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New Governance and Politics

      Shows about radical and not-so-radical international and local ways to govern that create democratic representation and shared stakeholding. Governance that creates power for the many.

      Women of Color Lead the Way

      This year at the Progressive Strategy Summit members of Congress and progressive change makers came together to build a movement that won’t only win back the White House in 2020 but also create long...

      F Word: The Global Corruption Rebellion Americans Don’t Know They’re Part Of

        Abuse of power, corruption, violation of the social contract... If you’re an American Democrat, chances are Donald Trump’s disdain for all of those has been evident to you for quite a bit. The spectacle...

      How Can Municipal Government Promote Economic Democracy?

      New York, NY... it's a city with close to a $100 billion budget every year and a deputy mayor with some pretty creative plans for how to spend it. What can one city do?...

      Extreme Cities: Ground Zero for Climate Change

      How do we define "love is love," and what are we willing to do to defend one another? This week, we speak with a group of LGBTQIA leaders on just that.

      Chinese Women Then And Now: Yang Lan, China’s Premier TV Anchor

      How do we define "love is love," and what are we willing to do to defend one another? This week, we speak with a group of LGBTQIA leaders on just that.

      Listening to Our Better Angels

      How do we define "love is love," and what are we willing to do to defend one another? This week, we speak with a group of LGBTQIA leaders on just that.

      Ada Colau: Barcelona’s Fearless Mayor

      And at the level of principle, Colau has not finished making change yet. Having polled her base this weekend, Colau’s putting the question to the people. Barcelonans will vote on what deal she should make. Let the people decide. Putting that principle into practice has got to be a win, no matter what.  

      Reporter in Spain: On the Spanish Left

      On Left: Claud Cockburn in Spain with Fred Branfman, commander of British battalion of International Brigade, in a photo by Gerda Toro. (Photo courtesy Laura Flanders)     Eighty years ago this April, Spain fell under a...

      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. But all that private profit has come at a cost to public services and public trust. Could it be different?

      The City as Living Laboratory: Mary Miss

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8HCNVvtNiMIn this excerpt we visit Mary Miss, a Guggenheim fellow and celebrated artist, whose organization, The City as Living Laboratory, strives to empower people to create not the cliché of the sustainable city, she...

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