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Kerri Harris Runs for Delaware Upset
August 03, 2018

If Kerri Evelyn Harris wins in Delaware, she will have knocked out an incumbent US Senator. And that would be a really big deal. Harris, a left candidate backed by Justice Democrats, is Dan's guest today. She is the latest candidate putting forward the...

Stop Whore Stigma with Melissa Gira Grant
July 31, 2018

Sex worker rights are worker rights.

Stop Whore Stigma with Melissa Gira Grant
July 31, 2018

The SESTA/FOSTA law purportedly aims to curb sex trafficking. But as my guest Melissa Gira Grant explains, it actually denies sex workers access to online platforms to more safely conduct their business. It received just two "no" votes in the Senate: f...

Kaniela Ing Is Fighting for Aloha
July 27, 2018

Ing is a DSA member running hard in Hawaii's 1st Congressional District.

Kaniela Ing Is Fighting for Aloha
July 27, 2018

Kaniela Ing (kanielaing.com) is a DSA member running in Hawaii's 1st Congressional District, calling for an end to imperialism and rule by the wealthy, and for housing rights, a green New Deal, Medicare for All, and free college. And he's Dan’s guest.

A Post-Janus Plan for Labor
July 24, 2018

Chris Maisano argues that unions must return to their militant roots.

A Post-Janus Plan for Labor
July 24, 2018

Janus was an entirely expected and atrocious decision. The conservative business interests that successfully obliterated private sector unions hope it will do the same to their public-sector counterparts. Chris Maisano, a contributing editor at Jacobin,

Mistaking Identity Politics
July 18, 2018

Asad Haider on how neoliberalism has substituted recognition for liberation.

Mistaking Identity Politics
July 18, 2018

Checking your privilege. Invisible knapsacks. Intersectionality. In his new book from Verso, Mistaken Identity: Race and Class in the Age of Trump, Asad Haider questions the terms and concepts that underpin much liberal and left conversation about race...

A New Party of a New Kind
July 15, 2018

Seth Ackerman and Kate Aronoff on building left power under a two-party system.