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Letters & Politics seeks to explore the history behind today’s major global and national news stories. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
Guests: Raquel E. Aldana is Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law at the University of California, Davis. Professor Aldana teaches criminal procedure, asylum and refugee law, immigration law and policy, comparative forced displacement, and immigration federalism. Miguel Tinker Salas is Emeritus professor of History and Latin American studies at Pomona College. He is co-author … Continued
Guest: Padraic X. Scanlan is an associate professor at the Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resources and the Centre for Diaspora & Transnational Studies at the University of Toronto. He is the author of Slave Empire, Freedom’s Debtors, and his latest, Rot: An Imperial History of the Irish Famine.
Guest: Michelle Chen is a postdoctoral fellow in history at the Cornell School of Industrial and Labor Relations. She teaches labor and working-class history, studies the intersection of work, migration and social movements, and has covered labor issues as a journalist. She has also been a contributor to The Nation, In These Times, The Progressive, … Continued
Guest: Loretta J. Ross is an activist, public intellectual, and a professor of women, gender studies, reproductive rights, white supremacy, and human Rights. She is the author of many books including her latest “Calling In: How to Start Making Change with Those You’d Rather Cancel.” Photo: Center for American Progress’s photo (licensed as Attribution-NoDerivs)
Part 1. Deportations In The First Red Scare Guest: Chris Finan is an author and historian. He worked as a free speech activist for over 40 years and led several groups, including the National Coalition Against Censorship. He is the author of several books, including the award-winning history, From the Palmer Raids to the Patriot … Continued
Guests: Holly S. Cooper is Co-director of the Immigration Law Clinic. She is an expert on immigration detention issues and on the immigration consequences of criminal convictions. Hatem Bazian is a professor of Islamic law and theology at Zaytuna College. He is also a lecturer in the departments of Near Eastern and Ethnic Studies at … Continued
Guest: Katrina vanden Heuvel is the editorial director and publisher of The Nation magazine. She served as editor of the magazine from 1995 to 2019. Her writings can be found at Nation.com.
Guest: James K. Galbraith is Professor of Government at the University of Texas at Austin. He is also a Senior Scholar with the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College and part of the executive committee of the World Economics Association; and is the author of several books including his latest, Entropy Economics: The Living Basis … Continued
Today, host Mitch Jeserich tells the story of Kuan Yin, then he speaks with Maya Van Der Meer, author of Kuan Yin: The Princess Who Became the Goddess of Compassion. Guest: Maya Van Der Meer is an educator, environmentalist, and long-time Buddhist practitioner. She is the founder of the online education platform Bodhi Kids and the author of … Continued
Guest: Catherine Nixey is a journalist and a classicist. She is the author of The Darkening Age, and her latest, Heretic: Jesus Christ and the Other Sons of God. Letters & Politics Winter Book Collection Includes: Heretic by Catherine Nixey The Trial of Socrates by I. F. Stone The Rise of Athens by Anthony Everitt Emperor of Rome by … Continued
