Interview | Economy & Labor The Fed’s Response to Rising Inflation Protects the Wealthy at Workers’ Expense Leftist economists Gerald Epstein and Robert Pollin offer an alternative vision for how to combat rising inflation. By C.J. Polychroniou , Truthout November 30, 2022 Truthout
Interview | Economy & Labor Striking UC Grad Students Speak Out on Largest-Ever Higher Ed Strike in US "Most of these student workers qualify for food stamps,” says UCLA doctoral student Enrique Olivares Pesante. By Amy Goodman & Juan González , DemocracyNow! November 30, 2022 Truthout
Interview | Prisons & Policing NYC DA Asks Judge to Drop Murder Charges Against Domestic Abuse Survivor Tracy McCarter did everything we tell domestic abuse survivors to do but remains in legal limbo, says Victoria Law. By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! November 29, 2022 Truthout
Interview | Human Rights Kevin Johnson Is Set to Be Executed Tuesday. Will Missouri Stay Execution? Family members, lawmakers and advocates are urging Missouri’s governor to grant Johnson clemency. By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! November 28, 2022 Truthout
Interview | Racial Justice Knowledge of Asian American Histories Strengthens Fight Against Racist Violence Scholar Catherine Ceniza Choy discusses the histories -- and futures -- of Asian Americans. By Jon Letman , Truthout November 28, 2022 Truthout
Interview | Education & Youth Educator Jeffrey Duncan-Andrade: Teachers Must Fight Inequality, Not Create It Schools typically see children as broken and try to fix them, but it’s our schools and society that is broken. By Eleanor J. Bader , Truthout November 27, 2022 Truthout
Interview | Culture & Media “You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train”: Remembering Howard Zinn at 100 “To be neutral … is to collaborate with whatever is going on, to allow it to happen.” By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! November 25, 2022 Truthout
Interview | Human Rights As Settler Colonialism and Genocide Continue, So Too Does Indigenous Resistance Lakota historian Nick Estes talks about Thanksgiving and the fight against the Dakota Access pipeline at Standing Rock. By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! November 24, 2022 Truthout
Interview | Environment & Health We Are Running Out of Time to Use Failing Strategies Against the Climate Crisis Author Peter Gelderloos describes the limits of governmental and market solutions and argues for bottom-up insurgency. By Ella Fassler , Truthout November 24, 2022 Truthout
Interview | Human Rights Will Iranian Protests Grow Into a “Nationwide Revolution” Despite Crackdown? The UN Human Rights Council is set to discuss a proposal to establish a fact-finding mission on the crackdown. By Nermeen Shaikh & Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! November 23, 2022 Truthout