Ready for A Night In? Join Tabby and Kate as they continue their conversation on alternative forms of protest. This show ultimately focuses on two subjects: 1. How you can spend your money as a form of protest 2. The moral implications of prison labor. 

00:00 Companies posture, but what do they really stand for? 

06:35 Aurora James and the 15% pledge 

11:15 Prison Labor. There is a lot to unload here. 

12:50 Amendment 13: Slavery is abolished save for a critical caveat. Slavery is legal as punishment for a crime. 

14:00 In 1880 blacks were 13 percent of the U.S. population and 29 percent of the total prison population. In 1923, blacks were 10 percent of the U.S. population and 32 percent of the jail population, and in 1970 blacks were 11 percent of the population and 41 percent of the jail inmates

15:40 Justice System Improvement Act

23:29 Felony Theft Thresholds 

27:25 Elon Musk Fucks Us Up with Some Truth 

29:14 Prison Gerrymandering is incredibly unethical  

32:20 How do you even define what crime is when what is considered a crime today could be considered legal next year? 

Additional Reading: 

Chrome Extensions

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Links for webpages

https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/hcsus5084.pdf

https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2020/06/10/felony-thresholds/

https://www.15percentpledge.org/

https://www.urban.org/sites/default/files/publication/59411/410854-Can-Inmates-Become-an-Integral-Part-of-the-U-S-Workforce-.PDF

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-bozelko-prison-labor-20171020-story.html

https://www.law.com/dailybusinessreview/2020/06/11/state-lawyers-seek-to-fast-track-felons-voting-rights-appeal/

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