Just how broken is capitalism in the U.S.? What is the right stance for socialists and progressives towards "reopening the economy?" 

Guest: Doug Henwood of Behind the News and Left Business Observer, and author of My Turn: Hillary Clinton Targets the Presidency

Robert Graham Center projection of excess deaths in the U.S., by state, due to covid-related unemployment

Describes the objectives of the show as an analytical resource for socialist and progressive organizing during the pandemic.

Guests in May include Doug Henwood, writer and host of the podcast Behind the News, Frances Boyes and Eric Blanc, organizers with the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), Mike Elk, editor of the Payday Report, and Ruth Milkman, labor sociologist at the City University of New York.