Democracy in Color with Steve Phillips
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A color-conscious political podcast, hosted by Steve Phillips, that releases episodes every other Thursday. While grassroots organizations raised voters of color turnout to historic levels, securing Democratic victories in 2020 and 2021, there remain strong differences of opinion about the right strategy for winning in a racially-polarized electoral landscape.
“Democracy in Color with Steve Phillips” offers candid and data-driven analysis on how progressives can win. Join Steve for a conversation that is unafraid and unapologetic about grappling with some of the toughest issues in politics today.
Special guests have included: Stacey Abrams, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, and Rep. Beto O’Rourke.
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The Billion-Dollar Funding War on Democracy with NCRP’s Aaron Dorfman
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May 21, 2026 |
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CNN’s Abby Phillip on How Jesse Jackson Transformed American Politics
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May 07, 2026 |
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Part 2 - The History and Science of Inequality
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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Part 1 - The Myth of Meritocracy
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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A Battle for the Future of Higher Education at New College of Florida
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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Stacey Abrams on Defeating Authoritarianism
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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40 Years of the Rainbow Coalition (Rerelease)
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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New York Times’ Erica Green on Covering the Trump White House
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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Indivisible’s Leah Greenberg on Turning Outrage Into Organized Power
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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From 2024 to 2026: What Comes Next, with CNN’s Ron Brownstein
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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Rep. Jasmine Crockett: Why I’m Running for Senate in Texas
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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Self Care Is Radical Work with Somatics Coach Viveka Chen (Rerelease)
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Nov 27, 2025 |
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Gender Is the Story with The 19th News’ Chabeli Carrazana
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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LIVE! Reframing the Narrative with Rebecca Solnit and Steve Phillips
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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The Power of Latino Voters
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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NYC’s Future and Zohran’s Race for Mayor
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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California’s Stand Against Trump
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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2025 Bellwether Elections
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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Texas Redistricting Showdown with Emmy Ruiz
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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Courage Over Fear with Immigration Activist Cristina Jiménez
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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White People and the Fight for Racial Justice with SURJ’s Erin Heaney (Rerelease)
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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Summer Reading Reset
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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How to Defeat Fascism with Deepak Bhargava
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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Understanding American Patriarchy with Dr. Anna Malaika Tubbs
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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Philanthropy’s New Role with Ashindi Maxton
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May 29, 2025 |
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Not Too Woke, Too Weak: Democrats’ Real Problem With Voters
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May 15, 2025 |
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From Grassroots to Governing with Michigan Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist
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May 01, 2025 |
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Trump’s Terrible Tariffs with Economist Thea Lee
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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The Future of the Democratic Party with Congressman Greg Casar
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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Advancing Reparations with Liberation Ventures’ Aria Florant
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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ACLU’s Cecillia Wang on the Legal Battle Against Trump
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson Is Excited for the Power of the People
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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Virginia is for Lovers of Democracy
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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The End of the Trump Era with Maurice Mitchell
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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Looking Ahead to 2025
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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Building Solidarity with USC Professor Manuel Pastor
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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Self Care Is Radical Work with Somatics Coach Viveka Chen
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Nov 28, 2024 |
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Where We Go From Here: Post-Election 2024
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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All Eyes on Pennsylvania
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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Understanding the Black Male Vote with Perry Bacon Jr.
