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Today, more than ever, politics is theater. On today’s big stage we see Biden as an old weakened man, and then we have Trump with blood on his face, standing strong, defiant, fist in the air. On today’s show national The post After The Shooting of July 13, Is it Over? appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

Truman was down and nearly out. Then he did a campaign whistle stop tour of America and beat the odds. TV eye candy is one thing but seeing a president in the flesh connects far better, and connection is needed The post Should Biden Whistle Stop Campaign Across America? appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

Most of us can guess but there’s nothing like serious scientific research when it comes to understanding political change. In her forthcoming book  How the Heartland Went Red, Harvard’s Stephanie Termullo shares her findings from extensive field research in three The post Why Place Supplants Issues in the Heartland appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show...

Despite the obvious divides, both sides in today’s fierce split may actually share a lot in common and can be pulled together for a better America by something traditional called Civic Republicanism. On this show, Washington Monthly Editor in Chief The post America’s Old Tradition of “Civic Republicanism” Is New Again appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast &a...

We’ve won the abortion debate, and had the vote been a few weeks ago… But it’s not until November 8th. Neil Oxman is co-founder of The Campaign Group and on this show he shares his uniquely valuable vantage point. Oxman The post Should Democrats Be Worried? View from a Pro appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

A crippling rail strike seems to have been averted. Barely. You and I may think of the railroads as ways to move freight, but as our guest today observes: “The railroad companies have been Wall Street’s plaything throughout their half-century The post Nationalize Railroads While There are Still Assets appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

The same old same old foreign policy of military first does not enhance our national security. On this show historian Leon Fink, author of Undoing the Liberal World Order, sees that the causes of terrorism are untouched by our reliance The post Militaristic Foreign Policy Fails; There are Other Options appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

Saving the planet is not just for hippies anymore. It’s good to remember that when the business community came out against the war in Vietnam, that was the tipping point. In his new book Climatenomics, Washington, Wall Street, and the The post Capitalism: Powerful Environmental Ally? appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

It was not intended to be this supreme. But since Brown v Board of Education desegregating schools, even Democrats have been complacent and yielded too much authority to the court. America’s founders focused on freeing our government from oligarchs. But The post Supreme Court Too Supreme appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

America today is not the America of the past. But in his new book What it Took to Win, author and history professor  Michael Kazin, there is a thread that still works. Among the varied demographics, people want the government The post What it Took For Democrats to Win; Maybe it Still Does appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

The break in the supply chain feels sudden but it’s been building  for some 50 years. And our guest American Prospect Executive Editor David Dayen explains in an special edition of the magazine: “None of the private players involved have The post The Supply Chain Debacle Explained appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

When Iraq invaded Kuwait, we went to war. With Russia massing at the Ukraine border, we threaten war. But when the repressive kingdom of Morocco claims possession of another distinct nation, silence from the US. The rest of the world The post The Last Colony: Western Sahara appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

One might think it was purely an honor, but it can be brutal. Especially for women. Sexism may generally be more subtle now, but not always. In this discussion of her new book, Shortlisted: Women in the Shadows of the The post Shortlisted for Supreme Court: Like Police Interrogation appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

In his new book, The Privatization of Everything, author Donald Cohen directly takes on the myths which have led to intense concentration of power a an wealth and offers ways to reassert what America’s founders had in mind. Despite the The post Why Privatization is the Wrong Tool for the Common Good appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

When she came onto the civil rights stage, the men assumed she’d sing, not speak. But Fannie Lou Hamer was a force. As author Kate Clifford Larson tells the amazing story in her new book Walk With Me, she stood The post For Inspiration Today: Fannie Lou Hamer In the Early 60s appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

Have we learned that the military is not necessarily the best tool for the job? On this show New Republic journalist Jordan Michael Smith talks about the self imposed failures, squandering America’s power.  Right after the attack, the world was The post 20 Years after 9/11: Are We Any Smarter? appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

Let’s face it: the current Supreme Court is hostile to democracy. Even if Congress passes the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, the voter suppression right wing will take it to this Supreme Court which will decide voting rights. Does that The post Pack The Court! appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

You may not have heard of Rich Trumka who passed away suddenly August 5th. From working in the mines of Pennsylvania he served as president of the AFL-CIO from 2009 to 2021. Our guest today is once and future president The post After Rich Trumka: Now What for Labor? appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

They come to us as they were from millions of years ago and today they are vital to fighting Covid and other diseases. On part one, Author William Sargent talks about his new book Crab Wars. The demand is outstripping The post Horseshoe Crabs and Covid//Biden’s Options for China Policy appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

We hold their debt, they hold ours. Yet both countries are openly preparing for all out high intensity war. Flashpoints in the South China Sea. Nationalism here and in China. But as US Foreign Policy historian Lawrence Wittner explains, though The post Does it Have to be Militaristic Competition With China? appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

President Biden is doing what presidents rarely do: seeing reality and making a change. At no small political risk. Are we abandoning the women to Taliban brutality? Doug Bandow, senior fellow at the conservative Cato Institute, former assistant to President The post Afghanistan: We’re Outta There, Now What? appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

When VP Kamala Harris went to Central America, Honduras was not on the list of stops. She has reason to not want to appear with their right wing president. He is supported by the powerful global extractive industries, but there’s The post Berta Caceres Trial Will Test Biden’s Central America Policy appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

In the Scopes Trial of 1925, William Jennings Bryan spoke against teaching evolution, saying “I have all the information I need to live and die by.” Today’s intense fight against teaching Critical Race Theory is more of the same. To The post Critical Race Theory: Scopes Trial Redux? appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

Women in the military know they are more likely to be attacked by men of their own company than by an enemy. It’s been a long tradition that reports of sexual abuse are crushed. Commanders protecting their own reputation takes The post Sexual Assault in the Military: Foxes Guarding the Henhouse appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

Is it the revenge of the “deplorables?” We’ve seen how a culture of resentment affected Germany in the early 30s, and it has brought us dangerous Trumpism today. On this show, professor of history emeritus Walter Moss looks at the The post The Power of Resentment and The Threat to Democracy appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .