Violence In A Divided America; Previewing Biden's Earth Day Climate Summit

Published: April 19, 2021, 6:56 p.m.

b'The guest host for today\'s show is Brad Bannon. Brad runs Bannon Communications Research, a polling, message development and media firm which helps labor unions, progressive issue groups and Democratic candidates win public affairs and political campaigns. His show, \'Deadline D.C. with Brad Bannon,\' airs every Monday from 3-4pm ET.

Brad is first joined by Atiba Madyun, President/CEO of The Madyun Group, a government relations firm based in Washington, DC, as well as Party Politics US, a data collection firm that not only gathers data from American voters but also engages with young people to educate them on public policy.

Brad and Atiba discuss police violence toward African-Americans, as well as how President Biden has done addressing racial inequality in America during his time in office thus far.

Atiba Madyun is the former Division Director of the National Black Caucus of State Legislators, as well as the author of the novel \'Saving Grace,\' which is available for purchase on Amazon in paperback and Kindle.\\xa0 His website is AtibaMadyun.com and his Twitter handle is @AtibaMadyun.

During the second half of the show, Brad is joined by Bob Deans, Director of Strategic Engagement for the Natural Resources Defense Council, which combines the power of more than three million members and online activists with the expertise of some 700 scientists, lawyers, and policy advocates across the globe to ensure the rights of all people to the air, the water, and the wild.

The two preview President Biden\'s Earth Day Climate Summit, analyze the dangers that climate change poses to our planet and our country, and describe what a great opportunity this is to create the good-paying green jobs of the future right now.

Brad writes a political column every Sunday for \'The Hill.\' He\'s on the National Journal\'s panel of political insiders and is a national political analyst for WGN TV and Radio in Chicago and KNX Radio in Los Angeles.
You can read Brad\'s columns at www.MuckRack.com/Brad-Bannon. His Twitter handle is @BradBannon.

Watch a video broadcast of the show here: https://www.pscp.tv/w/1vOxwEVjpXWGB



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