As the nation grapples with unemployment & state budgets shrink amid #COVID-19, Nevada has a model that policy officials could implement and test to reemploy dislocated workers: It’s helping millions find jobs faster AND saving state money. arnoldventures.org/stories/nevada… #VPDebates
#COVID19 is also exacerbating our nation's retirement crisis in a very different way than the Great Recession: washingtonpost.com/business/2020/… #VPDebate
The case of #BreonnaTaylor is evidence that America’s social contract is in tatters. @sdpjohnson explains our current reckoning: arnoldventures.org/stories/to-our… #VPDebate
The future of criminal justice reform is on the ballot now. California voters could pass the single largest criminal justice reform ever put up for a popular election by voting #YESonProp25
arnoldventures.org/stories/suppor… #VPDebate
Race-based policing is a serious problem police departments must confront. An NYU Public Safety Lab analysis of NYPD misconduct complaints found a racial pattern: Precincts with higher % of Black residents had higher-than-expected number of misconduct complaints. #VPDebate
The data shows race is a key determinant in whether people feel their local police officers are treating them properly and with respect, and it found a small number of officers were responsible for a high number of complaints. #Debates2020
The data can be used to focus on the officers who have the largest numbers of misconduct complaints, and this research should be a lesson for leaders in law enforcement about how misconduct complaints can be reduced. arnoldventures.org/stories/nyu-an… #VPDebate
Important perspective on concrete actions to reform policing from @w_katz1
Watching George Floyd's death unfold he had only one question: Again? arnoldventures.org/stories/how-to… #Debates2020
We heard a mention of veterans and #highered debt. Here's what our veterans are up against as targets of unscrupulous and duplicitous for-profit colleges. arnoldventures.org/stories/vetera… #VPDebate
These vote-by-mail fraud myths have already been debunked. But again, for those in the back:
thehill.com/opinion/campai… #VPDebate
The American people care about drug prices and the unaffordability of health care for families, employers and taxpayers across the U.S. We should be talking about this. #VPDebate
They care about affordable and accountable #highered. We should be talking about this. #VPDebate
They care about the other public health crisis in this country: the #opioidepidemic, which has only been exacerbated with more lives lost amid #COVID19. We should be talking about this. #VPDebate

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