This episode includes discussion of the exoneration of civil rights icon Bayard Rustin for his arrest in North Carolina for integrating a bus and his punishment on a chain gang, as well a the practice of convict leasing, and the long history of civil death including the loss of voting rights which dates back to ancient Greece and Rome. Professor Atiba Ellis speaks about Supreme Court cases the exceptions to the 13th Amendment and 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution which allow for felony disenfranchisement for returning citizens to this day especially in Florida despite the adoption of Amendment 4. Mentions Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections, Hunter v. Underwood, Richardson v. Ramirez, Farrakhan v. Gregory, Hayden v. Pataki. Also features the adventures of @ProfCiara's labradoodle. This show is based on the book Corporatocracy published by NYU Press 2024.
