Sitting comfortably in white princes had the recent Vice President ial debates between former California Attorney general karl kamel heiress and current Vice President my parents were a highlight reel of modern us political discourse a great example of this was seen in how the 2 candidates battled over whose Political Party has created or lost more u. S. Jobs than the other. In our 1st 3 years after we cut to thank you very best regulation unleashed American Energy this administration saw 500008 1000000 jobs created joe biden is responsible for saving americas Auto Industry and you voted against it but in the age of 19 its not just about the creation of jobs here in america its also about keeping workers safe at those jobs and according to a new complaint filed by the largest trade unions in the u. S. The United States government has been woefully and dangerously inadequate in Workplace Safety in this time of covert 19 the Washington Post reports that the Service EmployeesInternational Union in the a. F. L. C. I. A. O. Has filed a complaint with the United NationsInternational Labor organization in geneva charging that the Us Government is violating workers rights in terms not typically associated with well off countries at one point saying the bind they bind many essential workers have been placed in during the pandemic forced to risk infection or lose their jobs and potentially Unemployment Benefits amounts to a system of forced labor the post goes on to note that the some of the complaints harshest accusations were over the trumpet administrations executive orders the clear again history such as meat packing essential compelling them to stay open even amid potential novella coronavirus outbreaks while federal agencies including osha declined to issue an forcible safety regulations so with no help coming from our elected officials at home due to both the democrat republican partys fealty to corporate money power and influence u. S. Labor unions are now forced to look to the United Nations for help. Yes my friends it is come to that which means its time to start watching the hawks. On a city street. That are so lets see this is joyce state see. Grace see this least systemic deception is late show which. Brings up just as. Well who are going to watch 1 it i robot and i will be. Amazed that its incredible that our workers here in the United States have now got to go to International Bodies you know International Organizations in order to try to hope to get some kind of rights back hope to get some kind of Workplace Safety thats that mind blowing and babble and so many ways for the past. Decade plus we have been seen as a nation that continually progressed when it came to workers rights. Just brush writing now that were going to institutions for assistance that we usually argue on behalf of other place the going to go to when they are you know major problems like this the now were finding ourselves in that exact same lurch if theres a lot about our leadership it also says a lot about how demoralizing were actually making every day work for american citizens Richard Trumka the president of the a. F. L. Cio told the Washington Post quote covert has laid bare what we already knew it has demonstrated that not only is the u. S. Violating workers rights but those violations are resulting in people die it became soil rageous that we wanted to file the complaint and when you look at the numbers it is kind of frightening when you see these you know you see them in this report when you lay it out that you see complaints to osha and then 1720 days later you see a spike in krona virus best know thats enough correlation to say people were complaining but you know. Now theyre getting hit because no one stepped up no one stepped up to say what will be Workplace Safety guidelines everything was kind of patchwork at what ever anybody could grab no it absolutely was in the other part is that if you work in a factory or if you work with machinery or if you did any of those types of industry level jobs you were one of the last people to get p. P. Equipping and you know they and their their families everyone is hearing about how 19 is ravaging yet they still have to keep food on the table so theyre still going into work and the devastation is just being quite severe and these organizations have not paid any attention to the to the mandates of the state in many cases nor you know we have a lack of it at the federal level but they have not been attentive to any of the Science Behind kobe 19 either so theyre risking a lot of potential workers when you say leg of the federal its interesting because the 1st thing people think of when they with think about Workplace Safety is oh sure you know the occupation safety and Health Administration their job is to enforce Workplace Safety you know workers can silently and honestly say hey look some of my job sites dangerous can you come in that spot but thats one of the major problems theyre saying is the cause of this is that in the 1935 National Labor relations act commonly referred to as the wegner act that actives like so old it now excludes farmers contractors good workers and other types of more precarious employees from any kind of labor rights labor protection rights here in this country but getting the ocean. Researchers at harvard Boston BostonChildrens Hospital and the masters Purpose Department of public to help from that to date the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has not issued any emergency or prominent standards specific to cope with 19 exposure at the workplace they have not issued any rulings as to how youre supposed to keep your workplace safe thats just the thing even worse as of august 13th 2020 osha has issued only 4 citations related to covert 19 moreover the total number of federal ocean spectrums of any kind during 2020 has been reduced. By 2 thirds compared to the same period in prior years theyre inspecting the last and theyve only found 4 instances in the entire country of the workplace not taken covert seriously in putting their workers in danger absolutely and their initial. 