Today we are talking to Rafael Khachaturian again about the DSA or Democratic Socialists of America. You may have heard the name, but aren't sure what it is. You may, like me, be familiar with the DSA but remain skeptical of its goals, its effectiveness, or just the word "socialism." Rafael, whose been involved with the DSA in Bloomington, IN and Pittsburgh, PA is here to allay those fears.

• Democratic Socialists of America
• Eliza Griswold, "The Hard-Left Candidate Taking On the Democratic Establishment in Southwestern Pennsylvania," New Yorker (May 11, 2018).
• Eliza Griswold, "A Democratic-Socialist Landslide in Pennsylvania," New Yorker (May 16, 2018).

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