Imagining the Unfinished Business of America's Social Democracy - The Political Activism of Jonathan Soto and AOC
March 28, 2021
With the stress of a global pandemic, lack of federal and local funding to school districts and the children of poor and working class families falling behind on their remote learning, a remarkable new and empowering plan called Homework Helper has been developed by Congresswoman Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez and her campaign.
Episode Number
313
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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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