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What appears to be voting rights legislation dead. >> i mean, this is a sad day. we're in the 201 century. we are not in the 19th, 18th century. this is a sad day, a sad time for democracy. and although the african american community certainly shoulders an enormous burden when it comes to voting rights because of the historic import of how we had to fight and people had to die to get those rights, this is an attack, make no mistake, on every single person in this country, particularly the poor, the working poor, and the barely middleclass. an absolute sad day that you have senators that would ...

Hospitality sectors. one outlet recently argued that wages and inflation remain in combat with inflation winning, while rallying labor power might eventually help wages strike back or win this war. this and run a lot deeper than gas prices going up. this is about the wider system that operates in american capitalism to hit the working poor the hardest. and that means many of the same people who have been doing all of that in person essential work, from nursing to food deliveries to stocking the grocery shelves. there can also be real talk of classism in play here. we reported on some of this w...

They're going to have to go back to skipping meals so their kids can eat because they don't qualify for any of that assistance. >> $15 an hour, you're saying? >> no, $15,000 a year. >> a year, sorry. gotcha. >> $15,000 to $20,000 with bachelor's degrees in the state. one of the problems is low wage jobs. when you have low wage jobs and families, i don't understand how anyone can assume you won't need some sort of assistance at some point. but new we have this large pack of people, this large group of people that are considered working poor, and so this is really a relief for them. they're out ...

Manchin they are praying for him as they witness how the democrats are abusing him. so, you know, that's not the way to get somebody on your side, that's for sure. so i appreciate the fact that joe manchin has stood by his pledge not to blow up the senate, eliminate the filibuster. he's concerned about inflation, as am i. and let's face it, the $1.9 trillion covid relief, the partisan covid relief package, we have a trillion dollars left unspent, $700 billion not scheduled to be spent, and that's inflationary. the increase in prices is wiping out whatever wage gains americans are realizing. an...

Well, people in inner city of philadelphia getting shot and killed. >> you can take this city right here, manhattan, five bureaus and look at it and find out the specific groups of people who like to see the police in their neighborhoods. it's not the upper reside. it's parts of the bronx and queens and places like that where people live paycheck to paycheck and a lot of working poor. they want to see cops because they need the safety more than people in the upper east side or on columbus circle. >> bail reform is one issue. it's a legitimate issue. the idea that they're going to define more a...