Aly Richards of Lets Grow Kids talks about the need for affordable, quality childcare.We revisit the origins of International Women’s Day. Hear some of topical singer David Rovics songs about Solidarity and COVID; and hear from the authors of Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life.

Bruce Levine, author of Thaddeus Stevens: Civil War Revolutionary, Fighter for Racial Justice, discusses the role of Thaddeus Stevens in the dynamic trajectory of the second American revolution—an opportunity to remake the country as a true multiracial democracy. How the Civil War evolved, and why its aftermath was both so promising and so disappointing.

Paul Cillo about how much income does a Vermonter need to live? Michele Asch on the need for affordable/quality childcare, and Ashley Smith about After the Pandemic Slump, What Next?

Rep. Selene Coburn discusses Progressives' Priorities for this Legislative Session and Dr. Steffie Woolhandler talks about the The Lancet's "Public Policy and Health in the Trump Era" study.

Stephanie Seguino about the Trends in Racial Disparities in Vermont Traffic Stops and Their Broader Significance, and Omar Ocampo about the Pandemic Super Bowl 2021: Billionaires Win, We Lose.

Kate Logan talks about the Renew Vermont Agenda for a Jobs-Green New Deal, Darren Allen about Addressing Funding Issues with the Teachers’ Retirement System, and Sen. Anthony Pollina about Using an Income Tax to Fund Education.

Julie Lowell about More Federal Pandemic Relief for Vermont, Kate Logan about Vermont Renews, a statewide grassroots agenda and coalition created to address the the state’s interconnected crises of racial injustice, climate change, mass unemployment, and the coronavirus pandemic, and Sam Farber on why Trumpism Will Endure.

We hear from Rep. Brian Cina about an agenda for a statewide Jobs Guarantee to tackle mass unemployment, economic and racial inequality, the coronavirus pandemic, and climate change; and Dr. Jack Rasmus about What Happens January 6th, 20th & After?; and Jamie McCallum author of Worked Over: How Round-the-Clock Work Is Killing the American Dream.

Stephanie Yu of the Public Assets Institute about how Vermonters are doing: the State of Working Vermont 2020. Dan DiMaggio of Labor Notes for 2020 in review: Workers Struggle Under the Weight of the Pandemic.

Stephanie Yu of the Public Assets Institute talks about Vermont Jobs and COVID. We review the skimpy COVID relief bill. And Ashley Smith previews Biden’s Imperial Foreign Policy.