Darrick Hamilton, Heidi Shierholz, and Jess Bartholow join a special episode of Off-Kilter on poverty and inequality in the age of coronavirus, as part of the National Academy of Social Insurance's 2020 Robert Ball Award event. Show notes: https://medium.com/@OffKilterShow/nasi-ball-award-feat-darrick-hamilton-heidi-shierholz-jess-bartholow-8dc454afe137

Rebecca talks to Jamil Smith about his latest column for Rolling Stone, "American Plague"; the George Floyd protests, the movement to end policing as we know it, this moment as a reminder of why we need more diversity in the media, and more.

Show notes: https://medium.com/@OffKilterShow/american-plague-feat-jamil-smith-f9ce1c61a31d

Rebecca talks to sociologist Rashawn Ray about the George Floyd protests and how we move from "bad apples" to uprooting the "rotten trees" in policing that keep producing them.

Show notes: https://medium.com/@OffKilterShow/bad-apples-come-from-rotten-trees-in-policing-53715fd7675e

Rebecca sits down with Rep. Don Beyer, Vice Chair of Congressional Joint Economic Committee, and Heather Boushey of the Washington Center for Equitable Growth, for the latest on where things stand in Washington on the federal COVID response.

Show notes: https://medium.com/@OffKilterShow/beyer-boushey-8be89af1e80

Rebecca talks to social insurance scholar Michael Graetz about his book "The Wolf at the Door" and how the U.S. might begin to address the rampant economic insecurity that long predated COVID--even in our current political climate.

Show notes: https://medium.com/@OffKilterShow/the-wolf-at-the-door-16f4cae7a86b

Rebecca sits down with Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) for a look at the agenda Dems in Congress are trying to advance to get much-needed help to workers and families amid COVID19.

Show notes: https://medium.com/@OffKilterShow/sen-bennet-on-the-covid-response-we-need-8ad0c18a7359

Rebecca sits down with Gbenga Ajilore and Greg Kaufmann for a deep-dive on why many rural communities—and the Black rural south in particular—are extra vulnerable amid the pandemic—and what we can do to ensure they aren’t left behind in our COVID response.

Show notes: https://medium.com/@OffKilterShow/rural-america-meet-covid-19-3f4e32ace432

Rebecca talks to Quintin Williams, a leading criminal justice reform organizer, about the need to move past the U.S.’s obsession with the “violent/nonviolent” dichotomy as we protect people behind bars from the spread of COVID19—plus the “second chances” response we need to ensure the 1 in 3 Americans with criminal records aren’t left behind.

Show notes: https://medium.com/@OffKilterShow/covid-19-doesnt-care-what-s-in-your-record-we-shouldn-t-either-6baedd41faf9

Rebecca talks to Imani Barbarin about Vote For Access, a new online TV program on the barriers to voting for people with disabilities. 

Show notes: https://medium.com/@OffKilterShow/vote-for-access-1dd713756e30

Rebecca sits down with law professor and former tenants’ rights organizer Ray Brescia, to discuss his new book “The Future of Change: How Technology Shapes Social Revolutions.”

Show notes: https://medium.com/@OffKilterShow/how-technology-shapes-social-revolutions-15126e7c7284