Edition #1102 Today we look at the ways we are all adversely effected by the racist structures of our society and examine the ways liberals helped build these systems and continue to fail to serve the needs of people of color Be part of the show! Leave a message at 202-999-3991 Show Notes Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill Ch. 2: Act 1: Dr. Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor on how we're all suffering from racism and capitalism - @Making_Contact - Air Date 1-23-17 Ch. 3: Song 1: ​Doing The Best That We Can - Kids At Risk Ch. 4: Act 2: How liberals built Prison America - @theLFshow w/ @GRITlaura Flanders - Air Date 12-15-15 Ch. 5: Song 2: ​I Can't Breathe - Garner Family Ch. 6: Act 3: Donna Murch on For-Profit Punishment and Criminal-Justice Debt - CounterSpin (@FAIRmediawatch) - Air Date 8-12-16 Ch. 7: Song 3: ​At The Seams - Kimya Dawson Ch. 8: Act 4: Support Mama’s Bail Out Day This Mother’s Day via @NationalBailOut #FreeBlackMamas #EndMoneyBail - Best of the Left Activism  Ch. 9: Song 4: ​Activism - Shihan Ch. 10: Act 5: How the Democratic party is failing their most loyal constituency - @thisishellradio - Air Date 4-17-17 Voicemails Ch. 11: Cowspiracy Vs Science Podcast - Alan from Connecticut Ch. 12: Punishing abortion providers punishes women by proxy - Catherine from Bloomington, IL Ch. 13: Competing liberal values re: free speech - Trent from Salt Lake City, Utah Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics Ch. 14: Final comments on fossil fuels used in industrial agriculture and putting the rosiest lens on the harm anti-choice legislation would do to women Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone Activism: TAKE ACTION  Support Mama's Bail Out Day this Mother's Day via @NationalBailOut  Engage online with the hashtags #FreeBlackMamas and #EndMoneyBail EDUCATE YOURSELF Locked Up for Being Poor (New York Times) Federal judge: Harris Co. bail system unfair to poor, low-level defendants (Houston Chronicle) Black Is the New Black: Number of African-American Women in Prison Is Rising (BET, 2014) Incarcerated Women and Girls (The Sentencing Project) Written by BOTL Communications Director, Amanda Hoffman Produced by Jay! Tomlinson Thanks for listening! Visit us at BestOfTheLeft.com Check out the BotL iOS/Android App in the App Stores! Follow at Twitter.com/BestOfTheLeft Like at Facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Review the show on iTunes and Stitcher!