Can We Humanize Immigration?
Danielle and Wajahat are joined by Waj's former professor Bill Ong Hing to discuss his latest book: Humanizing Immigration: How to Transform our Racist and Unjust System. We talk Trump "poisoning the ...
4 Jan 202429min
2023. What a Year!
Wajahat and Danielle reflect on 2023 and give us their thoughts on the best word to describe this year. What's yours?!? This year has certainly been a lot on all fronts but next year maybe the beginni...
28 Dec 202323min
Language and Nuance Matte
On this week's democracyish Danielle and Wajahat are joined by Jewish American author Nathan Thrall, whose latest book entitled: The Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy has ...
21 Dec 202332min
Should Biden be Worried?
Sure, we are 11 months out from the election but the chatter about not voting and sitting this one out seems to be growing. While 2020 was about lack of excitement our fears are that 2024 will be abou...
14 Dec 202326min
AIPAC vs. The SQUAD
Author and Washington Bureau Chief of Intercept, Ryan Grim, joins democracyish to discuss his new book: The Squad: AOC and the Hope of a Political Revolution. AIPAC is waging a $100M campaign against ...
7 Dec 202336min
The GOP's Reckoning
It's hard to believe that a little over a decade ago Mitt Romney was the standard bearer of the Republican Party. Now, the retiring Senator is considering leaving the Party he once led altogether. In ...
30 Nov 202330min
What's the purpose of Prison & Parole?
Ben Austen, author of the new book Correction: Parole, Prison and the Possibility of Change, shares the story of two men that have been up for parole for decades following their crimes and still denie...
23 Nov 202329min
Crushing the Vermin?!
Donald Trump has gone full fascist with his latest lines of stochastic terrorism--referring to his political opponents as "vermin" and "internal enemies". He is painting the picture of what a renewed ...
16 Nov 202326min