8 conversation about that was that made it want to expose their inspectors to. So youre not going in because you dont want to expose your own people meanwhile you are the organisation that is supposed to provide the check in the balance who are these corporations who are these entities that are doing things that they shouldnt for their employees and i hate to say it but that is directly because of corporate influence on our politicians on the federal level and both parties are guilty of this no one you dont see many people go out say hey we need more inspectors at osha were going to fight for this osha has been gradually chipped away and chipped away and chipped away and now the Trump Administration is come in and kind of put that chipping away on overdrive but journalist i want to point this out journalist david serota writes that ultimately what the g. O. P. Wants theres an entire American Workforce that is legally barred from suing employers financially punished for refusing to return to unsafe work places and unable to call the workplace cops when lives are put in danger thats frightening because that is kind of the corporate idea were allowed up here to do whatever we want you work for us we pay you so you are then obliged to do whatever we say while the g. O. P. Is treating workers like cogs in a wheel they dont see them as human and they are a means of manufacturing so this isnt surprising but it is really frustrating because it also you know it breaks the back the unions as well because the Top Administration in g. O. P. Has consistently tried to strip them of their rights as well so thats typically the last stand for workers who really are are trying to get their voices heard i hope that as we turn this i hope that at some point when this country starts turning we start actually doing things to protect lives remember me a new set of the best back in the spring when they have the big push to get people back to work saying no what this is this is feeding people. To the nightmare that is covert i wish people would step up and try to change this in the future will keep our fingers crossed but as long as corporations have their chokehold in washington i dont think thats going to vary. With every passing day we get closer and closer to november 3rd yes that fateful day when the United States of america chooses a new commander in chief and in between now and then one message is being heard all across the country from maine to send to go from politician to celebrity to social Media Influencer and that message is to get out and vote but in the age of code would gerrymandering and trump several states have already reported voting issues that are creating new concerns. Of our great election day arties Rachel Blevins joins us now with all of the gritty details thank you for coming on rachel so. Lets look at florida floridas always where the big swing states we talk about every election what are the voting issues that were seeing take place in florida well if you look back at 20000 florida was the state of the past as a landmark legislation that would allow some convicted felons to vote now at the time they saw it as something that would help hundreds of thousands of residents who had served their time convicted of very dangerous crimes and were still contributing to society but even though the majority of the state was in favor of it their new republican governor was not and so he launched this mission to really go against it in 2 got those provisions and to add new requirements to it so now in 2020 we have them saying well convicted felons can vote as long as they dont know any fines or fees to the state well that creates a whole new host of problems obviously because you have an incentive to get those people to vote in some ways and where you can even influence their vote and then at the same time you have felons who may not know exactly what the state so they can actually get into even more trouble with the law if they do move forward with voting. And you know on. Other topic that is on the minds of a lot of people across this country because of a lot of the conversation weve heard from President Trump and his acolytes is around malin voting and absentee ballots so what is new on that front how do we prove the fact versus the fiction when weve just been listening a big push without especially at a time when theyre trying to limit in person gatherings or telling people hey voter early send in your bollards do all of that stuff as early as possible but weve heard from voters in states like ohio and new york saying that they requested absentee ballots but then received either the wrong ballots altogether or the wrong form the wrong address that kind of thing now those technicalities are extremely important because when were talking about those ballots were looking at places where in the 2020 primaries alone more than half a 1000000 ballots were rejected and they can be rejected because your signature looked a little off because youre out of the middle initial here on this forum but not on this form it can be any number of things too especially when were looking at an election and wondering if its going to be close what its going to look like every vote counts so those concerns that were hearing now are especially important that theyre getting taken care of getting them out of louis now as we approach election day. But its only a few weeks away but how i think the biggest question is given what youve been saying and what weve all been hearing about you know get out and vote get out and vote vote early do. Those waters early you know how was early voting playing a role in this election you know what words are look like right now well so far they say that around 5600000 votes have been cast in early voting in the 2020 alexion that is far and above what we saw in 2016 and if we look back at 2016 we see an election where voter turnout was at a 20 year low so over the last 4 years youve really seen that message turned up you really seen you know from weatherby celebrities any time you get on facebook or instagram theyre telling you hey pressure to vote get out and vote and were also in a time where a lot of people already know exactly who theyre voting for. Or and they know that ahead of the debates and all of that so theyre much more likely to try to make their voice heard in the hope that everything goes as planned and their ballot is accepted and you think that there are going how do you think this is going to play out on Election Night weve heard that you might not get a someone actually elected in cell weeks or a month later with what you know about whats going on with the ballots and early voting how do you think thats going to affect when america will know who the next president it was certainly is going to have an impact especially because you do have states saying that theyre either going to count those ballots the day after polls close or maybe that theyre even going to wait a few days so especially when it comes to those very important battleground states that are literally looking at every