Letters and Politics – September 9, 2024

Letters and Politics

A look at burning political issues and debates and their historical context within the US and worldwide, hosted by Mitch Jeserich.

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Guest: Darwin BondGraham is the Oaklandside’s Senior News Editor. He is the co-author of The Riders Come Out at Night: Brutality, Corruption, and Cover-up in Oakland.  He has been covering the recalls of Oakland Mayor Shen Thao and of Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price.   Photo credit: Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao by Amir Aziz, … Continued


Letters and Politics

A History of Political Parties

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


Guest: Sonali Kolhatkar is an award-winning multimedia journalist and Senior Editor covering race, economy, and democracy at YES! Media.  She is the host of YES! Presents: Rising Up with Sonali, a nationally syndicated TV and radio program on Free Speech TV and Pacifica Radio.  She is also the author of Rising Up,  Bleeding Afghanistan, and her … Continued