Since he took office, Donald Trump has continued to prioritize his business interests over those of the American people. In the June 22 episode of “The Progressive Happy Hour,” co-hosts Drew Courtney and PFAW senior director outreach and engagement Diallo Brooks sat down with Kristine Kippins, director of policy at the Constitutional Accountability Center, to discuss their lawsuit to hold Trump accountable for his violations of the foreign emoluments clause.

The high-profile deaths of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain’s by suicide last week focused a spotlight on the importance of addressing mental health and health care. In the June 8 episode of “The Progressive Happy Hour,” co-hosts Christin “Cici” Battle and Drew Courtney sat down with Lizet Ocampo, PFAW’s political director, to discuss how progressive activists can openly discuss and destigmatize mental health in our communities, in the workplace, and in the political sphere.

With communities of color enduring one tragedy after another at the hands of police, addressing police violence is an issue that should be a priority for everyone. In the June 8 episode of “The Progressive Happy Hour,” co-hosts Christin “Cici” Battle and Drew Courtney sat down with Diallo Brooks, PFAW’s senior director of outreach and public engagement, to discuss the urgent need for reform and what activists can do to get engaged.

June 1 marks the first-ever national day of action in support of the rights of sex workers, with advocates from across the country speaking out against policies that could put their safety and even survival at risk. In the new episode of “The Progressive Happy Hour,” co-hosts Christin “Cici” Battle and Drew Courtney sat down with Kate D’Adamo, a community organizer for sex workers’ rights, to learn more about what’s at stake.

Since President Trump took office, his administration and Senate Republicans have been filling our courts with narrow-minded, elitist judges at a record pace. In the May 25 episode of “The Progressive Happy Hour,” co-hosts Christin “Cici” Battle and Drew Courtney sat down with Lena Zwarensteyn, director of strategic engagement at the American Constitution Society, to talk about Trump judges and the right-wing takeover of our nation’s federal courts.

In early May the Justice Department announced they are rolling back rules that protect transgender people in prisons, the latest attack from an administration that has taken every opportunity to undermine rights for transgender people. In the May 18 episode of “The Progressive Happy Hour,” we sat down with Raffi Freedman-Gurspan, director of external relations at the National Center for Transgender Equality, to talk about transgender equality in the Trump era.

Disgraced coal baron Don Blankenship received over 27,000 votes in the West Virginia Republican Senate primary, even after being convicted for his role in an explosion that killed 29 coal miners and running a racist campaign. Blankenship lost, but was one of many fringe right-wing candidates running for office. In the May 11 episode, we sat down with Miranda Blue, research director at People For the American Way, to talk about far-fight candidates working to pull the GOP to the fringe in 2018.

With the lack of affordable housing already at a crisis point across the country, last week HUD Secretary Ben Carson floated a plan that would sharply increase what the lowest-income households have to pay in rent. In the May 4 episode of “The Progressive Happy Hour,” co-hosts Christin “Cici” Battle and Drew Courtney sat down with Afua Atta-Mensah, executive director of Community Voices Heard, to talk about the fight for affordable housing under a presidential administration working to gut services

As Congress advances a bipartisan bill to protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, President Trump is not backing down from his efforts to undermine and interfere with this critical work. In the April 27 episode of “The Progressive Happy Hour,” co-hosts Christin “Cici” Battle and Drew Courtney sat down with Lisa Gilbert, vice president of legislative affairs at Public Citizen, to talk about the Russia investigation and what activists can do to help protect it.

April 10 marked Equal Pay Day, the day when—on average—women’s wages symbolically “catch up” to men’s wages from the previous year. In the April 20 episode of “The Progressive Happy Hour,” co-hosts Christin “Cici” Battle and Drew Courtney sat down with Joi Chaney, executive director of Equal Pay Today!, to talk about the gender pay gap and the ongoing fight for gender and racial pay equity.