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We traditional Americans are doing what we can to take on oligarchy, plutocracy, and patriarchy. But our effectiveness is limited if we do not figure out the whys and hows of what our guest Melanie Joy calls “powerarchy.” Her new book The post The Psychological Base of “Powerarchy” appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

Safe comfortable myth is so soothing, but art, by its nature, is often about challenging the viewer. You may have heard of the controversy about large Depression-era murals on the walls of San Francisco’s George Washington High School. After 80 The post Erasing Unsettling Truth: The San Francisco Mural Controversy appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

Well into the 21st century, everything has changed except our way of thinking, which remains rooted in 19th century values which unnecessarily hold us back. Millions of people hate their jobs and are relegated to living as passive consumers when The post An Optimistic/Realistic 21st Century Vision appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

Many reject science and embrace myth instead. But just as technological advance depends on knowledge gained through science, so the future of America relies on knowledge of our history. Until recently it has been tough times for History departments. While The post The Rise of History: Vital for Our Future appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

As it did in the 1920s with the Scopes Trial, the American right hates science. It presents them with truths they need to deny. Clearly on climate change but also when it comes to enabling the social change needed to The post The Science of Both Racism and Social Change appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

Liberal-initiated efforts to eliminate poverty have been top down for about 50 years. But to be successful, development can’t be done to them from on high; it has to be done by the people most affected. We shouldn’t have low The post Sparking Prosperity for Everyone appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

America’s public education still relies on grading practices geared to the industrial revolution of the early 1900s. This antiquated system undermines effective teaching and learning and inadvertently filters students based on privileges. In his new book Grading for Equity: What The post Grading for Equity: Teaching Humans, Not Rats appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast &...

Remember your not-so-great high school days? Remember wanting to be respected while being consistently treated as less-than? According to author Eric David Dawson, “the system is set up to be destructive of everybody.” His new book, Putting Peace First: Seven The post High School Kids Leading Us All, Not Waiting to “Grow Up” appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Pod...

The pervasive myth of kids just needing “grit” and lifting themselves up by their own bootstraps is false and is doing real harm. Our guest today Linda Nathan spent fourteen years as founder and co-headmaster of Boston Arts Academy, Boston’s only The post Grit Is Not Enough: Structural Barriers Remain To High School Kids appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio...

Both parties in recent decades have bought into the idea that letting private business needs dictate the direction of public schools will help education. According to Noliwe Rooks, director of American Studies at Cornell University, de facto segregation in public The post Business and Public Education = Segrenomics appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

The forces currently in power may actually believe that by killing democracy they are saving America. Or they may just be driven by simple greed. In his new book: Kill It to Save It; An Autopsy of Capitalism’s Triumph Over The post Kill It To Save It appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

How dangerous is it that Americans are adjusting to truths changing by the hour? What is official truth now may not be so tomorrow. It’s all up to Trump’s White House. We mere citizens must accept and believe the dictate The post Truth is the Beliefs of the Strong: Trump and 1984 appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

We all focus on the top, the presidency and then congress. But more than you may think is at stake at the state level. Top corporations are focused where they can accomplish a lot for themselves relatively cheaply. A little The post While We’re Not Paying Attention; Remaking State Governments appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

“Just following orders” is no defense. In a democracy we assume that individuals in society will take personal responsibility and disobey immoral commands. But as many experiments have shown, people rarely question orders from authorities. Our guest on this show The post Intelligent Disobedience: Democracy Depends on It appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

At for-profit universities, they’re not admission offices, they’re sales forces. It’s no accident that today for-profit colleges and universities are proliferating. They exist to turn a profit for investors, and that means maintaining a class of low income people. Instead The post For-Profit Colleges Maintain Economic Inequality appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podca...

Sometimes citizens must break the law to uphold the law. History shows that sometimes patriotic resisting requires taking personal risks. But how to determine which risks are worth it and will yield the results we want? For a long time, The post Time to Defend the Republic Against The Government appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

The Vikings were brave explorers and they found wondrous new things. Today Scandinavia holds promise of how America can become happier and more free. George Lakey, author of the new book Viking Economics, talks about struggling toward something rather than The post Scandinavia Got it Right, So Can We appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

Generally American cites are dumped on: Budgets cut, services eliminated, schools ignored. But 80% of us live in cities and despite the pressure from uncaring financial interests and their politicians, we are close to a tipping point where an urban The post Saving Our Cities: Transforming Urban America appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

It was a disastrous day for Democrats. Senior strategist and media advisor to the Bernie Sanders Campaign Mark Longabaugh (remember that great “America” ad?)talks about opportunities ahead for traditional liberal Democrats. He argues Trump’s victory was less about hate and The post Bernie’s TV Ad Creator: Reviving the Democratic Party From the Ashes appeared first on KDA Ke...

Is there a worse crime than child abuse? Is the complicity by knowing adults just as bad? Is there something about the very nature of authoritarianism in schools? Guest on this show is  Amos Kamil, author of Great is the The post Harm to Kids from Authoritarian Schools appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

Populism has been part of our country’s identity since before the Constitution. It looked like there was a great populist uprising this year. Now, with the scare of Bernie Sanders behind them the corporate-serving Democrats are back to their “happy The post Populism: Where To Now? appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

They call it “youth development programs.” Seven hundred million of our tax dollars are being used to lure kids into the schools-to-soldier pipeline. The mainly poor students are presented the image of exciting video games, which millions of kids love. The post Army Ranger Opposing Child Soldier Recruitment in America appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Sh...

How many women do you think have run for president? Of the 200 or so who have done it, there are three before Hillary who made a difference. In her new book, The Highest Glass Ceiling; Women’s Quest for the The post Smashing the Glass Ceiling: Those Who Went Before appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

Independence day: Many Americans see our freedom to choose as consumers as what independence is all about. But recovering corporate CEO and Huffington Post columnist Richard Eskow on this show shines a light on how far we’ve veered from what The post Would Our Founders Recognize Today’s “Independence?” appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

They sought a better life from the Jim Crow South and freedom, but what they found was something else. It may not be bricks and mortar prison, but black citizens have been intentionally limited to specific areas on the map The post Spatialized Blackness In Chicago appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .