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What Thanksgiving traditions will you be part of this year? How about the tradition of honoring the voices and experiences of Native people, both on Thanksgiving Day and year-round? We’ve got some ideas for how to do that in today’s issue.
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No, we’re not referring to the ever-lengthening holiday shopping season—it’s Open Enrollment time! In most states, you’ve still got more than three weeks in which to get healthcare coverage through the marketplace for 2020; if you live in California, Colorado, DC, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, or Rhode Island, you have even more time.
If you’ve got your healthcare coverage lined up from another source, like your or your spouse’s employer, use this workout to help out your community.
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Rodney Reed is a death row inmate in Texas, currently scheduled to be executed on November 20th. Reed, who is Black, was convicted of murder in 1996 by an all-white jury and has insistent that he is innocent since that time. The victim, Stacey Stites, was engaged at the time of her murder and her fiance later confessed to the crime. Governor Greg Abbott has less than a week to pardon Reed, and every day counts.