America's Democrats

The Power of Resistance. How movements for social and economic justice are flourishing, even under Donald Trump.

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This week, Historian and civil rights activist Mary Frances Berry on her new book, History Teaches Us to Resist, which details the history and role of progressive movements in America.  Plus Bill Press talks with Adam Kruggel of People’s Action and Kischa Peña with Down Home North Carolina about the bold agenda progressive democrats need to win in rural America.

Mary Frances Berry wasn't planning to write another book.  But after the election of Donald Trump, the historian, activist and former chair of the US Commission on Civil Rights knew that she had something important to say about what progressive movements could accomplish even in such challenging times

And now part two of our conversation with Mary Frances Berry, author of “History Teaches us to Resist” and why she believes it’s important to remember one woman’s fight against sexual assault over 70 years ago.o.

Bill Press talks with Adam Kruggel of “People’s Action” and Kischa Peña with Down Home North Carolina.

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Dow Jones Average vs Doug Jones Average?

Author Annelise Orleck on how poverty wages have sparked a worldwide labor movement. Historian John Russo on the populist economic agenda that Democrats need to win back the working class.  Plus Bill Press talks with Joe Cirincione about what Donald Trump might accomplish in sitting down with North Korea’s Kim Jung Un.

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Historian Annelise Orleck traveled the world to write a book about  workers who live on poverty wages. What she found gave her a renewed sense of hope and possibility.

John Russo has spent decades writing about America’s working class.   And if Democrats want their vote he says … nothing short of a bold economic and populist agenda will do.

Bill Press talks with Joe Cirincione, President of the Ploughshares Fund on what to expect from a summit with the United States and why Donald Trump might actually succeed.

The Koch Coup

Donald Trump’s War on Drugs.  How to make a bad idea even worse. And Bill Press on a life in the crosshairs of American politics.

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This week, drug policy analyst Sanho Tree on why death penalties for dealers will be a colossal failure and why progressive democrats need to care about the opioid epidemic. Plus from seminary student to progressive activist and talk show host …  Bill Press on his new memoir.

America’s War on Drugs is almost fifty years old. Drug policy analyst Sanho Tree says it’s been fifty years of failure that Donald Trump is only making worse.   

A conversation with Bill Press on his life, and the making of one of America’s leading voices for progressive politics.

Fly Away

This week, author Amy Siskind on the profound political upheaval under Donald Trump.  Robert Borosage on the profound response only progressive democrats can offer. And Bill Press talks with Travis Waldron of the Huffington Post about teachers’ strikes around the country.

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Democracy erodes when we don’t pay attention.  That’s the concern of activist and author Amy Siskind,  and why she is on a mission to document the signs of democratic decline under Donald Trump … week by week.

In the wake of Connor Lamb’s victory in Pennsylvania, progressive activist Robert Borosage says that the signs are clear.  Americans are ready for change and progressive democrats have the solution.

Bill Press talks with Travis Waldron of the Huffington Post about the new found political force … of teachers.

How low can the barons of high finance go?

Separate and Still Unequal.  Fifty years after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., what more can we learn from his final hours and what more can we do to fulfill his vision?

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This week, America looks inward to mark the fiftieth anniversary of Martin Luther King’s death.  Journalist Joseph Rosenbloom tells the story of King’s last hours as he faced a crossroads in his vision for nonviolence and economic justice. Former Senator Fred Harris asks why so little has changed since that day.  And Bill Press talks with Atima Omara about what she is doing to recruit progressive candidates of color.

Fifty year ago,  Martin Luther King Jr. arrived in Memphis Tennessee hoping to galvanize a movement for economic equality. There is still much to learn about his vision for our nation. One journalist took on that task by writing a detailed account of his final hours and  came to a fuller appreciation of what was lost.

The civil unrest that broke out after Martin Luther King’s assassination laid bare the deep pain of racial injustice in America. Senator Fred Harris witnessed those events and helped write a report that warned Americans of two societies, one black, one white -- separate and unequal.  

Bill Press talks with Atima Omara, founder of the Omara Strategy Group about what’s driving more people of color, LGBTQ Americans and women to run for office.

Exposing our “populist” president as a naked plutocrat

Why history matters.  A more honest telling over the right to bear arms in American History.  A more powerful understanding of the civil rights movement. And Bill Press talks with candidate Michael Eggman, a progressive democrat hoping to flip California’s 10th District.

