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Recommentunde - 1 Apr 2021

The Trial

#CONAN: Baratunde Thurston Full Interview - CONAN on TBS

OMFG I WAS ON CONAN THIS WEEK! We talked mostly about How To Citizen. Click above for the full length video. Homeboy had us talking for almost 30 minutes!

WHAT’S UP WITH ME

Season 2 of How To Citizen with Baratunde is fully out of the starting block. We dropped episode two this week, featuring Heather McGhee, author of The Sum of Us. We’re getting deeper into the case for making a better economy that allows us to be better citizens, and Heather set the record straight on the history of exclusion in our economy.

I was on The Bakari Sellers podcast, and I can’t believe it took this long for us to finally meet. This is one very sharp dude!

Brooklyn Public Library Virtual Gala!
Tuesday April 20th, 2021 7pm ET
I’m a superfan of public libraries. So much that I still serve on the Board of Trustees of the Brooklyn Public Library and I’m hosting this year’s virtual gala which will be dope! We’re honoring Tonya Lewis Lee and Spike Lee. Get your tickets.

A BRIEF STATEMENT

Have a great weekend. That’s it!

LINKS I’VE CLICKED FOR YOU

‘Another family losing their home’: SF transplants are displacing Tahoe locals

I can’t wait for you to hear the episode of How To Citizen where we discuss community land ownership. Until then, check this article.

The short ‘Home’ tackles Asian American identity, racism - Los Angeles Times

A creative project and insightful interpretation of the idea of “consent.”

Inside the Koch-Backed Effort to Block the Largest Election-Reform Bill in Half a Century | The New Yorker

The money. Those running Republican efforts to disenfranchise voters are willing to throw their own people under the bus. That’s always been the case with white supremacy.

U.S. must confront Covid spike, noted epidemiologist warns - POLITICO

Please stay vigilant. Dr. Osterholm has been my clearest and most accurate source of virus-related information for the past 13 months. Listen to him now.