Podcast: The youngest person ever to be elected to the Louisville City Council calls for reparations for the descendants of slaves. Extended interview.
Jecorey Arthur is the soon to be youngest member ever elected to the City Council of Louisville in the state of Kentucky. He’s also a professor and a musician.
openDemocracy’s editor in chief Mary Fitzgerald spoke with Jecorey for the recent ourVoices documentary episode on the US election.
Listen to their extended conversation below – as well as on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Soundcloud.
Right as the NHS battles 'vaccine hesitancy', why is the government giving a CIA-backed firm – whose spyware has been accused of creating ‘racist’ feedback loops in US policing – a major, long-term role in handling our personal health information, and in England's cherished NHS?
Get the inside story from the journalists and lawyers battling to force transparency from the government on what they're doing with public money – and our health records.
Join us for this free event on 4 March at 5pm UK time/12pm EST.
Hear from:
Cori Crider Lawyer, investigator and co-founder of Foxglove, a non-profit that seeks to make the use of technology fair for everyone
Caroline Molloy Editor ourNHS and openDemocracyUK
Chair: Mary Fitzgerald Editor-in-chief, openDemocracy
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