Highlands Bunker

Former senate candidate Jess Scarane joins Rob, Tye, and Karl in the virtual bunker to talk about Delaware's minimum wage bill and the local effort to keep wages down and kick people off of unemployment.Show Notes:Karl's minimum wage explainerSpeaker Pete on the minimum wageMake calls for the minimum wageKnock doors for the minimum wageOur reading series this week

Freelance journalist Karl Baker joins Rob in the virtual bunker to talk about his post-News Journal ventures, his recent articles about the new problems that Wilmington is facing, and the what that means about the broader model of economic change that we operate under.Show Notes:Wilmington at a crossroadsPort of Wilmington faces headwinds

Delaware CARES executive director Liz Richards and former family court judge Chandlee Kuhn joins Rob and Tye in the virtual bunker to talk about SB1, the new legislation which will bring Paid Family Leave to Delaware.Show Notes:Delaware CARES websiteThe actual legislationHow to take action on Paid Family LeaveMore coverage on the billCanvass / phonebank for the minimum wage bill

Author and historian David T. Dixon joins Rob in the virtual bunker to talk about the life and times of August Willich, the German revolutionary and communist who later became a Union general in the American Civil War.Show Notes:More about Radical Warrior

Welcome to the Delaware Justice Team, a collaboration between Highlands Bunker, the Delaware ACLU, and the Delaware Call to talk about the work that is being doing around various civil liberties issues.Today, Haneef Salaam and John Reynolds join Rob and Tye in the virtual bunker to talk about police accountability, clean slate initiatives, and what the results of the Chauvin trial mean for Delaware.Show Notes:Delaware Police Accountability NowClean Slate DelawareWe Still Can't Breathe March Against Police BrutalitySupport the Delaware ACLUSupport the Delaware Call

Law Enforcement Accountability Taskforce Subcommittee member Crystal Womack joins Rob in the virtual bunker to talk about the letter of no confidence that many members signed, and how it relates to Delaware's broader deference to law enforcement and endless taskforces.Show Notes:Article from introMore information about the letterCampaign for Fair Policing

Delaware native and cannabis industry worker David Gobris joins Rob in the virtual bunker to preview the new legal weed bill in Delaware and what the experience of legalization in Colorado can teach us about what works and what doesn't work at promoting equity.Show Notes:HB150 in DelawareArticle that David mentionedMore on Delaware cannabis LLCs

Delaware United activist Dustyn Thompson joins Rob in the virtual bunker to give an update on what Delaware's state legislature has been working on for the past three months from minimum wage to legal weed to gun bills. Plus, what hasn't happened, and what needs to happen going forward.Show Notes:Delaware United updatesMore on the tax bracket voteThe taskforce letter

PDD President and Elsmere resident Jordyn Pusey joins Rob in the virtual bunker to talk about the trials and tribulations of local party politics. Then, we delve deep into the Delaware Way mind of Elsmere native Robert Lee Byrd and his memoir, Byrd of Legislative Hall.Show Notes:Nevada Democratic Party articleMore on the RD13 debacleByrd of Legislative Hall

A discussion on the killing of Lymond Moses, recorded after the video was released.Show Notes:The released video of the shooting