After last night’s presidential debate, many Americans are feeling that hope is in short supply. So today on the show, Wednesday host Ali Muldrow asks award-winning author Sheryl WuDunn: What gives you hope right now? Over the course of the hour, WuDunn shares stories and insights from her latest co-authored book, Tightrope: Americans Reaching for […]
Conservatives Want to Privatize the Post Office. Why?
The United States Postal Service continues to face a financial crisis in the midst of the pandemic and the upcoming presidential election as more and more voters consider mail-in ballots for health and safety. For today’s show, Allen looks at the origins of this crisis and billionaire Charles Koch’s efforts to privatize the USPS since […]
A Virus in the Social Body with David McNally
Today on the show, Allen hosts a wide-ranging conversation with historian David McNally about the interlocking crises of the pandemic, economic recession, and racial injustice; the “social virus” being revealed by the pandemic; and the violence of money and the capitalist global order. David McNally is the Cullen Distinguished Professor of History and Business at the […]
On the Frontlines: Grocery Workers on COVID-19
You see it everywhere—on commercials, store signs, and all over social media: grocery workers are the unsung heroes of the COVID-19 crisis. But do they feel like heroes? Today we continue our “on the frontlines” series by talking to essential grocery workers about their working conditions and experiences serving a vital role to the public […]
Big Money and the Pandemic — Who’s Profiting from the Crisis?
“Extreme wealth inequality has become America’s pre-existing condition,” writes Chuck Collins in a new co-authored report from the Institute for Policy Studies, “Billionaire Bonanza 2020.” In the past six weeks, as a record 30 million Americans have filed for unemployment, the 630 billionaires of the United States have seen their shared wealth go up $406 […]
COVID-19 and The Plague of Neoliberalism with Henry Giroux
Cultural critic Henry Giroux recently published a column at Truthout, “The COVID-19 Pandemic Is Exposing the Plague of Neoliberalism.” Today, he joins Allen for a wide-ranging discussion of the piece, including his definition of neoliberalism and why it’s such a scourge on society, the collapse of democratic values and the rise of rabid individualism, and […]
