How Does Losing Medicaid Help You Get a Job? How Does Losing Medicaid Help You Get a Job?
Arkansas is the first state in the nation to impose a work requirement on people receiving Medicaid. The results have been disastrous.
Mar 7, 2019 / Feature / Bryce Covert
The Unmaking of American Work The Unmaking of American Work
More than any technology, what the gig-economy companies share is the strategy of shifting costs to workers.
Mar 7, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Malcolm Harris
Bill McKibben: From Coal and Gas to Wind and Sun Bill McKibben: From Coal and Gas to Wind and Sun
Plus Maia Szalavitz on the opioid epidemic and Sean Wilentz on impeachment.
Mar 7, 2019 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Move Fast and Build Solidarity Move Fast and Build Solidarity
Activism at Google and Amazon paid off. But can the emerging “tech left” forge long-term alliances between janitors, drivers, and engineers?
Mar 6, 2019 / Feature / Avi Asher-Schapiro
We Know How to Cut Child Poverty in Half. Will We Do It? We Know How to Cut Child Poverty in Half. Will We Do It?
A new report outlines how to help millions of US children living in poverty.
Mar 5, 2019 / Greg Kaufmann
Will the Baseball Caps on Major League Heads Be Union Made? Will the Baseball Caps on Major League Heads Be Union Made?
Eireann Dolan and Sean Doolittle join the show to talk about their push to keep caps union made.
Mar 4, 2019 / Audio / Dave Zirin
‘Disconnected Youth’ Is a Growing Crisis ‘Disconnected Youth’ Is a Growing Crisis
Unemployed and out of school, too many youth are seeing opportunities slip them by.
Feb 28, 2019 / Michelle Chen
Shrinking the Military-Industrial Complex by Putting It to Work at Home Shrinking the Military-Industrial Complex by Putting It to Work at Home
It’s not a pipe dream.
Feb 26, 2019 / Feature / Peter-Christian Aigner and Michael Brenes
Naomi Klein: The Green New Deal Is Changing the Calculus of the Possible Naomi Klein: The Green New Deal Is Changing the Calculus of the Possible
Big ideas are the only ones that can realistically tackle the climate crisis.
Feb 22, 2019 / Audio / Jon Wiener
Naomi Klein: To Fight Climate Change, We Have to Radically Rethink What Is Possible Naomi Klein: To Fight Climate Change, We Have to Radically Rethink What Is Possible
Plus: Dahlia Lithwick on Trump’s fake “Emergency” and Manuel Pastor on California vs. Trump.
Feb 21, 2019 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener