Democracy in Color with Steve Phillips

Democracy in Color with Steve Phillips


Latest Episodes

Sweet Sixteen: The House Seats Democrats Can Flip
April 18, 2024

March Madness may be over but we’re gearing up for a…Narrow November with our very own set of 16 congressional districts that have the potential to flip the balance of power in the House of Representa

Lateefah Simon is Taking Up the Baton
April 04, 2024

Lateefah SimonBay Area Rapid Transit (BART) board member, MacArthur Genius Grant recipient, and Congressional candidateshares her path to politics, including her work with Vice President Kamala Ha

Understanding the Michigan Vote with Outlier Media's Sarah Alvarez
March 21, 2024

Sarah Alvarez, founder of Outlier Media, a Detroit-based service journalism organization, shares what shes hearing on the ground in Michigan following the protest uncommitted vote by more than 100

The Fight Continues: How We Win the Civil War
March 07, 2024

Steve and Sharline celebrate the release of the paperback edition of How We Win the Civil War, which comes out Tuesday, March 12. They discuss how the political landscape has changed since the first e

Journalism in Color with The 19th News’ Errin Haines
February 22, 2024

Award-winning journalist and editor-at-large at The 19th News Errin Haines joins us to talk about her game-changing work at the digital news startup centered on gender, politics, and policy.She also

Fighting Back Against the DEI Backlash with Lisa Neeley
February 08, 2024

Solano Community Colleges Vice President of Student Affairs Lisa Neeley discusses her work at Solano and the California colleges commitment to Black students and other students of color in the face

Advancing MLK’s Dream with Michael Tubbs
January 25, 2024

Back for a third episode, former mayor of Stockton, California and friend of our show Michael Tubbs returns to update Steve and Sharline on his inspiring and rapidly growing effort to end poverty in A

2024 Election Watch: Off to the Races with New York Times’ Astead Herndon
January 11, 2024

In the first of what will be several episodes throughout this year focused on the 2024 election cycle, Steve and Sharline frame up the Republican presidential primary calendar and what theyll be watc

2023 Recap: Our Year in Color
December 14, 2023

2023 has come and gone! If you missed any of our episodes this year, this is the one to tune into as Steve, Sharline, and Fola share highlights from some of their favorite episodes this year. The team

A Third Party on the Rise with Maurice Mitchell
November 30, 2023

Are you curious about what a truly powerful (and progressive) alternative political party could look like in the U.S?National Director of the Working Families Party Maurice Mitchell returns to talk a