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We Can Do Better
Fran Quigley is a law professor who goes with his students every week to eviction court, representing people facing forcible removal from their homes. They are among the tens of millions of people in the U.S. who are behind on their rent or already homeless, who are forced to skip filling prescriptions, and who often go hungry—despite living in the richest nation in the world.
We can do better.
Other nations already do far better, and the U.S. has often done better in the past. This podcast…
Episodes
- We Can Do Better
Policies that Work for Caregivers Benefit Us All
This week, we welcome to the We Can Do Better podcast Danielle Atkinson, executive director of the Mothering Justice Action Fund. Mothering Justice Action Fund…
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Can Publicly-Owned Grocery Stores Solve our Affordability Crisis?
This week, we welcome to the We Can Do Better show Omar Ocampo, a researcher with the Institute for Policy Studies. Omar tells us about how publicly-owned…
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We the People Should Own AI!
Artificial intelligence (AI) is built on our collective work product and there is widespread concern over its potential impact on society. So Senator Bernie…
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Medicare for All – A Conversation with National Nurses United
When it comes to healthcare, our U.S. system’s inefficiencies and emphasis on profiteering have created a remarkable, tragic combination: we pay…
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A Boomer Dad and Gen-Z Son Talk Democratic Socialism
Democratic socialism is certainly having a moment in U.S. politics. Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) membership is at record levels. DSA- aligned…
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A Minister and a Rabbi Walk Into a Podcast . . .
“What is most important is not who we worship Sunday morning, it is who we stand up for on Monday morning,” says Rev. David W. Greene, Sr. Religion has a huge…
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Professor Ray Madoff Explains How the Rich Avoid Taxes
Ray Madoff teaches tax law at Boston College Law School and is the author of The Second Estate: How the Tax Code Made an American Aristocracy, named a Best…
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The Fox is Guarding the Henhouse – And We Can Fix That
Last week, on NBC’s Meet the Press, our new U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche was asked “Can you pledge that the Justice Department will always act…
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Voters in States and Cities Get It: Workers Deserve a Living Wage
Many of the people we see in eviction court losing their homes are working long hours at difficult jobs. But they work in retail, the home healthcare sector…
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Universal Childcare is Possible – New Mexico Proves It
Last November, New Mexico became the first state in the country to launch free, universal child care for children from birth through age 13, regardless of…
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The Housing Bill We Needed… Sort Of
Earlier this month, the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act became law. It is the first substantial housing bill to pass Congress in decades, and it is . . . OK…
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How One Law Change Can Dramatically Reduce Poverty
In this episode, we examine a true silver bullet that can dramatically reduce poverty in the United States: pass a proposed law to update and improve our SSI…
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Might You Already be a Democratic Socialist?
In this episode of We Can Do Better, we interview Jesse Brown, the first openly socialist candidate ever elected to the city council of Indianapolis in the…
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How Public Pharma Can Fix Our Prescription Drug Crisis
In this episode, we talk with Mara Heneghan about something called “Public Pharma,” which can fix our current prescription drug prices. Mara is director of the…
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Celebrating America's 250th: Reclaiming the Pursuit of Happiness
This week, we are doing something different from welcoming an outside guest. For our episode on the week of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the…
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How Millions Are Losing Food Assistance
In this episode, we talk with Catlin Nchako of the topnotch research and policy institute Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Catlin and his colleagues are…
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The Arms Industry: Robbing the Working Class of a Better Life
Stephen Semler is a self-described “producer of charts & policy analysis for the working class.” As the author of the newsletter Polygraph and a co-founder of…
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Giving Up Billionaires for Lent
Sister Emily TeKolste is an organizer for NETWORK Advocates and Lobby for Catholic Social Justice, https://www.networkadvocates.org/ and…
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Ending Poverty in California and Beyond
Devon Gray is the president of End Poverty in California, EPIC, https://endpovertyinca.org/ In this episode, we talk with Devon about EPIC’s work to change the…