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
How a Guaranteed Income Could Relieve the ‘Pressure Cooker’ of Poverty How a Guaranteed Income Could Relieve the ‘Pressure Cooker’ of Poverty
In December, a group of low-income mothers in Mississippi will begin receiving $1,000 a month, no strings attached.
Oct 1, 2018 / Greg Kaufmann
Looking Back on ‘Black on Campus’ Looking Back on ‘Black on Campus’
Co-founder Dr. Sherri Williams looks back on a year of amplifying black students’ voices and what comes next.
Sep 28, 2018 / StudentNation / Sherri Williams
Mass Surveillance Begins at the Local Level. So Does the Resistance to It. Mass Surveillance Begins at the Local Level. So Does the Resistance to It.
Grassroots groups are leading the pushback against government spying.
Sep 27, 2018 / Andrew Tan-Delli Cicchi
For Justice, Not Apartheid, in Palestine For Justice, Not Apartheid, in Palestine
A quarter-century after Oslo, Israel is consolidating its domination—but the global resistance movement is growing.
Sep 27, 2018 / The Editors
‘I Want People to Hear Me’: An Interview With Savannah West ‘I Want People to Hear Me’: An Interview With Savannah West
Black on Campus used technology, travel, text messaging, and the sheer force of will to build community as we learned to meet deadlines.
Sep 26, 2018 / StudentNation / Melissa Harris-Perry
Trump’s Latest Assault on Immigrants Shreds a Half-Century of Reforms Trump’s Latest Assault on Immigrants Shreds a Half-Century of Reforms
New restrictions on the meaning of “public charge” will bump millions from public assistance and create a caste of untouchables.
Sep 26, 2018 / Sasha Abramsky
The Last Stand of the Angry White Man The Last Stand of the Angry White Man
Author and activist Kevin Powell joins the show to talk racism, feminism, Serena Williams, and hip-hop.
Sep 25, 2018 / Podcast / Dave Zirin
California Ended Cash Bail—but May Have Replaced It With Something Even Worse California Ended Cash Bail—but May Have Replaced It With Something Even Worse
Racist algorithms and unlimited judicial discretion threaten to increase pretrial incarceration in California.
Sep 24, 2018 / John Raphling
How Conspiracy Theories Unite the International Far Right How Conspiracy Theories Unite the International Far Right
At a recent gathering in St. Louis, paranoia, xenophobia, and racism gave far-right activists from around the world a common cause.
Sep 21, 2018 / Brendan O’Connor