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Letters & Politics seeks to explore the history behind today’s major global and national news stories. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
Guest: Jonathan Cohn is a senior national correspondent at HuffPost, where he covers politics and policy. He is the author of the book The Ten Year War: Obamacare and the Unfinished Crusade for Universal Coverage. He has won several awards and was called “one of the nation’s leading experts on health policy” by the Washington … Continued
Guest: Neil Price is distinguished professor and chair of archaeology at Uppsala University, Sweden. He is the author of several books on the history of the Viking Age including his latest, Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings.
Guest: David Harvey is a Distinguished Professor of Anthropology & Geography at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY), the Director of Research at the Center for Place, Culture and Politics, and the author of numerous books, his latest is The Anti-Capitalist Chronicles. Professor Harvey has been teaching Karl Marx’s Capital for nearly 50 years. Follow him on twitter: @profdavidharvey
Guest: Jacqueline Keeler is a Dine/Ihanktonwan Dakota writer. She is the author of Standoff: Standing Rock, the Bundy Movement, and the American Story of Sacred Lands and the editor of the anthology Edge of Morning: Native Voices Speak for the Bears Ears. She is the editor-in-chief of Pollen Nation Magazine, creator of #NotYourMascot.
Guest: Aviva Chomsky is a professor of history and the coordinator of Latin American Studies at Salem State University. She is the author of several books, including Undocumented, They Take Our Jobs!, and most recently, Central America’s Forgotten History: Revolution, Violence, and the Roots of Migration. Chomsky has been active in the Latin American solidarity and … Continued
Guest: Nazif Shahrani is Professor of Anthropology, Central Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at Indiana University. He is the author of The Kirghiz and Wakhi of Afghanistan: Adaptation to Closed Frontiers and War and the editor of Modern Afghanistan: The Impact of 40 Years of War.
Guest: Gerald Horne is Moores Professor of History & African American Studies at the University of Houston. He is the author of more than three dozen books including White Supremacy Confronted: US Imperialism & Anticommunism vs the Liberation of Southern Africa from Rhodes to Mandela, The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism: The Roots of Slavery, and … Continued
Part I – The Biden’s Infrastructure Bill Guest: John Nichols is the Washington Correspondent for the Nation Magazine. He is the author of several books including his latest, The Fight for the Soul of the Democratic Party: The Enduring Legacy of Henry Wallace’s Anti-Fascist, Anti-Racist Politics. Part II – The Current Housing Crisis Guest: … Continued
Part 1- Mass shooting and gun control policies Guest: Erica Rice, City Program Manager, Combating Crime Guns Initiative in Oakland with the Brady Campaign. Part 2 – The Current Landscape of Covid-19 Guest: Dr. Chris Beyrer MD, MPH Desmond M. Tutu Professor in Public Health and Human Rights Professor of Epidemiology, Nursing and Medicine at … Continued
Part 1. The Significance of Convicting Derek Chauvin Guest: Justin Hansford is a Howard University School of Law Professor and Executive Director of the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center. Professor Hansford is a leading scholar and activist in the areas of law, critical race theory, human rights, and social movements. He is a co-author of … Continued
