Sen. Melissa Murray and Rep. Karen Alzate
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Senator Melissa Murray, D-Woonsocket, represents Senate District 24. Representative Karen Alzate, D-Pawtucket, represents House District 60.
With the expected influx of $1.78 billion in federal aid from the American Rescue Plan, some would say there is no longer a need to raise any taxes. However, the point of our legislation to raise the income tax of the top 1% is not to address the coronavirus recession. That’s the job of the one-time infusion of federal relief dollars.
By contrast, raising the income tax on the top 1% is about Rhode Island’s long-term success addressing challenges that predated the pandemic and that will continue if left unaddressed. The problems include an unbalanced tax code which disproportionately benefits the wealthiest and systematically benefits white Rhode Islanders over Black and Latinx Rhode Islanders. The challenges include finding revenue to pay for the goods and services that make
Yale Teach-In Series Reflects on the Path Forward After the Chauvin Verdict
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Yale Teach-In Series Reflects on the Path Forward After the Chauvin Verdict
A series of three teach-ins involving Law School faculty, staff, alumni, and affiliates examined the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who was convicted in the murder of George Floyd. The series presented an opportunity for the Yale community to reflect and come together in the wake of the verdict.
The teach-ins were held as webinars on April 22 & 23, 2021 for the Yale community and explored the wide-ranging legal and societal implications of the killing of Floyd, the subsequent legal proceedings, and the recent guilty verdicts.
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Professors Eddie Glaude and Melissa Murray join Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss Attorney General Merrick Garland’s investigation into potential patterns of misconduct in the Minneapolis Police Department. Glaude says Derek Chauvin’s guilty verdict only brings us to the “heart of the contradiction,” and Murray says the investigation is an important step, but there are limits to what the federal government can do because “most policing is quintessentially a local activity.”