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OCCUPY!: An Unfinished Uprising
The story of Occupy Wall Street — how it exploded, how it collapsed, and why its lessons may matter more now than ever before — from the voices of activists who camped out in New York City for two months.
Episodes
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingEqual Rights Amendment: Carol Jenkins
Thursday, March 31st, 2022 Carol Jenkins is the President and CEO of the ERA Coalition and the Fund for Women's Equality, sister organizations dedicated to the…
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Secretaries of State: Secretary Jocelyn Benson
Jocelyn Benson is the Secretary of State of Michigan and the author of State Secretaries of State: Guardians of the Democratic Process. We discuss what's at…
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Ranked Choice Voting: Nathan Lockwood
Nathan Lockwood is the Executive Director of Rank the Vote, an organization with a vision that the national adoption of ranked choice voting (RCV) could create…
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Citizen to Candidate: Art Chang
Art Chang was a mayoral candidate in New York City in 2021. We discuss his campaign and the big issues facing the City of New York. He shed light on the…
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Delivering Good Governance: Danielle Allen
Danielle Allen is a MacArthur Fellow and the James Bryant Conant University Professor at Harvard University. She's published broadly in democratic theory…
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History of Black Thought: Chris Lebron
Understanding Black Lives Matter Black Lives Matter stands as a movement to demand and secure Black humanity. Being a leader-full movement makes it less…
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Freedom and Racism: Neil Roberts
Neil Roberts is Professor of Africana Studies and Faculty Affiliate in Political Science and Religion at Williams College. He's working on a new book titled…
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Winning Messages: Anat Shenker-Osorio
Anat Shenker-Osorio is a renowned communications researcher and campaign advisor, the host of Words to Win By, and the Principal of ASO Communications. We…
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Understanding Poverty: Mark Rank
We're revisiting our conversation with Mark Rank, a poverty expert, professor, and author of Poorly Understood: What America Gets Wrong About Poverty. We…
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Public-Private Paradox: Colin Jerolmack
We're revisiting our conversation with Colin Jerolmack, an environmental sociologist and author of Up to Heaven and Down to Hell: Fracking, Freedom, and…
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Reproductive Rights Update: Earbuds Podcast Collective
We're sharing a curated list of podcast recommendations on abortion rights that we put together for our friends at EarBuds Podcast Collective in September…
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Solidarity and Mutuality: Manuel Pastor
Retaking The Commons In order to repair our current social contract, we must first repair our relationship to the Commons. Our economy currently prioritizes…
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Faith and the Social Contract: Rev. Dr. Emma Jordan-Simpson
Faith in the Social Contract As members of a society, we must have an understanding of "we" for the social contract to function. When citizens are put in a…
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Technocracy and the Social Contract: Latanya Sweeney
Technology in the Social Contract Increasingly, the design of new technology determines the way our society functions and the way we live. Simple design flaws…
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Social Contract and Taxes: Sarah Christopherson
Tax Policy is Where It Starts What do our tax dollars really go towards? The truth is, so much of it is invisible. Tax dollars go towards helping homeowners…
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Exclusions in the Social Contract: Eduardo Porter
Racism Bites Everybody Creating racist policies and ideologies is short-sighted. In the long run, these practices affect everyone, including white people. In…
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Ending Subminimum Wage: Saru Jayaraman
The Legacy of the Subminimum Wage The devaluation of Black lives and women's work is at the heart of the subminimum wage. Until the 1850s, restaurant workers…
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Stand Up for Science: Lee McIntyre
Our Responsibility to Defend the Truth Science denialism has existed as long as science has existed. As a part of our social contract, we're responsible for…
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Our Public Health: Michele Goodwin
The Social Contract and Our Bodies The pandemic has given us a glimpse into the ways our health is woven into the social contract. The high number of deaths…
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Contract for the Climate: Keya Chatterjee
Racial Injustice in the Climate Crisis Economic and racial injustices are at the center of the climate crisis. White communities have largely avoided things…
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A New Social Contract: Minouche Shafik
Architecture of Opportunity We lose talent in our society when we overlook those from poor backgrounds or minority families. For example, Lost Einsteins are…
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The Social Contract - History of a Big Idea: Melissa Lane
The Social Contract The state of nature is a human condition that exists in any space that lacks a civil authority. With the social contract, we're prepared to…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingSeason 16: The Social Contract
Our all-new season is all about something that we most often hear about in terms of its brokenness: the social contract. We will be asking big questions about…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingIntroducing Some of My Best Friends Are...
