Behind the News: Impeachment; Sanders's Climate Plan
Samuel Moyn (author of this article and this) on the political snares of impeachment. Then, Tom Athanasiou on the Sanders climate plan and the need for a global Green New Deal (article here)
4 Okt 201952min
The Dig: Palestine and the Law with Noura Erakat
Dan interviews Noura Erakat, the author of Justice for Some: Law and the Question of Palestine, a new book that analyzes the history of settler-colonialism in Palestine and the Palestinian struggle fo...
4 Okt 20192h 8min
The Vast Majority: "War Is A Racket" with Rory Fanning and Sarah Lazare
Our newest print issue is “War Is a Racket,” focused on war and imperialism. At the Chicago issue release party, I spoke with two organizers and writers who appear in the issue: Rory Fanning and Sarah...
1 Okt 201958min
Behind the News: Israeli Elections; Justin Trudeau
Joel Schalit, co-founder and editor of The Battleground, on the Israeli election. Then, Martin Lukacs, author of The Trudeau Formula, on that slippery Canadian prime minister.
30 Sep 201951min
The Dig: Ayn Rand's Optimistic Cruelty with Lisa Duggan
Lisa Duggan wrote a book that explains everything you need to know about Ayn Rand and why she became so enormously consequential so that you don't have to read Rand's work yourself. Mean Girl: Ayn Ran...
27 Sep 20191h 53min
Behind the News: UAW Strike; Slavery in the Early United States
Sam Gindin on the UAW’s strike against GM, and the possibilities for the green repurposing of a plant GM is abandoning. Then, Robin Einhorn on the role of slavery in shaping tax politics in the early ...
23 Sep 201951min
The Dig: The Class Politics of Suburban Racism with Matt Lassiter
The history of suburbanite reactions to school integration in Atlanta and Charlotte reveal the class power underpinning both racism and the demolition of the New Deal order. Dan interviews Matt Lassit...
20 Sep 20192h 10min
The Vast Majority: "West Virginia Isn't Just Trump Country" with Cathy Kunkel
As we trudge closer to 2020, candidates are emerging for elected office beyond the presidency. And, thank God, they don't all suck. Like Cathy Kunkel, who is running for Congress in West Virginia's se...
19 Sep 201921min
