as opposed to its everyday reality. He explores how criminalization is a process done to people to dehumanize and reinforce hierarchies of power, ultimately destroying lives and making us all less safe.
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Labor is the Way Forward

Today organizers with the Amazon Labor Union and Starbucks Workers United met with Joe Biden. And Amazon Labor Union leader Chris Smalls testified to the Senate, sparring with the likes of Lindsey Graham and making the case that workers make it all (corporate America) happen.
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