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Spring 2025
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Arguments on the Left: Class and Race
Four short essays by Carla Murphy, Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Touré F. Reed, and Anika Fassia and Tinselyn Simms.
Belabored: Why “Corporate Social Responsibility” Fails Workers
A close look at what happens when corporations police themselves.
Know Your Enemy: After Nationalism, with Samuel Goldman
An interview with political theorist Samuel Goldman on “being American in an age of division.”
Know Your Enemy: The Afterlife of January 6
Was the January 6 breaching of the Capitol a genuine coup attempt by an extra-parliamentary faction of the Trump movement? Or was it a disorganized and pathetic act of desperation?
Belabored: Critical Race Panic in Schools, with Jesse Hagopian
A new right-wing campaign to ban “critical race theory” aims to crack down on teachers who teach honestly about racism. How can teachers protect themselves and their students?
Belabored: Labor Solidarity in China, with Tobita Chow and Kevin Lin
A conversation about what rising U.S.-China tensions mean for workers and the labor movement in both countries.
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Know Your Enemy: Unraveling Allan Bloom and Saul Bellow
A deep-dive into Ravelstein, Saul Bellow’s roman à clef about the Straussian political philosopher Allan Bloom, who achieved late-in-life wealth and fame after publishing his controversial best-seller, The Closing of the American Mind.
Belabored: Strike Averted at the New Yorker, with Gili Ostfield
Reflections on what The New Yorker Union won, how they did it, and what other workers can learn from their victory.
Belabored: Back to Work
If you’re nervous about going back to work, you’re not the only one. Workers and labor advocates discuss what the lifting of pandemic-related restrictions might mean for workplace safety and labor rights.
Know Your Enemy: The Enemy Within, with Brandy Jensen
Writer, editor, and advice columnist Brandy Jensen answers listener questions about how to be a person again (or for the first time) after the pandemic.
The Tom Cat Bakers’ Long Fight for Justice
The end of the Trump administration and the start of the post-pandemic economic recovery have brought a little optimism to immigrant workers. But many are still struggling to secure their rights and just compensation.
Belabored: General Strike in Palestine
Political economy researcher Riya Al-Sanah joins us from Haifa to talk about this week’s historic general strike.
Know Your Enemy: The Long Farewell to Majority Rule, with Joshua Tait
What are the intellectual origins of conservative hostility to majoritarian democracy?
