A reminder—2016!–and a warning, plus a way forward for progressives from Jeff Cohen. Hosted by Kris Welch. Photo: Thanks to visuals for sharing their work on Unsplash.
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What’s in the news, what’s behind what’s in the news, what’s not in the news that should be in the news—and who’s doing what about it, here and now. Celebration and support from our vibrant, diverse community. Hosted by Kris Welch.
A new big fire near Fresno: Vic Bedoian reports. PLUS: Labor Day 2020: a status report from EPI, and a close-up of farm labor with David Bacon. Hosted by Kris Welch. Photo by Levan Badzgaradze on Unsplash
The Arctic is on fire, ice is melting, people and polar bears may go extinct there: what is to be done? PLUS: the latest poems from The Town Crier. Hosted by Kris Welch. Photo: Polar Bear jumping, in Spitsbergen Island, Svalbard, Norway Credit Arturo De Frias Marques / With use under CC BY-SA 4.0
National Affairs correspondent for The Nation, John Nichols on Kenosha and national politics. His latest piece on the Nation is “Donald Trump Came to Kenosha to Make the Most Vile Campaign Commercial in American Political History: Trump implemented his “law-and-order” strategy with a Wisconsin trip that was low on sympathy and high on campaign rhetoric. Plus, … Continued
Alt-right clashes with BLM protesters are providing Donald Trump with fuel for his faltering re-election campaign. What’s really happening, and what’s behind the violence? Hosted by Kris Welch. Guest: Shane Burley is a journalist based in Portland, Oregon. He is the author of Fascism Today: What It Is and How to End It (AK Press, 2017) and Why … Continued
Part 1. Workers and the COVID-19 Recession Guest: Sylvia Allegretto is an economist and co-chair of the Center on Wage and Employment Dynamics at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the co-author with Bryce Liedtke of the new report Workers and the COVID-19 Recession: Trends in UI Claims & Benefits, Jobs, and Unemployment. Part … Continued
A Cal-Matters report on the fire situation in California. PLUS: a conversation with John Tierney, former 9-term Mass. Congressman, about how progressives can get things done. Hosted by Kris Welch.
Republican Convention! Democratic Convention! QAnon! The whole ball o’convoluted wax that is our current political environment, with Jeet Heer. Hosted by Kris Welch. Photo credit: Thanks to Tim Pierce
Host Kris Welch talks to Lisa Graves about her new report on Charles Koch’s efforts to abolish the Postal Service. Lisa Graves served in Washington at the Department of Justice, the US Senate Judiciary Committee and the Administrative Office of the US Courts. She is the Executive Director and editor-in-chief of True North Research.org. Then, … Continued
Social Security was signed into law 85 years ago, and it has been under attack ever since: Donald Trump the most recent, and possibly most deadly, enemy of the safety net. PLUS: Talk Boring to Me! W. Kamau Bell and Jacob Kornbluth. Hosted by Kris Welch. Image credit: Alpha Stock Images – link to – … Continued