Imagining the New Reform Politics in Queens
December 22, 2019
Host Jim Vrettos interviews Anthony Miranda, Democratic Candidate for Queens Borough President who thinks the political class has made too many promises and accomplished nothing in return.
Episode Number
251
Program
Genre
Neighborhood
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The Radical Imagination
The Radical Imagination looks at radical alternatives of what the United States could be like, offering a safe space in which people can discuss what they imagine in order to transform the criminal justice system, economic system, political system, etc.; understanding that the same issues that...
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