Against the Grain – December 13, 2006
A look at what payday lenders, check-cashers, and other players in the so-called fringe economy are doing to the working poor.
Against the Grain
12:00 PM Pacific Time: Mondays to Wednesdays
In-depth analysis and commentary on a variety of matters — political, economic, social, and cultural — important to progressive and radical thinking and activism. Against the Grain is co-produced and co-hosted by Sasha Lilley and C.S. Soong.
Against the Grain – December 12, 2006
Gar Alperovitz discusses his book "America Beyond Capitalism: Reclaiming Our Wealth, Our Liberty, and Our Democracy."
Against the Grain – December 11, 2006
In her new serio-comic solo show "Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest," Kristina Wong examines mental illness and the Asian American experience. And Meizhu Lui has written about where Asians fit within the US racial hierarchy in a book entitled "The Color of Wealth."
Against the Grain – December 6, 2006
Should women who defend themselves be criminalized? And how is disability being constructed in the New World Order? Two contributors to an anthology entitled "Color of Violence" join C.S. Soong.
Against the Grain – November 27, 2006
Gregory Meyerson and Michael Roberto have authored a Monthly Review article on the plausibility of fascism in the US.
Against the Grain – November 20, 2006
At a recent conference, author and scholar Ella Shohat gave a talk about US exceptionalism. Also, C.S. interviews geographer Joel Wainwright about the relationship between capitalism and development.