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Imagining Poor People's Movements Then and Now
Today on the Radical Imagination we have a long needed and long-awaited dialogue between Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove and Frances Fox Piven, moderated by host Jim Vrettos.
Gay USA 6/2/2021
Celebrating lesbian pioneer Kay Lahusen; White House proclamation celebrates Pride. ∎ Pioneering lesbian activist Kay Lahusen has died at 91. ∎ We also lost Maryland transgender leader Sharon Brackett, 59, and White Party impresario Jeffrey Sanker, 65. ∎ President Biden proclaims LGLBTQ Pride Month...
Gay USA 5/26/2021
Prospects bad for Equality Act in Congress; interview with Sarah Schulman on her massive history of ACT UP/New York. ∎ Our guest is Sarah Schulman on her epic and highly praised new book, “Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993.” ∎ The Nashville DA won’t enforce...
Gay USA 5/19/2021
NYC Pride Parade bars uniformed police; Billy Porter comes out as HIV+. ∎ US State Department will recognize as US citizens children of US gay and non-gay married couples born through surrogacy abroad. ∎ A Montana man put on the sex offense registry for consensual gay sex in 1993 wins a court case...
Imagining Jewish Philanthropy and America's Political Economy
On this show we'll be exploring the history of American Jewish philanthropy as it tried to balance the interests of democracy with those of capitalism --the interests of the public good vs. the need for capitalism to grow and profit through the market. Host Jim Vrettos receives guest Lila Corwin...
Gay USA 5/12/2021
Biden restores some LGBTQ+ rights; various states still taking them away. ∎ Biden’s HHS restores ban on anti-LGBTQ discrimination in healthcare. ∎ We’ll tell you about the first out transgender bishop in a US Christian denomination. ∎ Reclaim Pride in New York announces its marching route for June...
Ending Solitary Confinement in NYC Jails & NYS Prisons
In this episode of "Both Sides of the Bars," we are joined by The Fortune Society’s Executive Vice President and Board of Corrections member Stanley Richards and HALT Solitary Confinement’s statewide organizer Jerome Wright to talk about the ending of solitary confinement in NYC jails and the...
Gay USA 5/5/2021
Legendary author Alison Bechdel tells us about her new book; President Biden supports transgender youth. ∎ Our guest at the top of the show is writer and artist Alison Bechdelon her new graphic memoir “The Secret to Superhuman Strength” offering her reflections on self-improvement, death and her...
Imagining An End to Poverty and Economic Dependence
In this The Radical Imagination we have 2 of the leading and most original writers and activists in the country who can help us understand the contradictions and alternative visions America is grappling with: Michael Hudson & Jonathan Hartgrove.