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Amid clemency calls, Biden issues record pardons and commutations

Amid clemency calls, Biden issues record pardons and commutations

Reckon — Since President Joe Biden touched off maelstrom by pardoning his son, Hunter, an ever growing chorus of prison-reform advocates and abolitionists are calling on Biden to extend clemency to more people.

Mass deporting migrant farm workers would shock the economy

Mass deporting migrant farm workers would shock the economy

Reckon — Of all the campaign promises Trump made, his desire to carry out mass deportations of migrants living in the U.S. has captured most of the attention. It could send shockwaves through the economy.

Despite Trump McDonald's stunt, the real face of fast food workers is female, low-wage and nonwhi...

Despite Trump McDonald's stunt, the real face of fast food workers is female, low-wage and nonwhi...

Reckon — The majority of America's fast-food workforce is female, people of color (including many immigrants) and low-wage earners scraping by to feed their families.

In Pennsylvania and other battlegrounds, an army of poll chaplains is mobilizing

In Pennsylvania and other battlegrounds, an army of poll chaplains is mobilizing

Reckon — Understanding the importance and possibility of tension, especially in battleground and swing states like Pennsylvania, Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin and more, Faiths United to Save Democracy, "a nonpartisan, multi-racial, multi-faith, and multi-generation" organization is mobilizing poll chaplains ahead of Nov. 5.

Kamala's plan for Black men and the myth of the monolith

Kamala's plan for Black men and the myth of the monolith

Reckon — New from the Harris/Walz campaign, the nine-page document outlines how a Harris Administration would provide one million forgivable loans to small business owners, create mentorship programs, promote Black men's health and more.

Missouri governor, high court refuse to halt Marcellus Williams' execution amid growing calls for...

Missouri governor, high court refuse to halt Marcellus Williams' execution amid growing calls for...

Reckon — Williams was sentenced to death for the 1998 murder of a woman near St. Louis, but is now expected to receive a life sentence for first-degree murder after a hearing in St. Louis County

🏠 Nothing going on but the rent

🏠 Nothing going on but the rent

Reckon — Seventy four years ago today, July 9, Gwen Guthrie was born in Newark, New Jersey. You might not know Guthrie by name but she would later become a songwriter for some of the best known R&B and soul artists of the 1970s. In 1986, she released what would become the biggest hit of her solo career.