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Law professor Adam Winkler on how even the founding fathers believed in gun control. Political Scientist Jeanne Theoharis on how the history of the civil rights movement has been sanitized and why. And Bill Press talks Candidate Michael Eggman from California’s 10th district.

Adam Winkler has written extensively on the history of gun control and the mythology that has come to dominate our current debate. He says that laws to enhance gun safety are as old as the founding of our country.

Jeanne Theoharis has written an alternative history on the civil rights movement and says that the accepted history about the movement diminishes its scope and its legacy for us today.

Bill Press talks with Michael Eggman, Democratic Candidate for California’s 10 on his plans to flip the district

Could you live on "Psychic Income?"

More than 70 progressive leaders sign a pledge to work for jobs, prosperity and justice. It’s an 11 point plan.  We’ll hear what’s in it. And Peter Ogburn of the Bill Press show talks with Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal.

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Roger Hickey of the Campaign for America’s Future says resistance is not enough. Progressive Democrats need to offer real solutions. And Bill Press talks with Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal  about Congress's inaction on guns.

Roger Hickey is a veteran activist for economic justice.  He says it’s not enough to be against Donald Trump’s agenda. Progressive democrats need to know what they stand for, and he has a plan to do that.

And now, part two of our conversation with Roger Hickey, Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Campaign for America’s Future. We’re talking about

the eleven point economic plan called Pledge to Fight for America’s Future.

You can check it out at CampaignforAmericasFuture.org.  You can even read along with us as we have this discussion.

Bill Press talks with Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal.

Forget shaming this do-nothing Congress. Stop paying them!

Labor Advocate Celine McNicholas explains how an upcoming decision from the Supreme Court could undermine the power of public unions. Dan Mauer of the Communications Workers of America outlines how trade deals can create jobs and protect workers rights. And Bill Press interviews democratic strategist Adam Parkhomenko for the latest on the midterms and how much the Mueller investigation will impact them.  

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Celine McNicholas is an expert on labor law and an advocate for workers rights.  She explains how a recent case heard before the Supreme Court could weaken American unions.

The latest round of talks over the North American Free Trade Agreement took place under the shadow of President Trump’s tariffs and how they will impact the negotiations.  But Dan Mauer says the more important conversation about NAFTA is how it can put workers first.

Bill Press talks with democratic strategist Adam Parkhomenko.

Hard times (still) in the fields

The disruptive power of social protest.   And Bill Press talks with Carolyn Fiddler about the political power of democrats in 2018.

Author and Harvard political scientist Danielle Allen tells a tragic story of how the “war on drugs”   has abandoned the people it’s supposed to protect. Kenneth Andrews of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill answers this question about social protest in the era of Trump.  Can it lead to long term change? And Bill Press interviews Carolyn Fiddler of Daily Kos about all the wins  that Democrats are racking up around the country.

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Danielle Allen is  the director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University.   She was  awarded a MacArthur Foundation “genius grant” in 2001.

In her most recent book, “Cuz: The Life and Times of Michael A.,” she tells the story of her cousin, a young man who was tried as an adult at age 15 for attempted carjacking.  After 13 years in prison, he was released and died violently at the age of 29. It is a story she says, about the deep and destructive “war on drugs” that has corrupted a criminal justice system that has abandoned our nation’s youth.

Half a million protesters are expected to show up in Washington, DC  later this month. Even more will join them in sister marches across the country. Led by students from Parkland, Florida, their goal is to change the nation’s gun laws. Protest historian Kenneth Andrews says it takes more than hitting the streets to create long term change.

Bill Press talks “Blue Wave” with Carolyn Fiddler of Daily Kos.

Why not the Doug Jones Average.

How progressive millenials are changing the game at the ballot box.  And Bill Press talks with Adam Smith of Every Voice about getting big money out of politics.

This week, Miles Rapoport of the Kennedy School at Harvard on what we learned from the President’s ill fated voter integrity commission. Author and organizer Amanda Litman on recruiting progressive millenials to run or office. And Bill Press interviews Adam Smith of Every Voice on how everyday people can have a bigger voice in politics.

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Last year, Donald Trump established the Bipartisan Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity with a mandate to uncover widespread voter fraud. Less than half a year later, it was dissolved leaving behind not a shred of evidence to support the President’s bogus claims.  Miles Rapoport has spent his career strengthening democracy and says the commission was a failure from the start.

Across the country, a record number of millenials are signing up to run for local office in the 2018 midterm elections.  And for those with a progressive agenda, Amanda Littman is there to help.

Bill Press talks money and politics with Adam Smith of Every Voice.

What will the Trump mob kill next?