Civic Cipher

Tony West is an attorney, former government official, and the Senior Vice President and chief legal officer of Uber. Before Uber, he was Associate Attorney General of the United States under President Obama and general counsel of PepsiCo. He previously served as the Assistant Attorney General of the Civil Division, the largest litigating division in the Department of Justice...oh and he's also the VP's brother-in-law!

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Yannick Gill is a human rights lawyer based in Washington, D.C. Yannick worked in Congress with 2 progressive members of the House of Representatives. He served as Legislative Director to Representative Summer Lee from the 12th District of Pennsylvania, the first Black woman to represent Pennsylvania and as Legislative Counsel to Representative Madeleine Dean, former impeachment manager from the 4th District of Pennsylvania. Prior to this, he lived, researched, and promoted human
rights issues across Latin America and the Caribbean with the Organization of American States, The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and the United States Agency for International Development. Yannick’s work, which focuses on the intersection of migration, race, democracy, and law, has been presented before the American Society for International Law and the International Association for the Study of Forced Migration.

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We got a chance to sit with the woman who served as the 22nd director of the United States Domestic Policy Council from 2021 to 2023, as the 27th U.S. ambassador to the United Nations from 2009 to 2013, and as the 23rd U.S. national security advisor from 2013 to 2017. Ambassador Susan Rice--having worked under three former presidents--offers a breakdown of the two potential administrations and gives us some insight into what we can expect.

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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett sat down with us to discuss what our future would look like under the presidency of Kamala Harris. We discuss her economic policy, her accomplishments, what she is doing to win votes from Black males, and we discuss the Clapback Queen, herself!

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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett sat down with us to discuss what our future would look like under the presidency of Kamala Harris. We discuss her economic policy, her accomplishments, what she is doing to win votes from Black males, and we discuss the Clapback Queen, herself!

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Eric Holder joins us for a conversation on the election that covers early voting, the importance of swing states in this election, and Kamala Harris' opportunity agenda for Black men. 

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A Black man, who is deaf and has cerebral palsy is facing felony aggravated assault and resisting arrest charges after he was repeatedly punched and tasered by a pair of Phoenix police officers. Join us as we discuss one of the most violent and racist police departments in the country.

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In part 1 of our show, the mayor of Tempe, AZ stopped by to discuss what a Harris-Walz presidency would look like, the impacts on life in Black America, and the importance of voting down-ballot!

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In part 2 of this special episode, the mayor of Tempe, AZ stopped by to discuss what a Harris-Walz presidency would look like, the impacts on life in Black America, and the importance of voting down-ballot!

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The first part of today’s show covers a few recent stories that call into question whether or not Black people’s rights are respected by law enforcement in this country. We have a dialogue about where respect ends and abuse of power begins insofar as Black people are concerned.

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