Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. Democrats begin debate on President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 recovery plan. Canada declares right wing, misogynist group Proud Boys a terrorist group. President Biden’s nominee to lead Environmental Protection Agency pledges ‘urgent’ action on climate change. … Continued


What if the chasm of political difference in U.S. society was all about status?  What IS status? How is it different from race, gender, class, age, wealth—all those other differences? Cecilia Ridgeway explains. Cecilia L. Ridgeway is the Lucie Stern Professor of Social Sciences, Emerita, in the Sociology Department at Stanford University.  Her latest book … Continued


Guest: Ethan Zuckerman is the founder of the Institute for Digital Public Infrastructure at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and associate professor of public policy, information, and communication.  He is cofounder of the international blogging community Global Voices.  His latest book is Mistrust: Why Losing Faith in Institutions Provides the Tools to Transform Them. Front … Continued