A Backwards System Of Mental Oppression – Kerbie Joseph
"Even if abolition happens tomorrow, there's still a mental oppression we will have to face. That's what our communities deal with every...
New Justice: A World Beyond Prisons
Prisons, police and punishment through incarceration. Are they with us forever in the land of the free? Sustained campaigns for change are...
The Mad Military Money Machine
There’s something sick about U.S. Military spending. It’s certainly not keeping anyone safe. This week, why we the public spend billions on...
Housing As A Human Right
The great American housing crunch and what organizing can do about it. This week on The Laura Flanders Show, we discuss some...
Design For Justice: Disabled Hackers Are Leading The Way
Can technology advance society if it doesn't include all of society? This week on The Laura Flanders Show, we talk to three...
Love And Rage At The Border: An Artistic Uprising
In July 2019, we joined an artistic uprising in El Paso, Texas with folks from One Billion Rising, La Mujer Obrera, and...
A Hub For Radical Thinking: Bluestockings Bookstore & Activist Center
For the past 20 years, the Bluestockings Bookstore & Activist Center has established itself as a hub of radical thought in New...
Feminists Writing History: Cherríe Moraga And Adrienne Maree Brown
This week on the Laura Flanders Show, native hearts and pleasure. We go in-depth with two feminist authors and a feminist bookstore....
Democracy: Past, Present… And Future?
Don't remember the past? Does that mean that you're condemned to repeat it? What does our country's past tell us about our...
Stonewall 100: Riotous Past, Rapturous Futures
Fifty years ago at The Stonewall Inn, gay pride took the form of a riot, not a parade. Today, the question remains...
Aging Isn’t A Problem, Ageism Is
Someone turns 65 every 8 seconds in this country, and as our elderly population grows, so does the need to build an...
Community Land Trusts: A Model for Reparations?
400 years since the first enslaved Africans arrived in Jamestown, many people agree reparations are due, but what would they look like?...
Web Exclusive: Mary Robinson – Leading On Climate Change
In April 2019, Laura interviewed Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland and U.N. Special Envoy on Climate Change, at the Bellagio Women's...
The F-Word: Media Funding
"For all the changes in the media world, some things remain the same. A handful of mostly pale male editors and publishers...
Our Economy, Our City – Deputy Mayor J. Phillip Thompson
New York City faces the serious challenges of any major city, specifically when it comes to inequality and climate risk. But with...
Special Report: Whose Economy Is It? Ours.
Our city's economy – what is it for? New York's has been very good at piling up profits and building tall buildings....
Dance As World-Changing Movement: Alice Sheppard And STREB
This week, two artists who expand our ideas about beauty, risk, mobility, and inclusion. Wheelchair dancer and esteemed choreographer Alice Sheppard, and...
Web Exclusive: Will Schumer See The Sunrise?
Seven activists were arrested on Tuesday, April 30, while demonstrating outside Senator Chuck Schumer's office, demanding that he sponsor a Green New...
Chattanooga To Karachi: Resilient Under Violence
A suspicious fire and a white power symbol at a legendary leadership school in the U.S. South. And a brutal backlash to...
Drawing Comix At The Margins
Far more than an escape, comics can pack a political punch, as does the work of this week’s guests. First up, Mohammad...
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