Social Action Briefing

In a special episode this week, Alexandria Hanna, MSW MPH '22, interviews community organizer, social justice activist, and entrepreneur Willie Jenkins. Willie is the founder of the Zenith Youth Program and Co-Admin of Black Lives Matter of The East End. He also is the Organizer of The Annual Bridgehampton Day. In this episode, Alexandria and Willie discuss policing on Eastern Long Island, Willie's personal encounters, and ways we can assemble to overcome these challenges through collective action and policy reform.

Professor Jessica Mitchell and Craig Milch talk about Justice Alito's leaked draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, Justice Gorsuch and the Insular Cases, another case of Republican voter fraud, corporate greed amidst inflation, California's plan to help its residents cope with rising costs, the unintended effects of Gov. Abbott of Texas busing migrants to DC, and former NY Lt. Gov. Benjamin's ballot status.

This week Professor Jessica Mitchell and Craig Milch discuss reconciliation and loan forgiveness talks, Biden pardons, Florida's election police, positive developments in Texas, the impending hunger cliff, and supervised injection sites.

This week, Professor Jessica Mitchell and Craig Milch provide an update on Mark Meadows' election fraud, rollouts of Biden administration initiatives, the deployment of covid relief funds, Oklahoma's new abortion ban, a radical judicial challenge to executive power, the reform rollbacks in the New York State budget, the resignation of former Lt. Gov. Benjamin, alternatives to policing, and the NYC subway shooting.

This week on the podcast, Professor Jessica Mitchell and Craig Milch discuss the latest case of GOP voter fraud, more SCOTUS shadow docket abuse, Rick Scott's GOP blueprint to ruin America, the Amazon union victory, Texas CPS attack on trans kids and their families, Eric Adams' sweeps of the unhoused, and the delayed NYS budget.

This week on the podcast: Professor Jessica Mitchell and Craig Milch discuss the passing of the Emmitt Till Anti-Lynching Act, the signing of Florida's Don't Say Gay Bill, the continuing assault on trans rights, good voting rights news in Georgia, attempts to stop the filming of cops, and the New York state budget that is due to be passed by 4/1/22.

Professor Jessica Mitchell and Craig Milch are back from Spring Break with America's favorite segment followed by a discussion of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation hearing and other SCOTUS developments, voting rights, the distribution of ARP funds, baby bonds, the fight against library book bans, Governor Hochul's proposed rollback of criminal justice reforms, and the answer to why Louis Dejoy is still Postmaster General.

This week, Professor Jessica Mitchell and Craig Milch discuss a right-wing theory SCOTUS may use to entrench gerrymandering, Congressional legislation passing this week, election crimes by Big Lie perpetrators, anti-gay legislation targeting librarians in Idaho, and a large non-profit on Long Island misappropriating funds and losing its grants.

Professor Jessica Mitchell and Craig Milch discuss Ukraine, Biden's State of the Union, the recent UN climate report, the ongoing assault on civil rights in Texas, Governor Hochul's prison labor proposal, housing on Long Island, and universal school meals in Maine.

After a check-in on GOP lunacy, Professor Jessica Mitchell and Craig Milch discuss the effects of the expiration of the expanded Child Tax Credit, harmful bills set to be voted on in Florida, held-up aid to Black farmers, new national and Virginia polls about racism and education, a successful stand against an anti-CRT bill in Wyoming, and a successful social work initiative in St. Louis. Then, civil rights lawyer Remy Green joins to discuss Gov Abbott's anti-trans guidance letter in Texas.