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Latest Episodes
Tom Morello on Music as Protest
Tom Morello's music has always been intertwined with his activism and advocacy for social, racial and economic justice.
Bryce Covert on Work Requirements, Erin Reed on Trans Care ‘Questions’
The feint Congress is using to cut Medicarewere just forcing recipients to work, like they shouldis obvious, age-old and long-disproven.
With Friends in Media, Brazil’s Coffee Workers Don’t Need Enemies
The arguments advanced to justify banning coffee imports from Brazil to the US rely on outliers representing a tiny portion of the workforce, not the norm.
Mara Kronenfeld on Israel’s Aid Blockade
Millions around the world ask every day what it will take to awaken the conscience of leaders to stop the genocide of Palestinians.
Bartlett Naylor on Meme Coin Grift, Ashley Nunes on Public Land Selloff
Our lack of knowledge of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency will only hurt us in our response to the effects that the dealings around that stuff are having on our lives.
Tanya Clay House on Freedom to Learn, Danaka Katovich on Attacks on Activists
The Trump White House seeks to denounce and derail multiracial democracyin part by erasing the history of Black people in this country.
Khury Petersen-Smith on Yemen Distortions
The Yemeni people are paying the price both for the fighting and for the distortions around it, from political elites and their media amplifiers.
Dara Lind on Criminalizing Immigrants
What can thinking, feeling human beings do now to protect fellow humans who are immigrants in this country?
Paul Offit on RFK Jr. and Measles, Jessica González on Trump’s FCC
Kennedys unorthodox ideas may get us all killed while media whistle.
Michael Arria on Gaza Pushback
Pretending protest isnt happening is aiding and abetting the work of the silencers; its telling lies about who we are and what we can do.