Arsenal for Democracy

Topics: Rep. Barbara Lee's AUMF repeal effort; Political influence of private utilities and FDR's speech on that. People: Bill, Nate

Total U.S. student debt forgiveness; Universal dental care. People: Bill, Rachel, Jonathan, Paul

News media consolidation in the US (including University of Delaware research); legal protections for retail workers on part-time on-call/zero-hour contracts. People: Bill, Rachel, Nate

Bill and Nate discuss the 1953 US-British coup in Iran following the June 2017 release of CIA and State Department documents about it.

Bill interviews returning guest Emily Robinson (@see_em_play), a Socialist organizer in Scottish Labour from the U.S., about the June 2017 UK election results and aftermath.

Big Idea: The mounting crisis in U.S. long-term eldercare and our proposal for a universal public eldercare provider system funded by estate/inheritance taxes on the wealthy. People: Bill, Rachel, Nate

The complexity of the U.S. housing crisis and its solutions (construction, land trusts, public housing corporations, Georgism and more). This is hard to cover when everyone uses the same heated rhetoric on all sides. People: Bill, Rachel, Jonathan

Hunger crises in Yemen, South Sudan, Somalia, and Nigeria; Trump's move to privatize air traffic control. People: Bill, Nate

The upcoming UK election and the Labour Party campaign manifesto, as well as recent developments in Central African Republic. People: Bill, Nate

Proposed reforms to US voter registration, early voting and polling locations, election methods, weekend voting, and Congressional redistricting. People: Bill, Rachel, Jonathan