Behind the News

Residential segregation in the US, and is “degrowth” the answer to the climate crisis?

Sheryll Cashin, author of White Space, Black Hood, on the origins, mechanisms, and effects of residential segregation, mostly by race but also by class. And economists Peter Victor and Robert Pollin debate the virtues of “degrowth” in avoiding climate catastrophe.

Playlist

Artist Song Album Label
Kronos QuartetWawshishijay ("Our Beginning")Wawshishijay ("Our Beginning")WMG - Nonesuch
Courtney BarnettElevator OperatorSometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just SitBELIEVE - House Anxiety / Marathon Artists
Jay McShannCherry RedIn CopenhagenStoryville
MONDO GROSSOIntermezzo SunNext Wave (Next Wave)