Future Hindsight

We discuss how out of date immigration laws are and why the only cure is comprehensive immigration reform from Congress. In the face of rising arrests and deportations by ICE, this is the perfect episode to remind us that we still need immigration reform.

Aaron's civic action toolkit recommendations are:

1) Be welcoming and model inclusion in your communities

2) Contact your member of Congress and demand comprehensive immigration reform

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick is the Policy Director at the American Immigration Council, a non-profit organization that strives to strengthen the United States by shaping immigration policies and practices.

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Host: Mila Atmos

Guests: Aaron Reichlin-Melnick

Executive Producer: Mila Atmos

Producer: Zack Travis

We discuss how certain radical acts of justice by everyday people challenge the legitimacy of the criminal system and form the underpinning of a new collective legal thought, demosprudence. Collective understanding of justice and safety is changing away from the concept that justice equals cages.

Jocelyn's civic action toolkit recommendations are:

1) Be a court watcher!

2) Learn about your city's or county's budget

Jocelyn Simonson is Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School, a former public defender, and the author of Radical Acts of Justice: How Ordinary People Are Dismantling Mass Incarceration.

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Host: Mila Atmos

Guests: Jocelyn Simonson

Executive Producer: Mila Atmos

Producer: Zack Travis

We discuss deliberative polling as a way to assess the will of the people and then to make it consequential. This is what democracy is all about.

James's civic action toolkit recommendations are:

1) Question your own beliefs and assumptions

2) Learn to listen to people whom you would not normally talk to

James Fishkin is the Director of the Deliberative Democracy Lab at Stanford University and the author of Can Deliberation Cure the Ills of Democracy?

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Host: Mila Atmos

Guests: James Fishkin

Executive Producer: Mila Atmos

Producer: Zack Travis

We discuss the main goals of copaganda: narrowing our conception of safety and threat, constantly warning us that those harms are increasing, and telling us that the solution to our fears is more investment in the punishment bureaucracy.

Alec's civic action toolkit recommendations are:

1) Educate yourself on how copaganda works

2) Read the Copaganda book in a group!

Alec Karakatsanis is the founder and executive director of Civil Rights Corps and author of Copaganda: How Police and the Media Manipulate Our News.

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Host: Mila Atmos

Guests: Alec Karakatsanis

Executive Producer: Mila Atmos

Producer: Zack Travis

We discuss how multisolving is a way to address the multiple issues that are currently facing our democracy at the same time, ranging from pollution and sustainable energy to civil rights and collective governance.

Elizabeth's civic action toolkit recommendations are:

1) Learn about multisolving

2) Learn together in a group

Elizabeth Sawin is the Director of the Multisolving Institute and the author of Multisolving: Creating Systems Change in a Fractured World.

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Host: Mila Atmos

Guests: Elizabeth Sawin

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Producer: Zack Travis

We discuss Inclusive Constitutionalism, a fresh way to interpret the Constitution that makes inclusive democracy real. By contrast, originalism interprets the meaning of the Constitution as fixed in time in the 1800s and ignores the constitutional amendments during reconstruction that were designed to foster a multiracial democracy.

Madiba's civic action toolkit recommendations are:

1. Join or form a local union!

2. Pay attention to state and local courts.

Madiba Dennie is Deputy Editor and Senior Contributor at the critical legal commentary outlet Balls and Strikes. Her debut book is The Originalism Trap: How Extremists Stole the Constitution and How We The People Can Take it Back.

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Host: Mila Atmos

Guests: Madiba Debbie

Executive Producer: Mila Atmos

Producer: Zack Travis

We discuss why the Constitution—the document we've been taught to revere as the very foundation of American democracy—might actually be responsible for the current crisis in government. It might be leading us away from a more perfect union and toward destruction or even secession.

Erwin's civic action toolkit recommendations are:

1. Be informed

2. Get involved

3. Speak out

Erwin Chemerinsky is the Dean of the UC Berkeley School of Law and one of the nation's leading constitutional scholars. His most recent book is No Democracy Lasts Forever: How the Constitution Threatens the United States, which urges us to think about starting over.

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Host: Mila Atmos

Guests: Erwin Chemerinsky

Executive Producer: Mila Atmos

Producer: Zack Travis

We discuss how the Supreme Court's lawlessness is fueled by the conservative grievance mindset where Republicans believe they are victims of laws they don't agree with. The Supreme Court has played an important role in enabling the current administration's actions.

Leah's civic action toolkit recommendations are:

1. Get educated on the Supreme Court!

2. Read Leah's book, Lawless: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad Vibes

Leah Litman is co-host of the Strict Scrutiny podcast, professor of law at the University of Michigan and former Supreme Court clerk, and the author of Lawless: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad Vibes.

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Host: Mila Atmos

Guests: Leah Litman

Executive Producer: Mila Atmos

Producer: Zack Travis

We discuss why housing insecurity undermines our democracy. We cover the evolution from Reagan, when homelessness was blamed on the individual, to the increasing recognition that housing is a human right.

Maria's civic action toolkit recommendations are:

1. Be an advocate against criminalization and call your representatives

2. Join the https://housingnothandcuffs.org/ campaign

Maria Foscarinis is the founder of the National Homelessness Law Center and the author of And Housing for All: The Fight to End Homelessness in America.

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Host: Mila Atmos

Guests: Maria Foscarinis

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Producer: Zack Travis

We discuss "calling in" as a practice rooted in a human rights framework that can transform how we engage across our divide and potentially be the bridge that helps our democracy survive.

Loretta's civic action toolkit recommendations are:

1. Do an integrity audit: pause and self assess before responding

2. Always focus on the good part of people

Loretta Ross is an activist and an associate professor at Smith College. Loretta has had a long career in the human rights movement and her new book is Calling In: How to Start Making Change with Those You'd Rather Cancel.

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Host: Mila Atmos

Guests: Loretta Ross

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Producer: Zack Travis