Subscribe to Some of My Best Friends Are at http://podcasts.pushkin.fm/futurehindsight This week, we're sharing an episode of Some of My Best Friends Are…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingLegislating for Change: Jessica González-Rojas
Intersectionality As an Assemblymember, González-Rojas works to address a variety of intersectional issues facing her community, ranging from housing to…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingThe Power of Voting: Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez
Youth Vote Power Young people wield a lot of power when they vote. A whopping 73% of youth who were registered to vote by NextGen turned out to vote. This type…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingBuilding Progressive Power: Lala Wu
The Power of State Legislatures State legislatures pass the laws that affect our daily lives. When Democrats won the 'trifecta' in Virginia in 2019, they…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingRun for Something: Amanda Litman
Helping Diverse First Time Candidates Run Since its founding, Run for Something has helped elect 515 young, local officials across 46 states. A third of those…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingElecting New York Women: Brette McSweeney
Pro-Choice Democratic Women Eleanor's Legacy specifically helps pro-choice Democratic candidates for several reasons. First, due to a long-standing Republican…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingBlack Women's Political Power: Glynda Carr
Normalize Black Women's Leadership Normalizing Black women's leadership means that it is as plausible to have a Black woman represent a majority-white district…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingElecting More Women: Amanda Hunter
Qualifications Women need to highlight their credentials early and often, particularly in economics. Voters do recognize that women understand kitchen table…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingDiverse Women in Politics: Kelly Dittmar
Motivations and Perspectives The goal of promoting women to run for office is not simply to achieve parity in Congress or in State legislatures. Rather, it…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingThe Chicago 7: Mark Levine
Publication of Transcript Levine and the co-editors were outraged by what was happening in the trial and wanted to make sure the general public knew what was…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingResponsible Drug Use: Dr. Carl L. Hart
American Ideals The Declaration of Independence clearly lists the promises Americans are entitled to: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. If people…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingThe Punishment Bureaucracy: Alec Karakatsanis
Punishment Bureaucracy The Punishment Bureaucracy defines the array of institutions that powerful members of our society have constructed to enforce their…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingWhite Collar Crime: Jennifer Taub
White Collar Crime White collar crime, as originally defined by Edwin Sutherland in 1939, are offenses committed by someone of high social status and…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingAbuse and Accountability: Martha Nussbaum
Objectification Pride and greed are vices of domination that are at the root of sexual harassment and assault. Narcissistic gender pride casts women as objects…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingCoercive Work: Erin Hatton
Non-Traditional Labor Several kinds of non-traditional labor in the US leave Americans vulnerable to coercion at work. Prisoners work during their sentence at…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingUnderstanding Poverty: Mark Rank
Musical Chairs American poverty is a bit like a game of musical chairs. The US only has good opportunities for 8 out of 10 Americans, meaning 2 people always…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingBetter Peacebuilding: Séverine Autesserre
Ideal Peacebuilding The ideal peacebuilding model is context-specific. It heavily relies on grassroots peacebuilding efforts by the local community to address…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingPublic-Private Paradox: Colin Jerolmack
Public-Private Paradox: America has clearly delineated public and private domains: the public domain is regulated, and the private domain is not. A…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingBoosting Mental Immunity: Andy Norman
New Socratic Method Socrates used direct questioning to make ancient Athenians reflect critically on their views, which often made people look foolish. The New…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingThe Erosion of America: Sarah Kendzior
Thanks, HelloFresh! Go to HelloFresh.com/hopeful12 and use code hopeful12 for 12 free meals, including free shipping! The Erosion of America Since the 1980s…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingAmerica's Evil Geniuses: Kurt Andersen
Evil Geniuses Influential conservatives have capitalized on a wave of cultural nostalgia after the turbulent 1960s to turn our economy into a version of…
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Season 14 Trailer
We are launching an all-new authors' season, focusing on books that get into the weeds of America's most vexing problems. We'll be talking about everything…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingPandemic Podcasting: Laura Joyce Davis
Being a Good Neighbor Solving community problems can begin with a simple, common goal of being a good neighbor. Deep human relationships with people make the…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingOur Unjust SCOTUS: Adam Cohen
Campaign Finance Laws The Supreme Court often operates like a conservative activist group to help the GOP. One of the most egregious ways they've tipped the…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingRaising White Kids: Jennifer Harvey
Race-Conscious Parenting Race-conscious parenting affirms that we should notice race, and to recognize racism and racial injustice. It rejects colorblindness…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingEquity in Healthcare: Georges Benjamin, MD
Expanding Access Health insurance is essential to accessing healthcare. The uninsured do not get routine preventive care and, therefore, experience lower…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingInclusive Excellence: Franklin Gilliam
Inclusive excellence Diverse leadership and promoting inclusive excellence benefits everyone. In fact, it's critical to success in any organization. Always…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingImplicit Teacher Bias: Dr. Walter Gilliam
Implicit Bias in Preschool Teachers In a study to detect implicit bias, preschool teachers were instructed to watch a video of four young children (black and…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingUnapologetically Indigenous: Sarah Pierce and Amy Sazue
Achieving Education Equity Championing Indigenous students to be successful in school systems starts with school curriculums – telling the accurate history of…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingSeparation and Supremacy: Laura Briggs
Child Separation Policy's History The United States has a long history of using child separation to further racial nationalism. The two main groups targeted by…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingUnions & Racial Justice: Tamara Lee
Colorblind Organizing US unions traditionally operate on a 'colorblind' approach to organizing, but focusing on class issues alone often fails to acknowledge…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingState-Sponsored Segregation: Richard Rothstein
Government Created Segregation The US government codified overt segregation in housing policy at the beginning of the 20th century. The New Deal created the…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingEnding The Filibuster: Eli Zupnick
What is the Filibuster? In the Senate, a bill passes if it receives more than half of the vote. To bring a vote to the floor, the Majority Leader asks Senate…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingCritical Race Theory: Mari Matsuda
Critical Race Theory Critical Race Theory is a theory of justice designed to respond to the endemic racism in America's legal system. It places intersectional…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingWhite Too Long: Robert P. Jones, Ph.D.
The Lost Cause Before and during the Civil War, Southern Baptist leaders argued that slavery was just and the slaveholding South represented the pinicle of…
OCCUPY!: An Unfinished UprisingSurveillance Capitalism: Shoshana Zuboff
Surveillance Capitalism Surveillance Capitalism is the dominant economic logic in our world today. It claims private human experience for the marketplace and…