This special re-broadcast of a Season 4 episode is in response to the attack on the U.S. Capitol by Trump supporters. A look at the right-wing counterrevolution in the face of expanding democracy in America:…
BONUS EPISODE: Election 2020
- November 24, 2020
- Tagged as: bonus, bonus episode, election, podcast, Season 4
What does the 2020 election in the United States tell us, or remind us, about the state of democracy in America? A follow-up to our Season 4 series on democracy, The Land That Never Has…
What will it take to make the United States a more fully-functioning democracy, and how can we, as citizens, bring about that change? By host and producer John Biewen, with series collaborator Chenjerai Kumanyika. Interviews…
How well do the news media serve us as citizens, and what role does the notion of “objective,” or “neutral,” journalism play in the failings of American democracy? Story reported by Lewis Raven Wallace, with…
In most American schools, children hear about democracy, but don’t get to practice it. What would a more engaged brand of civics education look like? Story reported by Ben James, with host John Biewen and…
“America” and “empire.” Do those words go together? If so, what kind of imperialism does the U.S. practice, and how has American empire changed over time? By host and producer John Biewen, with series collaborator Chenjerai…
The conservative, neoliberal counterrevolution in the face of expanding democracy in America: It started long before Donald Trump. Even before Ronald Reagan and his like-minded counterpart across the Atlantic, Margaret Thatcher. By host and producer…
In the summer of 1964, about a thousand young Americans, black and white, came together in Mississippi to place themselves in the path of white supremacist power and violence. They issued a bold pro-democracy challenge…
In this special episode, host John Biewen and series collaborator Chenjerai Kumanyika discuss the coronavirus pandemic and how the crisis, and the nation’s response to it, echo themes we’re exploring in our Season 4 series…
The Great Depression presented a crisis not only for the U.S. economy, but for American democracy. President Franklin Roosevelt wanted to save the nation’s system of government, and its economic system, while reforming both. What…
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Normal could well mean the end of global civilization as we know it. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/25/opinion/new-normal-climate-catastrophes.html?smid=tw-share
@Zigzip73 @mattyglesias The United Kingdom has a House with 650 members for a population of 67 million. (103,000/member) The US has a House with 435 members for a population of 322 million (740,000/member) with state borders further distorting allocation of seats.
Hmm. Approximately 74 million?
Just finished @Isabelwilkerson ‘s book “Caste: The origins of discontent”
So good ❤️
This question continues to haunt me: “If people were given the choice between democracy and whiteness, how many would choose whiteness?”
Pretty sure a lot of our listeners would appreciate this year-long podcast series,The American Project, which in a way picked up where our "Seeing White" left off and went deep on reparations. From @OshaDavidson with @SandyDarity and others. Check it out: http://www.theamericanproject.us
Our final episode of season one is now out: Callie House organized for Ex-slave pensions in the 19th Century. Others picked up the fight for reparations through the 20th Century and now into the 21st. Listen at http://TheAmericanProject.us or wherever you get your podcasts.
Here it is made explicit. Rand Paul: Please go back to playing the stupidest version of “objectivity.” He said vs. he said, who can know?
Stephanopolous: Actually here’s what we know.
Paul: Not fair!
"George, where you make a mistake, people coming from the liberal side like you, you immediately say everything is a lie, instead of saying there are two sides to everything" -- Rand Paul is still pushing The Big Lie