It took more than three generations of struggle to win the vote for half the population of the United States. The fight for women’s suffrage rose out of the battle for slavery’s abolition and later foundered in the backlash against Reconstruction, gaining new life with the social upheavals of the early 20th century. Historian Ellen … Continued
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We present the film, The Man Card. For years, right-wing politicians and pundits have accused the left of playing “the race card” and “the woman card” and engaging in identity politics. This eye-opening documentary turns the tables and takes dead aim at the right’s own longstanding use of white male identity politics in American presidential … Continued
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We present the film, The Man Card. For years, right-wing politicians and pundits have accused the left of playing “the race card” and “the woman card” and engaging in identity politics. This eye-opening documentary turns the tables and takes dead aim at the right’s own longstanding use of white male identity politics in American presidential … Continued
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Continuation of our conversation with Melissa May Borja, Ph.D., about the Virulent Hate Project, an interdisciplinary research initiative that studies anti-Asian racism and Asian American activism during the COVID-19 pandemic. A new report from the project focuses on the nature of anti-Asian racism reported by the news media in 2020. Forthcoming reports will analyze Asian … Continued
People of color — whether welfare recipients or immigrants — are routinely characterized in the United States as shiftless, even parasitic, and not deserving of the social supports of the state. Ethnic Studies scholar Daniel Martinez HoSang argues that in recent years, as the social safety net has been chopped away, the right has branded … Continued
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We speak with the executive director of Arab Resource Organizing Center (AROC) Lara Kiswani about the fight to save Arab American ethnic studies. And later Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Chris Hedges explores the culture of despair. With the election over, it’s the perfect time to get the reliably candid response of one of our few great … Continued
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We speak with professor Jared Ball about the political backlash over Ice Cube’s decision to speak with the Trump administration about policy plans. We explore why the outrage is directed at Ice Cube and not the Democratic Party.
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The government shutdown is inflicting more damage on the U.S. economy than formerly estimated. Previous government shutdowns usually ended after a few days. However, this one is the longest government shutdown in recorded history. Creating an effect that will ultimately derail economic growth. We speak with Jodi Jacobson, the president and editor in chief of Rewire.News … Continued
On today’s show we’ll take up the unconscionable tactics that the Republican Party resorted to in order to pass the largest tax code re-write in recent history at the Senate, even though the Trump administration has been roiled in news of Michael Flynn’s guilty plea. We’ll speak with Stephen Spaulding of Common Cause about the … Continued
The overtly racist politics of Donald Trump has been called unprecedented — a break from the Republican Party’s past rules of engagement. But a look backward, particularly at the GOP’s Southern Strategy to woo white voters based on segregationist or racist appeals, indicates how inaccurate that assumption is. Edward H. Miller discusses the origins of … Continued
