Rep. Keith Ellison is the first Muslim-American to sit in Congress and the first African-American Congressman from Minnesota. He joined The Laura Flanders Show at the Progressive Congress Summit to discuss Bernie Sanders’ candidacy, the #BlackLivesMatter Movement and what it means to go from organizing to...
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Middle East expert Phyllis Bennis tells us why we need more discussion of war and peace in the race for the White...
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Single payer healthcare, free college for all and an end to subsidies for fossil fuel – if Bernie Sanders’ agenda sounds more progressive than his opponent’s, why have so few Progressive Congresspeople endorsed him? Laura asks Minnesota Congressman Keith Ellison, co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, why so few members of his caucus have supported Bernie Sanders. Also in the show, Middle East expert Phyllis Bennis tells Laura why we need more discussion of war and peace in the race for the White House. Phyllis Bennis is a fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington DC. Her...
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CUNY Professor and Act-Up Oral History Project cofounder Sarah Schulman, traces the roots of gentrification in New York to the “bohemian” 60s. In her new novel, The Cosmopolitans, a group of mid-century East Villagers pull together to survive gentrification and modern...
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Author, activist Sarah Schulman, cofounder of the Act-Up Oral History Project, is out with a new novel, The Cosmopolitans, in which a group of mid-century East Villagers pull together to survive gentrification and modern life. Meanwhile, musician Lupe Fiasco is starting a tech entrepreneur program in one of New York City’s poorest neighborhoods – we have an exclusive report. And with so much to spend public money on, asks Flanders in her weekly commentary, why are taxpayers subsidizing...
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