As we discussed in Episode 105, voters will decide who will become the next president in the upcoming US election by ballot. In addition, voters will also be voting on state-specific issues such as Congress representatives, judges, alcohol and tobacco taxes, voting-age requirements, among many others. One could argue that these state laws affect citizens’ everyday lives even more than federal laws and therefore, their importance cannot be overlooked.
Tune in to today’s episode as we discuss some of the new ballot measures being presented in this year’s upcoming election and how they could possibly shape and change the future of certain states in the US.
Read the full transcript and vocabulary guide here:
https://www.dynamicenglish.cl/coffee-with-gringos-podcast-clases-particulares-de-ingles/episode-107-us-election-by-state
As protests against police brutality and racial injustice continue in cities across the United States, the Black Lives Matter movement has come back into center focus after the senseless killing of black man, George Floyd in Minneapolis. In today’s episode, we discuss white privilege, police-protester tensions, and how after centuries of racial discrimination and senseless killings at the hands of police, Black Lives Matter still seeks justice and equality.
Racism is an issue that negatively affects all regions of the world and has especially shaped the culture of the United States. It has caused racial tensions, deep unfairness, mistreatment and unjust killings of blacks and Latinos for centuries. Given the current events of racial protests happening in the United States around the death of African-American man, George Floyd, in Minneapolis, we thought it would be a good opportunity to give our listeners a better understanding of the roots behind racism in the US.
