The Dig: Real Sanctuary Means Ending Mass Policing with Kade Crockford
Perhaps nothing has more defined the monstrosity of Donald Trump than his racist demonization and targeting of immigrants from Mexico, Muslim-majority countries, and those nations he deems "shitholes....
25 Mars 201846min
The Dig: MLK, Political Philosopher
Tommie Shelby and Brandon M. Terry talk about their new book, To Shape a New World: Essays on the Political Philosophy of Martin Luther King, Jr. King is often remembered for his soaring oratory. But ...
21 Mars 20181h 18min
Behind the News: What's Wrong With UBI, and Xi Jinping's Presidency for Life
John Clarke of the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty on what’s wrong with a universal basic income (UBI), a proposal that's become increasingly popular among part of the Left and the Right. Then, Isab...
19 Mars 201851min
The Dig: Lamb Is Not Enough. Three Leftist Women Run in PA
Democrat Conor Lamb's victory is a rebuke of Republicans. But Lamb is far from an ideal candidate, and so the race also raises a perennial debate between the left and liberal center over what kind of ...
17 Mars 201855min
Jacobin Radio w/ Suzi Weissman: Teacher Strikes and Trump v. California
Are we on the cusp of a new wave of worker militancy? We talk to Rebecca Cohen and Shaun Richman about the victory of West Virginia teachers (and public sector workers) and the coming Oklahoma strike ...
14 Mars 201850min
The Dig: the State of Labor with Sarah Jaffe and Gabriel Winant
In West Virginia, a focal point of Trump-era liberal armchair ethnography, teachers have won a historic state-wide strike just as the Supreme Court is poised to rule in Janus, a case that will mark th...
14 Mars 20181h 16min
The Dig: Gun Culture is Neoliberalism with Patrick Blanchfield
Neoliberal culture expects little from government and everything from plucky individuals — including, apparently, the self-sacrificing courage to charge an AR-15 wielding gunman while your classmates ...
9 Mars 20181h 3min
The Dig: Gun Culture and Masculinity in an Age of Decline
How does gun culture get built from the ground up? What are the everyday politics of guns? Sociologist Jennifer Carlson does ethnographic fieldwork that provides answers to these questions, showing ho...
7 Mars 201851min
