Rebecca talks to Joel Berg of Hunger Free America about rising hunger and poverty in the U.S. as the pandemic drags on, the recent federal court ruling striking down Trump’s Food Stamp cuts, a new poll indicating 2020 may see record turnout among low-income voters and more.

Show notes: https://offkiltershow.medium.com/hunger-and-poverty-on-the-rise-580db7171930

Rebecca talks to criminal justice advocate and "Decarceration Nation" host Josh Hoe about the national momentum for expanding and automating expungement, why he fought so hard to pass Michigan's "Clean Slate" package even though it won't clear his record, and more.

Show notes: https://medium.com/@OffKilterShow/josh-hoe-on-national-expungement-week-2020-4f8d98e7ae46

Second in a 2-part series on the role of narrative in shifting the balance of power and building a more equitable society. (Produced in partnership with our friends at The Forge organizing journal.)

 

Show notes: https://medium.com/@OffKilterShow/shaping-narrative-shifting-power-part-ii-bbf21b9a6458

 

First in a 2-part series on the role of narrative in shifting the balance of power and building a more equitable society. (Produced in partnership with our friends at The Forge organizing journal.)

 

Show notes: https://medium.com/@OffKilterShow/shaping-narrative-shifting-power-part-i-958a414b0522

Rebecca talks to Zephyr Teachout about her new book "Break 'Em Up: Recovering our Freedom from Big Tech, Big Ag, and Big Money" and why we need an antitrust movement for our time.

Show notes: https://medium.com/@OffKilterShow/zephyr-teachout-on-break-em-up-a991067642d9

Economist Claudia Sahm breaks down the unemployment insurance cliff threatening tens of millions of workers' paychecks, the conservative mythology around "moral hazard," why we're facing an income crisis on top of a joblessness crisis, the toxic culture in economics, and more.

  Show notes: https://medium.com/@OffKilterShow/the-sahm-rule-49da80772f83

Part 2 of a series looking at the looming evictions cliff, feat. Tara Raghuveer, director of the campaign for a Homes Guarantee and founding director of KC Tenants.

Show notes: https://medium.com/@OffKilterShow/the-evictions-cliff-8ed0bacd28e1

Part 1 of a series looking at the looming evictions cliff, feat. Dan Threet of the National Low Income Housing Coalition and Jay Willis, senior contributor for The Appeal.

Show notes: https://medium.com/@OffKilterShow/the-evictions-cliff-8ed0bacd28e1

Rebecca talks with editor Alice Wong and contributors Rebecca Cokley and Patrick Cokley about "Disability Visibility: First Person Stories from the 21st Century," an anthology of contemporary essays by disabled people released in June.

Show notes: https://medium.com/@OffKilterShow/disability-visibility-first-person-stories-from-the-21st-century-4b61b70226c

Rebecca talks to Jeremie Greer of Liberation in a Generation, Maurice BP Weeks of ACRE, and Tara Raghuveer of KC Tenants and People’s Action about the latest issue of The Forge, “The Rise and Fall of Racial Capitalism.”   Show notes: https://medium.com/@OffKilterShow/the-rise-and-fall-of-racial-capitalism-ea16f88d92b