Part I. The Meaning of the Collapse of SVB and Signature Banks  Guest: Richard Wolff is professor emeritus of economics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and a Visiting Professor at the New School in New York. He is the host of the weekly program, Economic Update, which is produced by Democracy at Work, which … Continued


Guest: V (formerly Eve Ensler) is a Tony Award–winning playwright, author, performer, and activist. Her international phenomenon The Vagina Monologues has been published in 48 languages and performed in more than 140 countries.  She is the founder of V-Day, the global activist movement to end violence against women and girls, and One Billion Rising, the largest global … Continued


Guest: Judy Heumann (1947- 2023) was a pioneering disability rights activist and international advisory on disability, on the history of the disability rights movement. Judy was a founding member of the Berkeley Center for Independent Living which was the first grassroots center in the United States and helped to launch the Independent Living Movement both … Continued


Guest: Charisse Burden-Stelly is associate Professor of African American studies at Wayne state. and a member of the Black Alliance for Peace Research and Political Education Team. She is the c-editor, along with Jodi Dean, of the book Organize, Fight, Win: Black Communist Women’s Political Writing.   Photo credit: Charisse Burden-Stelly’s website