single ballot it is going to play a big role and its also going to play a big role to see how those 2 candidates handle it you know youve got the president saying that hes already wary of all of these ballots hes already concerned about this and so it will be interesting to see exactly how those days play out and how those candidates respond rachel but i do so much for that update on all things voting here in the United States they do you think you are as we go to break remember that you can also store watching the hawks on the mound of the brand new portable t. V. Which is available on all platforms that go check it out coming up were joined by author and pastor daniel hill to discuss the history of the future of christianity and racism United States of america definitely going to be a fascinating conversation so stay tuned to watch in the. It was a very nice or far from president that i could have said no thank you or i could have said thank you and i said ill take it and now its time to introduce my its not bashful mr donald trump thank you susan drew much to the. Name whatever you want to name i mean i dont know how would i come that news thats dishonest tell what i can do that a recorder or e. Network thats totally dishonest c. N. N. Is says you know 100 percent negative i can reverse the change fast changes so fast sometimes i say wow thats going to be a great story id be a pretty good reporter now theres good as you. Will see what happens who knows i always say who knows what well see on the field will be a success and. A dark industry comes to life in los angeles every night. Dozens of women sells their bodies on the streets many of them underage. Los Angeles Police reveal a taste of their daily challenge no if youre going to exploit for a child here in los angeles all they were going to come out of your busy office is going undercover as 6 workers and customers to fight 6 trade. Nuclear power plants have become a battleground in the u. S. In vermont people are demanding the shut down of a local plant from my yankee is right now my focus because its a very dangerous no care power plant the owner is attempting to run the reactor beyond its operational limit this case just sort of puts a magnifying glass on wheres the. Our. Wheres it going is it moving more towards corporate interests or is it more in the idea of traditional markers these are power lie with the people demonstrates that struggle real. Struggle. Racism White Supremacy and a system of government that use race before personhood isnt anything new to america in fact its what this country was founded on from the early explorers who opened land owned by native americans and brutalized them to a country for treatment of blacks and Latino America seems to function on racial bias and exclusion but for black america there is a particularly nasty and pervasive level of abuse domestic terrorism legal discrimination and a limp dick level hurtles institutional racism and White Supremacy supremacy present in the United States slavery reconstruction jim crow the Prison Industrial Complex a subpar Education System lacks Health Care Housing equity you name it and somehow this country has created a nearly impenetrable system of racism is to keep blacks from progressing and in a nation that speaks so heavily of its christian leanings its devotion to biblical principles and touts think often the actions of whites against their black counterparts dont exactly mirror jesuss teachings does the white church deny there is a race problem are these churches complicit why do they they believe her stand on the sidelines. A new book titled white lies 9 ways to expose and resist the racial systems that divide us moves to answer those questions and more. Arthur and pastor daniel hill takes a deep dive into the cultural and historical trails of racism in america he not only defines White Supremacy and gives real world context but also speaks to the ideology that makes it so hard to root out and give steps specifically for the church on the work they have to do in teaching equity standing with black people and making america live up to its ideals hill is a Racial Equity advocate pastor of River City Church a multiethnic congregation chicago and is on a mission to lead Church Leaders the yawn the racism deeply embedded in the White Evangelical Church then hill joins us now to discuss his book that takes all right supremacy through biblical lives welcome daniel. Hey i mean. So you and i go way back were both chicago people i know of your church quite a bit and youre someone who leaves this massive Multicultural Church in what is one of the well it is americas most segregated city chicago you seem promise that are the result of community vestment a bias criminal Justice System the results of redlining how are these things addressed in your church and how does your congregation live out the examples that you set out in your book. You know thats a big question. I think if youve heard the analogy right of. It theres babies being coming down to the stream of a river and you try to help the babies are coming down but at some point you have to go upstream if youre out why the babys right over the water in the 1st place i would say that that describes the full range of a lot of were trying to do as a church is try to support folks who are trying to navigate what you call those a mythic size hurdles and you know trying to walk with folks as they do that but then at the same time were trying to take a deeper look at the foundations at the roots of what has led to these Racial Disparities in the 1st place and to really equipped people to be true tellers that can really uproot the ideology of White Supremacy from everywhere that it lives its interesting you know i i want to ask you this because it comes up a lot especially now the election and all of that and you see a lot of you know evangelical white churches and Church Members or politicians that belong to you know talking about you know their connection with god and jesus and all that but historically speaking you know White Evangelical Churches have not had the greatest of records when it comes to Race Relations in this country you know they upheld slavery they back jim crow. Back agree just someone just sentencing at times and they constantly have ignored the rights of black people throughout up until now in present day you know do you think there is hope for those White Evangelical Churches who have this nasty history. You know upwards of is there hope for them to get better when it comes to racism in this country. Well i agree with you