This week, the country mourns again another man shot and killed by police. It doesn’t help that our political leaders refuse to do anything about it. Nomiki Konst opens today’s show by addressing the recent murder of Daunte Wright, and asks, “What is it going to take?” Then, Davarian Baldwin explains how the problem of policing does not stop with municipal law enforcement, but also extends to college campuses. He teaches us about how universities have become big businesses with armed police forces. Later, Alex Kotch and Jordan Zakarin join to discuss voter suppression efforts, John Boehner cashing in on weed, and how the Republican response (or lack thereof) to Matt Gaetz reveals the ugliness within the party.

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Davarian L. Baldwin is a leading urbanist, historian, and cultural critic. The Paul E. Raether Distinguished Professor of American Studies and founding director of the Smart Cities Lab at Trinity College, Baldwin is the author of Chicago’s New Negroes: Modernity, the Great Migration, and Black Urban Life (UNC, 2007) and co-editor, with Minkah Makalani, of the essay collection Escape From New York! The New Negro Renaissance beyond Harlem (Minnesota, 2013). He has received grants and fellowships from Harvard University, the University of Virginia, the University of Notre Dame, and the Logan Nonfiction Writing Fellowship from the Carey Institute for the Global Good. https://www.boldtypebooks.com/titles/davarian-l-baldwin/in-the-shadow-of-the-ivory-tower/9781568588919/

Alex Kotch is an investigative reporter with Exposed by CMD (The Center for Media and Democracy). He is starting a new nonprofit news app called OptOut. He is the co-host of the Gilded Age podcast, and a member of the Freelance Solidarity Project. Twitter: @alexkotch Links: ALEC Members Lead Voter Suppression Efforts in 2020 Battleground States: https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2021/04/13/alec-members-lead-voter-suppression-efforts-in-2020-battleground-states/

Jordan Zakarin is a reporter and editor who runs ProgressivesEverywhere.org, a political newsletter that has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for progressive candidates and causes. Twitter: @JordanZakarin Instagram: @jordan_the_brand Links: http://www.progressiveseverywhere.substack.com

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