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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The Future: Changing the Trajectory
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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One Thing…Or More
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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The Present: This Moment Feels Urgent
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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“Obama States” in Play in 2024
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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The Past: We’re Not Going Back
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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60 Days Out
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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The Kamala Harris We Know (Rerelease)
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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VP Harris Picks Her VP
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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Rep. Ruben Gallego Is Fighting for Arizona
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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Reimagining the Future with Angela Glover Blackwell
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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The Fight for Trans Liberation with Award-Winning Journalist Imara Jones
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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LIVE! Building a Resilient Multiracial Democracy in 2024 and Beyond
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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Comedian and Pulitzer Prize Finalist Kristina Wong Is No Joke
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May 30, 2024 |
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Transforming Arizona with Congressional Candidate Raquel Téran
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May 16, 2024 |
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Building a Care Agenda with Care In Action’s Hillary Holley
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May 02, 2024 |
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Sweet Sixteen: The House Seats Democrats Can Flip
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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Lateefah Simon is Taking Up the Baton
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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Understanding the Michigan Vote with Outlier Media's Sarah Alvarez
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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The Fight Continues: How We Win the Civil War
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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Journalism in Color with The 19th News’ Errin Haines
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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Fighting Back Against the DEI Backlash with Lisa Neeley
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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Advancing MLK’s Dream with Michael Tubbs
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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2024 Election Watch: Off to the Races with New York Times’ Astead Herndon
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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2023 Recap: Our Year in Color
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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A Third Party on the Rise with Maurice Mitchell
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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News in the Digital Era with The Washington Post’s Alexi McCammond
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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“Latinos = the X Factor” with EquisLabs’ Stephanie Valencia
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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Sabrina the Teenage Witch’s Beth Broderick on the Power of Storytelling
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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Why I Wrote “How We Win the Civil War”(Rerelease)
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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Black People and the Green Transition with Rhiana Gunn-Wright
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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Top Races to Watch This Fall
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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White People and the Fight for Racial Justice with SURJ’s Erin Heaney
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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40 Years of the Rainbow Coalition
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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Rep. Jamaal Bowman on Restorative Justice for the Classroom and Beyond
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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Steve to the Class of 2023: Rise and Take Control
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Jul 13, 2023 |
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Going Viral with Former Buzzfeed EiC Ben Smith
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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Newbery Medal Author Amina Luqman-Dawson on Freewater
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Jun 15, 2023 |
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Reporting on Trans Rights with The 19th News’ Orion Rummler
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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Not Your Grandparents’ Greenpeace with ED Ebony Twilley Martin
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May 18, 2023 |
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George Floyd’s America with Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa
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May 04, 2023 |
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Preview: California Senate Race 2024
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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The Lineup: Four Republicans Vying for White House in 2024
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Apr 06, 2023 |
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Rep. Jennifer McClellan Is Making Government a Force for Good
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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Heather Booth: When We Organize, We Can Change the World
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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The 1619 Project’s Shoshana Guy Is On the Record
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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Doing Politics Differently with Justice Democrats’ Alexandra Rojas
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Feb 09, 2023 |
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Emmy Ruiz is in the House
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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On the Road to 2023
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Jan 12, 2023 |
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2022: A Year in Review
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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Giving in Color with Crystal Hayling
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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2022 Post-Game with Danielle Moodie and Wajahat Ali
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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Midterms 2022: It’s All About Voter Turnout
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Nov 03, 2022 |
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Live With Senator Cory Booker And Steve Phillips
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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Why I Wrote “How We Win The Civil War”
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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Sounding the Alarm with Ron Brownstein
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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Who Gets to Be an American with Historian Mae Ngai
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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Trump’s Ticking Time Bomb
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Aug 18, 2022 |
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Analyzing Elections in Living Color
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Aug 04, 2022 |
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Why Ohio Is Trending Red: Conversation with David Pepper
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Jul 21, 2022 |
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Lessons from the LGBTQ+ Rights Movement with Activist Julie Dorf
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Jul 07, 2022 |
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His Name is Mandela: Wisconsin Senate Race and Relatability
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Jun 09, 2022 |
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Art & Activism with Saxophonist Francis Wong
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May 26, 2022 |
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PA’s Summer Lee Isn’t Backing Down
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May 12, 2022 |
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Where to Give: Your Political Dollars
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Apr 28, 2022 |
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How Georgia Flipped: Journalist Greg Bluestein on GA Politics
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Apr 14, 2022 |
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Talkin’ about Ketanji Brown Jackson
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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Michael Tubbs is the Anti-Poverty Czar
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Mar 17, 2022 |
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Aimee Allison on the Power of Women of Color
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Mar 03, 2022 |
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The First Black Woman Supreme Court Justice
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Feb 17, 2022 |
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How to Win with Georgia’s Bee Nguyen
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Feb 03, 2022 |
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Redistricting 101
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Jan 20, 2022 |
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One Year Later: The Attempted Coup That Couldn’t Stop The Rise
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Jan 06, 2022 |
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NBC.com’s Suzanne Gamboa on Latinos, Politics and Race
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Dec 09, 2021 |
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Don’t Call It a Mailbag: Questions from Listeners
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Nov 11, 2021 |
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Not a Nation of Immigrants
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Oct 28, 2021 |
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Who and Where to Watch in 2022 Midterms
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Oct 14, 2021 |
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Hispanic, Latino, Latinx — What’s in a name?
