How Democrats Can Fight Back How Democrats Can Fight Back
Jamie Raskin lays out the legal strategy to oppose Trump but says, “We’re not going to sue our way out of a political crisis”—Democrats need a political organizing strategy.
Feb 14, 2025 / Q&A / Chris Lehmann
Dean Spade Explains How to Come Together and Raise Hell Dean Spade Explains How to Come Together and Raise Hell
The activist lawyer speaks to Laura Flanders about his radical self-help book, “Love in a F*cked Up World.”
Feb 6, 2025 / Q&A / Laura Flanders
Chris Hayes on the Fight for Our Attention Chris Hayes on the Fight for Our Attention
In this interview, the MSNBC host discusses Trump’s mastery of our age of attention, and his new book, The Sirens’ Call.
Feb 3, 2025 / Q&A / Jon Wiener
What Adorno Can Still Teach Us What Adorno Can Still Teach Us
A conversation with Peter Gordon about the enduring influence of the Frankfurt School's leader, the future of critical theory, and his recent book, A Precarious Happiness.
Jan 9, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins
Claud Cockburn’s Legacy of Guerrilla Journalism Claud Cockburn’s Legacy of Guerrilla Journalism
Patrick Cockburn discusses his new biography about his father, Claud, with his niece, Laura Flanders.
Dec 26, 2024 / Q&A / Laura Flanders
The Courts, Trump, and Us: A Q&A With David Cole The Courts, Trump, and Us: A Q&A With David Cole
Last time, the courts were an essential checking force on the Trump administration. This time around, they may again provide a check—if we push.
Dec 10, 2024 / Q&A / Jon Wiener
Congresswoman Barbara Lee on Why Shirley Chisholm Was Right Congresswoman Barbara Lee on Why Shirley Chisholm Was Right
The California Democrat explains why, during her 25 years in Congress, it was important for her “to disrupt and dismantle and build something that’s equitable and just and right.”...
Dec 9, 2024 / Q&A / John Nichols
How the Western Literary Canon Made the World Worse How the Western Literary Canon Made the World Worse
A talk with Dionne Brand about her recent book, Salvage, which looks at how the classic texts of Anglo-American fiction helped abet the crimes of capitalism, colonialism, and more...
Dec 5, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Elias Rodriques
Bernie Sanders: We Need More Working-Class Candidates to Challenge Both Parties Bernie Sanders: We Need More Working-Class Candidates to Challenge Both Parties
The senator says in this exclusive interview that challengers to status quo politics can run in Democratic primaries or as independents.
Nov 26, 2024 / Q&A / John Nichols
Rich Countries Must Pay Up or Humanity Will Pay the Price Rich Countries Must Pay Up or Humanity Will Pay the Price
The climate activist Lidy Nacpil says the climate bill owed to developing nations is in the “trillions, not billions.”
Nov 25, 2024 / Q&A / Carol Schaeffer