Week in Review 9/12/20 Let's Be Better

Welcome to Let’s Be Better! A podcast where we have the hard conversations about politics, minority communities, and our world at large. In today's Week in Review I discuss fires on the west coast, the Woodward tapes & the death of Daniel Prude. Later, I answer this week’s question: Why does the United States have a two-party system? Thanks for being here :-) 

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Sources for this episode:
This Week in Review
Fires on the West Coast
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/09/the-west-coast-wildfire-season-is-getting-worse.html#:~:text=Amid%20unprecedented%20weather%20conditions%20linked,of%20one%20fire%20in%20California%2C
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/10/us/wildfires-live-updates.html
https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/09/08/california-fires-five-reasons-why-this-year-is-so-bad/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesellsmoor/2019/02/24/under-trumps-tariffs-the-us-lost-20000-solar-energy-jobs/#6c90036b76ba 
https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/green/reports/2020/06/25/486852/trump-administration-stifling-renewable-energy-public-lands-waters/
https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/green/news/2020/04/15/483219/impact-coronavirus-renewable-energy-industry/
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/434989-trump-mocks-wind-power-when-the-wind-doesnt-blow-just-turn-off-the
https://youtu.be/Q0s5Zqmb09g 
https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/interior-announces-region-wide-oil-and-gas-lease-sale-gulf-mexico-2

Woodward Tapes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmLswjprmD4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPoFf78XHQo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-4FDaQg4sE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_wIIF3yb58
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=541Cg2Jnb8s
https://youtu.be/qbjR0-vGOYQ 

Daniel Prude
https://abcnews.go.com/US/rochester-police-chief-entire-command-staff-retire-suddenly/story?id=72884253 
https://www.npr.org/2020/09/04/909563978/rochester-officers-suspended-over-death-of-daniel-pride
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/09/03/rochester-police-video-daniel-prude/
https://abcnews.go.com/US/rochester-police-chief-entire-command-staff-retire-suddenly/story?id=72884253 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/9/3/21419836/daniel-prude-police-death-video-family (via AP)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/09/03/daniel-prude-death-black-man-died-police-asphyxiation/5700827002/
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/daniel-prude-7-rochester-police-officers-suspended-after-black-man-died-of-suffocation/ar-BB18EIRJ?li=BBnb7Kz (via CNN)
https://www.bustle.com/life/how-to-help-daniel-prude-family-justice 
Gofundme for Daniel Prude’s family: https://www.gofundme.com/f/justice-for-daniel-prude 
Color of Change petition: https://act.colorofchange.org/sign/Justice_For_Daniel_Prude/ 
Mobile Response Team for Pensacola (850-469-3554) https://elakeviewcenter.org/BehavioralHealth/SpecialtyServices/mobile-response-team 
National suicide prevention lifeline (1-800-273-8255): https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/ 

Question of the Week: Why does the United States have a two-party system? 
https://www.historyhit.com/the-origins-of-the-united-states-two-party-system/ 
https://www.britannica.com/topic/two-party-system 
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_system 
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duverger%27s_law 
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-party_system 
https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095737871 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpBRGXK-QNs 

*Note: I only use wikipedia for general outlines of things. I will never use wikipedia for statistics or other important details. 



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