38th State News Today

Appointed her. but now if were too close to an election to stop racism from happening in our voting booths, then i dont know how to stop it. understand, alabama put forth its racist redistricting map in, on october 25th, 2021, after the 2020 census. they were sued by november 15th, 2021. so they were sued at fast as possible and they lost as fast as possible, but then the supreme court reinstated the race saying they were too close to the election. folks, thats a rap. if were now too close to th...

Lifetime disenfranchisement policy for people convicted of felonies, which falls disproportionately on black communities. there we have it. the impact making it harder for minorities and those who vote democratic to cast their ballots. in keeping with voting laws passed last year, state -- would impact voters of color. they mean black people. the centers latest data shows as clear acceleration in efforts to suppress the vote. quote, legislators in 27 states have introduced 250 bills with restric...

The data is actually very different from one state to another. new york, rhode island, some of the northeastern states are doing fine. alabama, tennessee, northern florida not doing so fine. yesterday we had over 3,000 people die in one day from covid. some of us are feeling uncomfortable that there is this rush to seccumb to public pressure which i totally understand. and of course this politics that is kind of infecting the whole discussion at a time when we really need to focus on the data an...

We went from the 38th state to the 12th state because the things we were putting in place and drop boxes are there. so i think its really important just as was said, to see not just individual bills. not just to talk about photo id and whether or not its easy, but to look at all of this as part of a national, strategic playbook that virginia republicans are not refusing to be a part of. theyre completely bought in on trying this and so its really important that when people talk about whats happe...

Party faces to american democracy. its not even about just supporting the democratic party blindly. walk them through the white nationalist road we are on with this particular party. walk them through the inability for republicans to see any bipartisanship. we are in deadlock when it comes to understanding small d democratic principles. so at a certain point in time, the chrissys and jasons cant articulate enough to people. it has to be white people talking to their republican relatives to expla...

Level. unfortunately those that say they stand for voting rights, we werent seeing people step up in the ways we needed to. so there are some protections that we still have in virginia because of that voting rights act on the state level, but we echo the calls. we are in session right now so we cant get to d.c., but have been calling and just making sure that people understand that even those states, those like virginia that were called progressive last year, were in the same exact place that we...

In effect tomorrow. i believe this has made a huge difference and gives also patrons and businesses the comfort to know that they are safe when they went into these stores during our most vulnerable time. we saw those numbers literally off the charts and now those numbers are coming down and it is time to adapt. >> new york marking a major turning point in the pandemic today. the governor dropping the statewide mandate that required all businesses ask customers to wear a mask indoors or show pro...

Republicans who won in virginia this past december where we saw glenn youngkin win and take back control of the states house delegates. yet now, its the same party taking steps to undo those measures. the brennan center for justice out with the latest tally of those that limit voting access. quote, virginia leads the nation in new proposed prestricted voting legislation in 2022 with 34 pre-filed or introduced bills. 21 of these would repeal provisions of current state law that ensure access to m...

Despite high democratic turnout, youngkin outperformed trump. more votes were cast in last years virginias governors race than any other in history. highest percentage since 93. dr. greer, ill start with you. these high turnout numbers were due to the fact people had access to the ballot. why would the republicans be so dedicated to overturning the very laws that allow them to achieve a victory in a state that had been trending against them for the last 20 years? >> it seems counterintuitive, bu...

Masks in school and which dont. there may be you know, a new surge that happens sometime, i dont know, after spring break or something like that. when you hear from teachers in different states, are there teachers perhaps in states with low rates saying hey, were going to side with certain parties in our state to get rid of these mandates because none of us like wearing them anymore or do you think the teachers have a universal attitude of concern going forward or do you think this is varying st...