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Music’s Shift From Analog to Digital Changed Everything

Music’s Shift From Analog to Digital Changed Everything Music’s Shift From Analog to Digital Changed Everything

Damon Krukowski’s new book is critique of capitalism disguised as a meditation on playback technology. 

Apr 24, 2019 / Q&A / Sasha Geffen

Today Is Denim Day, in Solidarity With Survivors of Sexual Assault

Today Is Denim Day, in Solidarity With Survivors of Sexual Assault Today Is Denim Day, in Solidarity With Survivors of Sexual Assault

Denim Day began after a ruling by the Italian Supreme Court in which a rape conviction was overturned because the justices blamed the victim for wearing tight jeans.

Apr 24, 2019 / OppArt / Melinda K.P. Stees

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The Palestine Marathon The Palestine Marathon

As a journalist runs through Palestine, she reflects on her own freedom of movement—a right denied to the very people who live there. 

Apr 23, 2019 / Jen Marlowe

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Democrats Should Tread Carefully on Impeaching Trump Democrats Should Tread Carefully on Impeaching Trump

Democrats would be wise to tread carefully on impeachment.

Apr 23, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Senator Bernie Sanders

I Was Bernie’s Biggest Critic in 2016—I’ve Changed My Mind I Was Bernie’s Biggest Critic in 2016—I’ve Changed My Mind

Bernie Sanders can beat Donald Trump—and it would be an epic act of self-destruction for Democrats to try to hobble his campaign.

Apr 23, 2019 / Peter Daou

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka’s Easter Attacks Were Intended to Incite Violence Sri Lanka’s Easter Attacks Were Intended to Incite Violence

After 10 years of uneasy peace, many fear the bombings will push Sri Lanka into a new era of bloodshed.

Apr 23, 2019 / Nawal Arjini

Green New Deal

The Green New Deal Isn’t a Wish List—It’s Good Strategy The Green New Deal Isn’t a Wish List—It’s Good Strategy

Climate policies that explicitly advance both racial and economic justice will help build a broader, more popular movement.

Apr 23, 2019 / Guido Girgenti and Aru Shiney-Ajay

Hedge-Fund Ownership Cost Sears Workers Their Jobs. Now They’re Fighting Back.

Hedge-Fund Ownership Cost Sears Workers Their Jobs. Now They’re Fighting Back. Hedge-Fund Ownership Cost Sears Workers Their Jobs. Now They’re Fighting Back.

Laid-off retail workers are demanding severance, labor protections—and an end to the Wall Street playbook of owning a company while hollowing it out. 

Apr 23, 2019 / Feature / Bryce Covert

Migrant State of Mind: A Q&A With Novelist Laila Lalami

Migrant State of Mind: A Q&A With Novelist Laila Lalami Migrant State of Mind: A Q&A With Novelist Laila Lalami

Her new novel, The Other Americans, looks at the life of an immigrant family in a small town in the Mojave.

Apr 23, 2019 / Nawal Arjini

Coach Fofo

The Fight to Save Coach Fofo From Deportation The Fight to Save Coach Fofo From Deportation

Casa de Maryland services director George Escobar joins the show to discuss the deportation of Coach Fofo.

Apr 23, 2019 / Podcast / Dave Zirin

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