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January 16, 2020
Hunger and Hope in Haiti
Amy Wilentz on Haiti, Mia Birdsong on poverty, and Kate Aronoff and Michael Kazin on socialism.
Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
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January 7, 2020
Spain Just Formed Its First Left Coalition Government in More Than 80 Years
It vows to strengthen job security and unions, raise the minimum wage and taxes on the wealthy, pass a climate-change law, and introduce free, universal public child care.
Sebastiaan Faber and Bécquer Seguín
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December 24, 2019
Socialism Is on the Agenda for 2020
Katrina vanden Heuvel joins the podcast this week, plus Kathleen Belew on white nationalism and Rick Perlstein on impeachment.
Jon Wiener and Start Making Sense
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December 19, 2019
The 2010s Radicalized Video Games—and the People Who Make Them
As an increasing number of games began to critique 21st century capitalism, their designers in the US battled for unionization.
Lewis Gordon
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December 10, 2019
Capitalism Is Broken. It’s Time for Something New.
And time is of the essence.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
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December 6, 2019
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November 19, 2019
We Asked the 2020 Contenders How They Plan to Tackle Inequality
A surging egalitarian current is shifting the Democratic Party’s policy mainstream—so we asked the presidential candidates about it.
Sam Pizzigati
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November 18, 2019
Bolivia’s Coup Is Still Happening
Everything you wanted to know about Bolivian politics, but were afraid to ask.
Zeeshan Aleem
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November 11, 2019
Did the New Deal Need FDR?
His political evolution points to a different locus of power than the one liberals tend to invoke when discussing the era’s history.
Kim Phillips-Fein
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November 10, 2019
Amazon Cash Fails to Oust Seattle Socialist Kshama Sawant
Her win is a sweet victory for foes of big corporate money in politics—but it really was a struggle.
John Nichols