Looking Out for the Public Interest: Paul Sabin

OCCUPY!: An Unfinished Uprising · Feb 6, 2025 · 46m

We discuss how the public interest movements in the 60s and 70s can be a source of inspiration for American democracy and why this movement was a formidable force in influencing public policy that benefits all of us, from traffic safety to the Clean Water Act.

Paul's civic action toolkit recommendations are:

Focus on state and local government

Make liberal cities and states compelling models for good governance to be replicated across the nation

Paul Sabin is the Randolph W. Townsend, Jr. Professor of History and Professor of American Studies at Yale University and previously served as the…