Working Life

Just two days before an ignorant person gets the keys to the Oval Office, and wraps his tiny fingers around the nuclear button, I go in-depth with an expert on Trump: Michael D’Antonio, author of “The Truth About Trump”, gets into the real story, the one the incompetent transcribers of press releases (formerly known as […]

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Yes, friends, taking over the Democratic Party is far from a mirage. Over the course of two days, the political revolution showed it has bite and balls: Berniecrats, and other progressives, won more than 600 seats—over 50 percent of the seats in play—in elections to fill slots for the California Democratic Party state committee. In […]

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That’s the sum total of the guy who will soon occupy the Oval Office, and have his finger on the nuclear button. To grapple with this moment in time, I spent the entire podcast chatting with David Cay Johnston, a Pulitzer-prize winning, investigative *real* journalist (as opposed to the incompetent transcribers of press releases, formerly […]

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I recently  coined a term: “The Four Horsemen of the Climate Change Apocalypse”. That refers to the climate-change deniers who are ready to act as the arsonists of the planet: Trump, Rex Tillerson, Rick Perry and Scott Pruitt. In this podcast, I look at these dangerous people and talk with a national climate change expert, […]

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In the long list of fraudulent claims by “Tiny Hands” Trump is the notion that he would “drain the swamp” in Washington—in this week’s podcast, I turned to Elizabeth Warren for a brilliant obliteration of that fantasy. I also checked back in on the race for chair of the Democratic National Committee—you’ll get to hear […]

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The individual who will occupy the Oval Office is putting in place people in the government who will do unimaginable damage to the country and the planet. In this week’s podcast, I speak with CNN senior legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin about the outlook for the U.S. Supreme Court and the real possibility that the conservative […]

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It’s ugly. Is it terminal? Nothing ever is in politics. But, it’s bad, bad, bad for the Democrats. This week, I looked at  the fight over who should be the next chair of the Democratic National Committee—and what that choice will say about the vision of the party. I spoke with Donna Brazile, the interim […]

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For all (and see the document link below…thanks to my activist pal Frances Fisher): Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s Statement on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Decision to Not Grant Easement Cannon Ball, N.D.— The department of the Army will not approve an easement that will allow the proposed Dakota Access Pipeline to cross under Lake […]

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Progressive victories are possible even in these dark days. Meet Heidi Harmon, a Berniecrat, who won her challenge to an incumbent to capture the mayoralty of San Luis Obispo—by 47 votes! I chat with Heidi about her journey and plans. Dean Baker, the progressive economist who will be a regular guest, joined me for a […]

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Jonathan goes digging into the world of the global sweatshop, talking with global workers rights advocate Shawna Bader-Blau on the eve of the fourth anniversary of the Bangladesh factory fire that killed 110 garment workers and injured thousands more. We also talk Just Transition–how workers and communities will be looked after as we transition from […]

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