#1490 What To Do As We Enter A Post-Roe World
Air Date: 5–14-2022
Today we take a look at the options and actions still available after the Supreme Court overturns Roe for those seeking abortions and Reproductive Justice more widely. Plus, an obligatory explanation of how we got to now.
Read more#1483 Coming Catastrophe at the Supreme Court
Air Date: 4–16-2022
Today we take a look at the coming wave of attacks on abortion and the foundational concept of privacy more broadly that are making their way to the Supreme Court for likely rubber-stamping by at least 5 of the deeply conservative current justices. Undermining the established precedent of privacy that abortion rests on can, and likely will, have ramifications far beyond reproductive rights.
Read more#1481 A New Voice of Dissent on the Supreme Court (Ketanji Brown Jackson)
Air Date: 4–6-2022
Today we take a look at the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, what her confirmation would mean for representation on the court and what the hearing tells us about the state of our politics.
Read more#1460 The Growing Threat of Minority Rule
Air Date: 12–11-2021
Today we take a look at the many structures of American government that tilt to favor minority rule and conservatism which, in our case, is one and the same. Some structures like the Senate and the filibuster were intentionally designed to give extra weight to the minority while others like gerrymandering and the influence of large-dollar political donors were, well, I suppose they were designed for about the same reason but just in a different way.
Read more#1442 Health, Race, Class, Gender and Gaslighting at Work (Texas Abortion Law and SOCTUS)
Air Date: 9–18-2021
Today we take a look at the new Texas abortion restrictions and the response from the Supreme Court along with lots of contextualizing commentary taking us back to the Fugitive Slave Act and all the way through to the strain of patriarchal White terrorism that is at the core of the current conservative movement.
Read more#1373 Post-Roe: The Next Phase in the Fight for Reproductive Justice (Repost)
Air Date: 10–9-2020
Today we take a look at the future of abortion rights and the broader reproductive justice movement in the face of a conservative super-majority on the Supreme Court
Read more#1430 Abortion laws are changing and so is how we talk about it
Air Date: 7–24-2021
Today we take a look at the messaging wars over abortion and reproductive justice more broadly as well as the politics of supporting full abortion rights and the likely restrictions coming at the hands of the Supreme Court.
Read more#1286 The Rise of Christian Nationalism (Repost)
Air Date: 7–2-2019
Today we take a look at the ways in which Christians are being rallied to see themselves as the true victimized minority in America, a key component to stoking right-wing nationalism
Read more#1373 Post-Roe: The Next Phase in the Fight for Reproductive Justice
Air Date: 10–9-2020
Today we take a look at the future of abortion rights and the broader reproductive justice movement in the face of a conservative super-majority on the Supreme Court
Read more#1372 The Supreme Court. Before, During and After Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Air Date: 10–6-2020
Today we take a look at the legacy of RBG from her time before and as Justice of the Supreme Court as well as the fight ahead against the threat of an unbreakable, extreme conservative majority on the court.
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