and all those things you said and despite the touch reputation that comes with that word even djoko im one of them im a white image of a pastor and so i see firsthand all that i think there are many of us who grieve deeply that thats both our history and our current reality but you know there are those of us who have seen the kind of profound sin both historically and in present times and are doing our best to name that to repent of and confess of it and meet are people in a different direction so i have to hope that thats the very core of my faith is not a matter of the obvious there you are you can find redemption and so thats my hope for those who are somewhat of a joke a community as well. And daniel in your book you try to when you talk about this this recognition of evil i think that thats a thats a big thing in the Christian Church in general all the evils of the world you have supposed to be fighting against thats your role as a christian but you know Angelical Church has largely not made any noise about societal problems of White Supremacy or recognizing that as an essential evil why do you think its still important right now in this nations at this point in this nations history and what advice would you give Church Leaders who are grappling with how to speak to their congregation on this touchy issue. You know when im with white pastors were doing this work i remind them that we have to take a historical viewpoint of it and the reality is christianity in america is really unique as opposed other places because its part of our origin story of White Supremacy christianity grew up together here in the United States and so this isnt new for White Christians to be turning a blind eye toward whats wrong to see as you did that powerful introduction we had to learn how to look the other way during colonialism and genocide we have to look the other way as slavery became kind of the norm for building our economy and so seeing drained into our system of coming to believe deeply in jesus and somehow learning to look the other way when it comes to black suffering and so i dont think thats a representation of jesus at all i think a clear view. Jesus demands that we tell the truth and deal with this but unfortunately christians have learned how to coexist where they think about personal faith and some are able to turn a blind eye to black suffering is that hard to find that hard and you find that you know pretty rampant in the evangelical or in the white evangelical community where it says where they kind of is that hypocrisy is how rampant is that in your in your ventures in kind of dealing with this. Where i think its rampant you know i think in every circle we are all having to deal with kind of some of the brainwashing that comes with White Supremacy and so i think in White Christian circles particularly i have a joke on more conservative spaces theres been this kind of i would almost call it a propaganda that has treated things like racism and White Supremacy black lives matter so like that they treated it as need labeled as kind of leftist social movements that arent directly relevant to their faith and so once a waitress comes to believe that they just stop thinking about it and so the best of even joke with them is i have grown up and it is that there is this view that god is beautiful and loving and its revealed god self through the bible and through the person of jesus and that when we follow and when you know were most alive when were loving our neighbor and so what im trying to say is like you know you missed it very early on right to love jesus to hate White Supremacy and thats kind of the core message in every white supply minutes that to love jesus to hate White Supremacy and thats a new unfortunates a new idea in a lot of spaces but the good news is a lot of people are hearing that going oh well i do love jews so i guess that means i need to learn to hate White Supremacy as i can solve everything better communicate and starting point if you start thinking like that most stuff we do i want to ask you this too as do organizations like the Southern Baptist convention and other groups have an imperative to change i mean weve already seen the s. P. C. Move to change its name and and release a statement during the George Floyd Protests you know do you feel the church is moving forward or is this more kind of performative walking is just to make sure no one points a finger at them. It will be both you know i think theres were seeing fits and. And so im going to think that nick a lot of it i think is temporary and then we revert back to our bad patterns my word and whites but you know i think we need a Critical Mass of White Christian to even try to change i mean i think we should be active but you know theres a biblical image in the Old Testament sackcloth and ashes where once our community recognized how evil the their day was and how they participate in it they would wear 2nd ashes as a sign of their repentance for participating in the evil and so really what im hoping for i dont know what a Critical Mass to be 20 percent 30 percent 40 percent but i think what is a Critical Mass in the white church just even acknowledge our complicity with this evil and to repent of their complicity i think is going to change the tenor of the conversation and you know the whites from shell still be a monster going today to take on but thats where im really hoping a large percent of the white church will begin is with kind of having their own sackcloth and ashes moment about how profound White Supremacy is how evil it is and how complicit weve been in giving it safe haven. And daniel churches are known to be the most segregated place in america pacifically on sundays but every other day of the week so thank you for you know leading this multicultural charge of yours but also for you know speaking out against one of the societal ills and again from knowing you for a while i know that this isnt something that you just jumped on today you have been about this for years now and i think that your book could have the opportunity to showcase a lot of how the church can actually step forward. And thank you mission is very meaningful and thank you very much for coming on today and talking to our audience about this and i look forward to having you on in the future so that its important to hear this message about you know how to balance their faith you know with Current Issues facing politics and culture today so thank you very much. Thanks im very appreciative of your work thank you. 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