This special re-broadcast of a Season 4 episode is in response to the attack on the U.S. Capitol by Trump supporters. A look at the right-wing counterrevolution in the face of expanding democracy in America:…
BONUS EPISODE: Election 2020
- November 24, 2020
- Tagged as: bonus, bonus episode, election, podcast, Season 4
What does the 2020 election in the United States tell us, or remind us, about the state of democracy in America? A follow-up to our Season 4 series on democracy, The Land That Never Has…
What will it take to make the United States a more fully-functioning democracy, and how can we, as citizens, bring about that change? By host and producer John Biewen, with series collaborator Chenjerai Kumanyika. Interviews…
How well do the news media serve us as citizens, and what role does the notion of “objective,” or “neutral,” journalism play in the failings of American democracy? Story reported by Lewis Raven Wallace, with…
In most American schools, children hear about democracy, but don’t get to practice it. What would a more engaged brand of civics education look like? Story reported by Ben James, with host John Biewen and…
“America” and “empire.” Do those words go together? If so, what kind of imperialism does the U.S. practice, and how has American empire changed over time? By host and producer John Biewen, with series collaborator Chenjerai…
The conservative, neoliberal counterrevolution in the face of expanding democracy in America: It started long before Donald Trump. Even before Ronald Reagan and his like-minded counterpart across the Atlantic, Margaret Thatcher. By host and producer…
In the summer of 1964, about a thousand young Americans, black and white, came together in Mississippi to place themselves in the path of white supremacist power and violence. They issued a bold pro-democracy challenge…
The Great Depression presented a crisis not only for the U.S. economy, but for American democracy. President Franklin Roosevelt wanted to save the nation’s system of government, and its economic system, while reforming both. What…
S4 E5: Feminism in Black and White
- March 4, 2020
- Tagged as: S4E5, Season 4
People fighting for more democracy in the United States often have to struggle against sexism and racism. In fact, those two struggles are often inseparable—certainly from the perspective of black women and some other women…
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This disturbs me. Doesn’t it disturb you? Google Calendar users no longer see default entries for events like Pride, Black History Month
The losing candidate for a seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court is seeking to overturn the electoral win by a current court member, Justice Allison Riggs. His strategy: invalidate more than 60,000 legally cast votes.
The U.S. solar energy industry has officially built enough factories to meet the country’s demand for solar panels.
Will Trump derail the thriving industry?
The media refuses to cover it, but JD Vance is deeply networked with openly antisemitic and racist neo-Nazis on Twitter. He follows them, talks to them, and responds to them. These are people who openly praise Hitler and freely admit to being white nationalists.
Stunningly reckless and callous -- cutting off, overnight, funding of treatments and trials for malaria, HIV, Ebola, cholera... "The stop-work order on USAID-funded research has left thousands of people with experimental drugs and devices in their bodies, with no access to care."