Ken Scott Baron Podcast

Today, January 15th, 1929, Martin Luther King Jr. was born. He is remembered as a courageous and loving leader of the civil and human rights movement whose words and wisdom empowered masses globally at a time when polarization, discrimination and oppression due to race, gender, class, and otherwise marginalized identities plagued the nation.  56 years […]

Some news came Friday that gave an unexpected jolt of hope. Much of the year saw an unrelenting legal assault on queer and trans people. Around 20 states have passed laws restricting access to gender-affirming care for trans and nonbinary people, and several have barred transgender and nonbinary people from using bathrooms that align with their […]

MAGA was on trial in a courtroom — its methods, its morality and the means it uses to escape the consequences of its dreadful acts. That’s because a “MAGA MAN” Rudy Giuliani was found guilty of terrible lies that election workers committed voter fraud. Giuliani’s lies had profoundly damaged her life.  The jury gave its […]

Republicans have shown some consistency on issues of economic and fiscal policy. These may be of consequence to our listeners at the NABWMT. Republicans seem exceptionally explicit in calling for an increase in the age at which Americans become eligible for Social Security — a bad idea that seems to be experiencing a revival. But […]

We’ve gotten a good idea of what Donald Trump would do if given a second chance in the White House. It looks a lot like he means to give himself the power and unchecked authority of a strongman. Trump would purge the federal government of as many civil servants as possible and install political and […]

New House Speaker Johnson is a clear rebuttal to the overall liberal societal drift that’s happening in the United States. His views are far out of step with the average American and even with a significant number of Republicans. White evangelicals still have a very strong hold on the modern Republican Party. They are losing […]

Defending Democracy Young and Old Voters Should Republicans be worrying? Yes because turnout among MAGA supporters may be less important than how many MAGA voters there are in the 2024 election and in which states they are.” Over 56 percent of self-identified MAGA voters are over the age of 65 as of 2020. By 2024, […]

New Mexican voters should feel safe and supported as they cast their votes. This year, Common Cause New Mexico is ramping up efforts and beginning to train volunteers over the summer in advance of early voting. What follows could be a template for action in any state. In 2008, Common Cause New Mexico created a […]

We are looking at a full-on attack on our hard-fought, hard-won freedoms including our very democracy. Much of this is thwarted by Congress or the courts. The stakes of the election are stark as the GOP is trying to reverse generations of racial progress in America. We have the lowest Black unemployment rate on record […]

Politicians are trying to use a distorted idea of patriotism and a distorted definition of nationalism to whitewash white nationalists and white nationalism. White supremacy, white nationalism and white terror were fundamental to the creation of America. Those facts don’t change because they make some uncomfortable or others angry. No one has the power to […]