Pharmaceutical Giants Have Avoided Paying About $2.3 Billion in Taxes in the US Alone Pharmaceutical Giants Have Avoided Paying About $2.3 Billion in Taxes in the US Alone
Could that money be used to fund a more humane health-care system?
Oct 2, 2018 / Michelle Chen
Don’t Count Out Ben Jealous and His Progressive Message for Maryland Don’t Count Out Ben Jealous and His Progressive Message for Maryland
A massive mobilization of an anti-Trump, heavily female, and African American base in a very blue state could lead to a November surprise.
Oct 2, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Untapped Power of Sports Fans The Untapped Power of Sports Fans
Brian Hess joins the show to talk sports gambling, mobilizing sports fans.
Oct 2, 2018 / Podcast / Dave Zirin
Jesse Jackson’s Rainbow Coalition Created Today’s Democratic Politics Jesse Jackson’s Rainbow Coalition Created Today’s Democratic Politics
Jackson turns 77 this year, after almost six decades of fighting for the dispossessed and disenfranchised.
Oct 2, 2018 / Steve Cobble
Amsterdam Is Fighting for Its Soul. Can a Progressive New Government Save It? Amsterdam Is Fighting for Its Soul. Can a Progressive New Government Save It?
The new city government has big ambitions—but the challenges could prove even bigger.
Oct 2, 2018 / Sebastiaan Faber
Everyday Superheroes Everyday Superheroes
The case of Ms. L vs. ICE.
Oct 2, 2018 / OppArt / Sasha Matthews
Ling Ma’s Disaster Fiction Ling Ma’s Disaster Fiction
Part sci-fi thriller, part genre-fiction, Severance follows a millennial New Yorker’s struggle to survive.
Oct 2, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Larissa Pham
A Very ‘Shouty’ Judicial Committee Hearing A Very ‘Shouty’ Judicial Committee Hearing
So many loud, angry men.
Oct 2, 2018 / Tom Tomorrow
If the Senate Applies the Jeff Flake Standard, Brett Kavanaugh Must Be Rejected If the Senate Applies the Jeff Flake Standard, Brett Kavanaugh Must Be Rejected
The Republican senator says evidence of lying to the Judiciary Committee should prevent confirmation of Trump’s pick.
Oct 1, 2018 / John Nichols
American Policy in the Middle East Has Repeatedly Produced Insider Attacks American Policy in the Middle East Has Repeatedly Produced Insider Attacks
And it’s almost certainly true that more are on the way.
Oct 1, 2018 / Danny Sjursen