Episode 82: Hidden Tax Benefits
Food stamps, Social Security, and Medicaid are not the only, or even the largest, social welfare programs in America. Professor Suzanne Mettler reveals how hidden benefits in the tax code promote ineq...
9 Maj 201723min
Episode 81: On Tyranny
In the 1900s, dictators rose to power across Europe as democracies fell to fascists and communists. History Professor Timothy Snyder argues that democracy today is far from invincible, and translates ...
2 Maj 201729min
Episode 80: Unequal Play to Unwanted Contact
Title IX protects against sexual assault and gender discrimination at universities. Celene Reynolds discusses the state of Title IX today, and how a law meant for employment discrimination landed at t...
25 Apr 201721min
Episode 79: Is the Death Penalty Dying?
Changing public opinion and high costs have death sentences in decline in America. Professor Frank Baumgartner explains that when they do happen, race, mental illness, and even location predict who is...
19 Apr 201728min
Episode 41 Archive: White-Collar Government
Trump's cabinet is the wealthiest in U.S. history. In light of this news, this episode revisits Professor Nicholas Carnes' interview on the effects of a government run by the rich, for the rich, and w...
11 Apr 201729min
Episode 78: Can't Get Ahead
Poverty can persist in the same communities for generations, especially communities of color. Professor Darrick Hamilton walks through the policies that prevent people from moving up in the economy an...
5 Apr 201727min
Episode 77: Urban Renewal 2.0
Development efforts in American cities often push out long-term residents and communities of color. Zeroing in on Baltimore, Professor Brandi Blessett breaks down the intentional and unintentional imp...
28 Mars 201721min
Episode 76: American Job Guarantee
Could we fight unemployment by providing government jobs in construction, child care, and other needed public projects? Professor William Darity explains how a Federal Job Guarantee could work and how...
21 Mars 201722min
