America Unchained

We discuss the meaning and history of reparations, how reparations for Black Americans are warranted, and what they could achieve in connection with enforcement of the social rights agenda.

This episode examines how the United States justice system allows money to determine one's legal standing and how legal care can pave the way for genuine equality before the law.

Pairing with last weeks episode as a two episode saga discussing security challenges, the topic this week is nuclear proliferation and disarmament.

We examine humanity's increasing vulnerability to pandemics and disastrous climate change and discuss the international actions that we must take to contain these intertwined crises before it is too late.

Manipulation of voter eligibility, voter suppression, and now the COVID-19 emergency have stacked on one another to put the basic act of democracy in jeopardy. We discuss the past and present of the shackles on our voting system.

We examine the role of the employee-employer relation in a free society, how US labor policy has unfairly disempowered employees, and what changes should be made.

To what extent can we call ourselves a nation of immigrants? This episode tracks through the history and the present problems of immigration in America.

We discuss the nature of the right to education and explore how America can implement a safe learning environment under COVID-19.

With an avalanche of evictions and foreclosures racing towards us, we examine how we are failing to fulfill our fundamental right to decent housing and what we can do to solve our housing crisis.

This episode tracks the history of healthcare as a human right, the American healthcare quagmire, and where we go from here.