When and where did the practice of forcing incarcerated people to work without wages begin? Robin Bernstein reveals that prison-based slavery in the U.S. originated not in the South but in Auburn, New York. The Auburn System, under which incarcerated workers were prohibited from talking and were put in solitary confinement each night, spread across … Continued
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Daniel Schlozman is associate professor of political science at Johns Hopkins University. He is the author of When Movements Anchor Parties: Electoral Alignments in American History; and coauthor of The Hollow Parties: The Many Pasts and Disordered Present of American Party Politics. Sam Rosenfeld is associate professor of political science at Colgate University. He is the author of The Polarizers: Postwar … Continued
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Starting in the 1970s, small groups of feminist activists met regularly to study anatomy, practice pelvic exams on each other, and learn how to safely perform a procedure known as menstrual extraction, which can end a pregnancy, using equipment easily bought and assembled at home. This “self-help” movement grew into a robust national and international … Continued
0:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus. 0:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health.
On today’s show: Mass Israeli Protests, as 6 More Hostages Killed, But Netanyahu Refuses Ceasefire Terms, and U.S. Sends Arms 10,000 Hotel Workers Strike at Marriott, Hyatt, and Hilton for Raises, Fair Workloads and Respect The New Yorker Publishes 2005 Haditha, Iraq Massacre Photos that Marines “Didn’t Want the World to See”
Will the Harris/Walz Pro-Labor Stance Help Get Them Elected?
America’s Growing Economic Inequality
The Democrats Will Need Both a House and Senate Majority to Pass the PRO Act
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Music of the The Great Jazz Legends, with Alex Danzler
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