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Sep 30, 2021 |
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News Roundup: How We’re Responding to the Texas Abortion Ban and More
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Sep 16, 2021 |
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Keep Cali Blue: California Recall and What’s At Stake
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Sep 02, 2021 |
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A Nation in Color: 2020 Census and Our Future
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Aug 19, 2021 |
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Washington Post’s Perry Bacon Jr. on America’s Uncivil War
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Aug 05, 2021 |
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Nina Turner Sees the Promise in the Problem
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Jul 22, 2021 |
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Summer, Summer, Summertime!
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Jul 08, 2021 |
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Pride: Hope, Struggle, and Taking Back Power
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Jun 24, 2021 |
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New York Times’ Astead Herndon on the Politics of Racial Reckoning
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Jun 10, 2021 |
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Tram Nguyen on How Virginia Turned Blue
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May 27, 2021 |
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Unapologetic and Authentic: St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones
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May 13, 2021 |
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100 Days In: Is Biden Actually a Progressive?
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Apr 29, 2021 |
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Fighting the Same Beast: White Supremacy
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Apr 15, 2021 |
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Bold Asian American Activism and Its Roots
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Apr 01, 2021 |
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Beto O’Rourke on Racial Justice & Transforming Texas
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Mar 18, 2021 |
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Texas: Cowgirls, Colonias, and Climate Change
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Mar 04, 2021 |
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Black History, Black Futures: A Conversation with Jessica Byrd
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Feb 18, 2021 |
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Fast and Furious: Breaking Down Biden’s Executive Actions
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Feb 04, 2021 |
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Next: The First 100 Days
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Jan 21, 2021 |
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Who Is the Next Stacey Abrams?
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Jan 07, 2021 |
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Looks Like We Made It: The Silver Linings of 2020
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Dec 24, 2020 |
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Georgia: What Winning Looks Like
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Dec 10, 2020 |
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Politically, We Need To Respect The Chitlins - A Thanksgiving Special
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Nov 26, 2020 |
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After the Election: America’s Road Ahead
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Nov 12, 2020 |
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Special Election Episode: The Next President
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Nov 04, 2020 |
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The Four Things to Watch on Election Night
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Oct 29, 2020 |
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Why Trump’s Health Matters to Democrats
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Oct 15, 2020 |
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What You Can Do Before Election Day
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Oct 01, 2020 |
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Are We Going To Win?
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Sep 17, 2020 |
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Pass or Fail?: Report Cards for Democratic Super PACs
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Sep 03, 2020 |
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The Kamala Harris We Know
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Aug 20, 2020 |
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Veepstakes! - The women who could be vice president (Part 2)
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Aug 06, 2020 |
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Passing the Baton
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Jul 23, 2020 |
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Reparations 101
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Jul 09, 2020 |
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Trump Is In Trouble
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Jun 25, 2020 |
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Elizabeth Warren Talks Anti-Racism
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Jun 16, 2020 |
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The Whole World Is Marching
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Jun 12, 2020 |
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Rewriting the Story on Unemployment
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May 28, 2020 |
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Battleground Michigan: Saving Lives, Beating Trump
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May 15, 2020 |
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I Survived, But What About Georgia?
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Apr 30, 2020 |
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The Six Women Who Could Be Vice President
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Apr 17, 2020 |
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One Virus, Two Americas
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Apr 03, 2020 |
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We’re All In This Together
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Mar 20, 2020 |
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And the Winner Is...
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Mar 05, 2020 |
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Dear Left, You’re Missing The Mark
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Feb 21, 2020 |
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After the White States, What’s Next?
