The Chauvin Trial, Recent Georgia Voting Laws, and Life after COVID
Heidi, Fr. Daniel, and David look at the effects of a recent Georgia law on voting procedures, discuss the first week of the trial of Derek Chauvin, and imagine what the Church might look like after COVID
SEGMENT 1 - Georgia Voting Laws
SB 202 - text of the law itself
Brian Kemp actions during the 2018 election
The signing ceremony under the picture of the plantation
State Rep. Park Cannon arrested outside signing ceremony
Corporations put pressure on Georgia
Board pressuring CEO of Delta not to speak out
Repeal of tax credits for Delta, Coca-Cola
Bishops speak out on anti-Asian violence
2018 USCCB - Open Wide Our Hearts
SEGMENT 2 - Chauvin Trial
Frank Bruni on the Chauvin trial in the New York Times
The troubling patterns of police violence against persons of color
Calling the police on the police
Firefighters were not allowed to attend to the injuries
Horan NCR column on ‘systemic impunity’
Boston Globe Spotlight reporting
NCR reporting on Catholic sex abuse scandal
Connection of police forces to slave patrols
SEGMENT 3 - Life after COVID
Gallup poll numbers on religion in America
Catholic News Service story on Gallup poll
Polling in 2019 on the Eucharist
GOP 2013 Post-election autopsy in the wake of Romney’s loss to Obama
Column on rhetoric of right wing Christianity causing disaffection
Salon article on church membership in freefall 4/2/21
NCR - Erin Murphy, a lifelong wheelchair user, does not feel welcome in Church - 4/5/20