Social Action Briefing

It's Infrastructure Week on Social Action Briefing! Jessica Mitchell and Craig Milch discuss the recently passed BIF, its components, and the weird backlash the 13 House Republicans who voted "Yes" on it are getting. They also discuss developments in the counting of Election Day 2021's results, the national political climate, Robert Moses, and Hatch Act violations/subpoenas for members of the previous administration.

On this week’s Social Action Briefing, hosts MSW student Craig Milch and Professor Jessica Mitchell are joined by MSW/MPH student Alexandria Hanna to review the results from the November 2nd general election: the good, the bad, and the ugly. They also discuss the effort by right-wing activists and fossil fuel lobbyists to undermine the EPA and all other regulatory agencies via the Supreme Court. Later on, Craig is joined by New York Social Action interns Sam White and Sarah Smith, who discuss the importance of social workers paying attention to political and policy developments on the local, state, and federal levels. Sarah and Sam also address the current challenges to abortion rights in the Supreme Court, including oral arguments made on Monday in the case challenging the Texas abortion law, SB8, which aims to ban all abortions.

On this week's Social Action Briefing, hosts SSW student Craig Milch, and Professor Jessica Mitchell provide an update on Biden’s Build Back Better plan. Free community college, favored by many young adults and millennials, and paid family leave have been dropped from the bill and student debt forgiveness. The United States will be the only country not providing paid leave, aside from Papua Guinea which has only recently become industrialized. Numerous secretaries of state are also receiving death threats, with not enough resources to provide adequate protection to our elected officials. Former President Donald Trump evading accountability for the January 6th riots, or as others have called it “demonstrations” and the Facebook Papers, provided insight into how the company consciously chooses engagement over preventing the spread of misinformation.

Alexandria Hanna joins Craig Milch and Professor Jessica Mitchell for an update on the status of the Biden Agenda negotiations, the Freedom to Vote Act, Andrew Yang's new Forward Party, police social work, and more.

Alexandria Hanna joins Craig Milch and Professor Jessica Mitchell for an update on the latest developments in Congress, a surprisingly good development with the USPS, the Supreme Court, the Pandora Papers, and recent student loan forgiveness improvements.

Alexandra Saint Laurent joins Craig Milch and Professor Jessica Mitchell for an update on the fight for the passage of the Biden agenda, current various American crises - debt ceiling, student loan, and Constitutional, licensing in social work, and our overtures to Pepperidge Farm for podcast sponsorship.

Alexandra Saint Laurent joins Craig Milch and Professor Jessica Mitchell to talk about the latest developments in the attempt to pass the Biden agenda, the looming (absurd and completely avoidable) debt ceiling crisis, new DOJ initiatives, and the latest human rights abuses at the southern border. They also engage in a discussion about leadership and social change.

Craig Milch and Professor Jessica Mitchell introduce themselves and the podcast followed by a discussion of two major pieces of federal legislation that have the potential to transform society and save American democracy.