Fifty years ago, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, just after he had marched on behalf of striking sanitation workers. Today, racism is still a defining characteristic of the economic system, which is what I and Janelle Jones of the Economic Policy Institute discuss in our lead segment. I, then, visit with two progressive Congressional […]
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Episode 65: Fifty Years Later, Racism Is Deeply Embedded In The Economic System; Michigan and California Progressives Run
Posted on 17 January 2018.
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Episode 64: Progressives Reach For the Governor’s Mansion, And a Heartland Seat in Congress
Posted on 10 January 2018.
I continue my on-going chats with solid progressive candidates all across the country. I chat with Abdul El-Sayed, who is vying in Michigan to be the first Muslim-American elected as governor in the history of the country. And from south-eastern Indiana, Dan Canon tells me why he jumped into a congressional race despite being, in […]
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Episode 63: Putting A Hole In GOP Tax Scam; A Union Rising At The L.A. Times; A Progressive Runs in Iowa
Posted on 03 January 2018.
Republicans tried all sorts of tricks in their tax scam bill to target taxpayers in Democratic states, including messing with the deduction for local and state income and property taxes…except we’re smarter than they are—at least Dean Baker is. As I find out in my chat with him, Dean has found a way to keep […]
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Episode 62: West-to-East, Arizona to New Hampshire, Progressives Put On Candidate Hats
Posted on 27 December 2017.
We’re not resting in the low-key week between Xmas and the New Year. I chat up Marcus Ferrell, who was Bernie Sanders’ main man organizing African American voters, who is now in the fray himself, running for a state house seat in Arizona. And across the country from sunny Arizona, over in the much chillier […]
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Episode 61: IronStache! The Man Who Will Take Down Paul Ryan; The Billions Stolen From Workers Pay
Posted on 20 December 2017.
Even Paul Ryan, the odious Speaker of the House, is in the electoral crosshairs and has a good shot at losing in the 2018 midterm elections. The man who is up to the task is Randy Bryce, better known in the Twitterverse as @ironstache. Randy joins me for a talk about politics, his campaign and […]
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Episode 60: BP Killed Katherine’s Dad, A Colonel Runs For Office on Progressive Ideas
Posted on 13 December 2017.
It’s been 13 years since Ray Gonzalez was killed in an explosion at a British Petroleum facility in Texas. I have a searing conversation with his daughter, Katherine, who keeps his memory alive by campaigning for safety and health in the workplace. Out in California, Colonel Doug Applegate is taking another shot at unseating the […]
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Episode 59: If A Pedophile, Why Not A Killer of Miners? And Other Tales of Workers Lives At Risk.
Posted on 06 December 2017.
Don Blankenship, the coal CEO robber baron, served a year in prison for his central role in a conspiracy that killed 29 miners in a massive 2010 mine explosion. Because workers’ lives don’t matter in our legal system, Blankenship could only be convicted of a misdemeanor violation, not manslaughter or murder. But, hey, when a […]
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Episode 58: Women Taking Power, Tax Cut Truths & Fighting For Control of the CFPB
Posted on 29 November 2017.
Women are leading the way in the political revolution. I talk with three fantastic women candidates: two who are running for seats in the state Senates in Oregon and New York, and one who is vying to become the chair of the Florida Democratic state party. I roll out five tidbits on truths about the […]
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Episode 57: Jumping Into A Big Race; Rethinking The Post Office
Posted on 22 November 2017.
Leading off, I had a thought about how we should think about the estate tax—billionaires owe us that dough! Keeping up the podcast’s regular reporting on real people running for office, longtime union organizer and first-time candidate Tanya Boone stops by to talk with me about her race for a Congressional seat in New York. […]
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Episode 56: Sexual Harassment Inside Unions Is Real; The Hidden $2.6 Trillion Corporate Cash Stash
Posted on 15 November 2017.
No one would suggest unions have outsized predators like Harvey Weinstein. But, sexual harassment, driven by an entrenched male culture and power structure, has been a long-time problem inside labor. And, now, in dribs and drabs, people are speaking up. I talk about it with labor activist and former AFL-CIO official Ana Avendano. And you […]
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