This is One for the Road 1776. You can find this and all our past podcasts at:
https://erm76.substack.com/p/the-voting-rights-act-and-usaid-part
The podcast is an introduction to two topics we’ll becovering, more in-depth, at some future date. They’re USAID and the Supreme Court decision regarding the Voting Rights Act.
As an introduction, the recent Supreme Court decision, whichundercut the Voting Rights Act, has possibly handed the Republicans additional Congressional seats through very partisan redistricting. Critics believe it’s a racist decision and will set back civil rights advances that so many havefought for over the years.
USAID was one of the country’s humanitarian programs andreached around the globe. Its yearly budget was .3 to .4 % of the overall US national budget in 2024, and helped save millions of lives. But under Trump, the budget was sliced, and estimates indicate that millions may die from starvation and disease.
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