Totally Biased: Kamau Talks to Laverne Cox

“Tonight, Kamau is joined by “Orange is the New Black” star Laverne Cox to discuss her inspiring work as an actress and activist. Laverne also gives tips to fans who approach her on the streets, and discovers a few things she and Kamau have in common.”

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

#TransgenderRights

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Totally Biased: Kamau Speaks with Tim Wise (Extended Interview)

“Tonight on Totally Biased, Kamau has a poignant conversation about privilege with prominent anti-racist writer and educator, Tim Wise. Tim has advice for anyone who wants to know what it’s like to be a black person: try talking to a black person.”
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TO FAST FOOD CEOS: YOUR WORKERS SHOULDN’T NEED FOOD STAMPS (petition)

  I know I’ve posted quite a few petitions about fast food workers and the minimum wage. I do so because I think it’s so important that people who work hard get treated with respect and dignit…

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

If companies do not pay their workers fairly, then us, the tax payers, will make up the difference in their salary by subsidizing the cost of their grocery bill with food stamps and the cost of their health care bill with — subsidized health care payments.

 

It seems like a popular business model in the U.S. is to pay your emplyees so low that the government picks up part of the cost of taking care of the emloyee’s basic needs.

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Family In Protest

Explore Think Mexican’s photos on Flickr. Think Mexican has uploaded 49 photos to Flickr.

 

Community Village‘s insight:

Does it make a difference in the immigration debate if we view those of Mexican heritage as Native American?

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Tavis Smiley on the 50th anniversary celebration of the March on Washington: “It was a great day… but…”

On the heels of Wednesday’s celebration of the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, “Piers Morgan Live” invited Tavis Smiley to offer his perspective on today’s ceremony as well as Dr. Martin Luther King’s famous “I have a dream” speech.

 

Community Village‘s insight:

I agree with Mr. Smiley. One of my pet peeves is hearing politicians talk about helping the middle class, while as the same time, not mentioning the poor and working class – as if they don’t matter or don’t exist.

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