Oct 25, 2022
Former Cleveland mayor Dennis Kucinich on his battle to save the city’s public electric utility. Julie Kohn on lessons learned from the Texas power grid failure.
Dennis Kucinich
In his new memoir, Dennis Kucinich writes about how he took on powerful interests to save a public utility. That happened over forty years...
Oct 18, 2022
Can unions save democracy?
Author and organizer Jane McAlevey on her new book, A Collective Bargain: Unions, Organizing, and the Fight for Democracy. Plus, the millionaires who want to pay more taxes, not less.
Jane McAlevey Pt. 1
At a time when workers are under attack at historic levels, strikes are making a...
Oct 11, 2022
The complicated relationship between Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and LBJ
Two historians of the civil rights movement assess the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Julian Zelizer
Julian Zelizer is a Princeton scholar of Lyndon Johnson as well as the civil rights movement. He says civil rights activism is no longer as...
Oct 4, 2022
How Democrats forgot about state politics
Professor Theda Skocpol explains how the Democrats ceded control of state government to Republicans.
Theda Skocpol
Government professor Theda Skocpol says Democrats think the presidency is the biggest political prize and, unfortunately, ignore politics at the state level.