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Feb 06, 2020 |
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How to Flip the Senate in 2020
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Jan 22, 2020 |
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The White Man’s Bump
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Jan 09, 2020 |
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Top 10 Stories of Hope from 2019
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Dec 26, 2019 |
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Buttigieg’s Black Problem
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Dec 10, 2019 |
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The Thanksgiving Episode
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Nov 26, 2019 |
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My Deepest Hope Is This Is An Inflection Point: A Conversation With Neera Tanden
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Nov 12, 2019 |
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How to Defeat a Racist: An Interview with Tim Wise
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Oct 31, 2019 |
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Stacey Abrams: ”We Have Always Found a Way Forward”
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Oct 17, 2019 |
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Iowa: How Democrats Win in a 90% White State
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Oct 17, 2019 |
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Impeachment: What’s Race Got to Do With It?
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Oct 17, 2019 |
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The Brown Girls Guide to Politics: Aimee Allison
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Apr 13, 2019 |
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Midterm Elections 2018: Not a Blue Wave, But a Brown One
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Nov 08, 2018 |
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Political Organizer Nse Ufot
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Oct 21, 2018 |
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Rising Political Power Couple Michael and Anna Tubbs
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Oct 01, 2018 |
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She the People Changes the Game for Women of Color
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Sep 06, 2018 |
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Political Writer Julie Kohler Has a Message for Her Fellow White Women
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Aug 21, 2018 |
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Kevin de León Is Ready for The Big Leagues
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Jul 30, 2018 |
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Why Rashida Tlaib Feels Like the Future
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Jul 09, 2018 |
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David Garcia says ”Somebody with my last name needs to win.”
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Jun 18, 2018 |
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Congressman Ted Lieu Sets a Target for November Elections
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May 28, 2018 |
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Florida Gubernatorial Candidate Andrew Gillum
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May 07, 2018 |
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S3 Trailer
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Apr 25, 2018 |
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Vien Truong — An Environmental Hero for Our Times
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Sep 12, 2017 |
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The Revolution of Love: Valarie Kaur
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Sep 11, 2017 |
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Ian Danley & One Arizona
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Jul 22, 2017 |
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Power to the People— In Conversation with Arisha Hatch of Color of Change
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Jun 26, 2017 |
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Eric Liu Says You’re More Powerful Than You Think
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May 26, 2017 |
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The New Yorker’s Jelani Cobb on White Supremacy and the White House
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May 10, 2017 |
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In Conversation With Taz Ahmed, #GoodMuslimBadMuslim Co-Host
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May 01, 2017 |
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Rep. Jayapal Brings Her Organizing Chops to Congress
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Apr 20, 2017 |
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Wendy Carrillo--Out of the Shadows, into Congress
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Mar 17, 2017 |
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The Serum Is in the Venom: Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs
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Mar 03, 2017 |
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Senator Cory Booker: Making Our Future This Election
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Nov 01, 2016 |
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Beating Trump for Good: Love, Imagination, Empathy w/ Jeff Chang, David Kim and Rebecca Solnit
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Sep 28, 2016 |
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On Race, Millennials and Claiming the 80s
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Sep 21, 2016 |
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Jane Kim Takes the Fight to the California State Senate
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Aug 24, 2016 |
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S1E10 Milwaukee: Riot, Rebellion or Something Else?
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Aug 18, 2016 |
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Lateefah Simon: On BART, Social Justice and Her Run for Office in Oscar Grant’s Memory
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Aug 11, 2016 |
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A Fearless Conversation with Lucy #FierceFlores
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Aug 04, 2016 |
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Women of Color: Uniting the Party, Leading the Country
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Jul 28, 2016 |
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The War Is Home: On the Shootings in Dallas and Baton Rouge
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Jul 22, 2016 |
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Best of Brown is the New White
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Jul 11, 2016 |
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S1E4 Nina Turner: America’s Progressive Future
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Jun 29, 2016 |
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Fighting for Ohio: The Swing State of Swing States
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Jun 24, 2016 |
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Why Are There No Black Women in the Senate?
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Jun 15, 2016 |
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S1E1 Why are Politicians Still Chasing White Swing Voters?
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May 19, 2016 |