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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in fairness to rep. greene, how was she supposed to learn the history of the holocaust when there are no statues of hitler? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/rep-greene-apologizes-for-comparing-face-masks-to-holocaust-but-stands-by-comparison-of-democrats-to-nazi-party/2021/06/14/552869f8-cd6a-11eb-8cd2-4e95230cfac2_story.html
So, another "reckoning" that actually led to some change? @AsteadWesley keeps on doing the NYT's most vital reporting on race. 1/ https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/14/us/politics/ralph-northam-virginia.html?smid=tw-share
Ha. A nice complement to the opening of our Second Redemption episode. Reactionary white America had to wage war against that wildly progressive period — the 1950s! @catchatweetdown
SOUND UP! That graph showing how the relative tax paid by the super rich has plummeted is 🔥, but as sharing it still gets people labelled commies, & in case people miss that the high watermark on fair tax in it is ***1950s America***, I gave it a 1950s Americana backing track 🎙
Talked to @thelilynews about Queen Mother Audley Moore and her founding of the modern reparations movement. Got loads more to share about her impact in my new book: Queen Mother Moore: Mother of Black Nationalism https://www.thelily.com/black-women-have-always-led-the-fight-for-reparations-theyre-not-getting-their-due-historians-say/
157 days ago terrorists ransacked the US Capitol and *hours later* 138-of-202 (68%) House republicans voted to make trump a dictator. They tried to finish the rioters’ job and end democracy. Never forget it.