See Through Copaganda: Alec Karakatsanis

We discuss the vision of an everyone-a-changemaker society. Now is the moment to step up to protect healthy civil society in America by making the mechanisms and the rituals for participation in local politics more robust and more meaningful. Michael's civic action toolkit recomm ...  Show more

We discuss why Dr. Abdul El-Sayed is running for Senate in Michigan and what kind of Senator he aspires to be. A public health expert with deep understanding of the healthcare system, Dr. El-Sayed believes that Medicare for All can be a realistic future. Abdul's civic action tool ...  Show more

Seth and Jade from OTU join Breht to discuss their tenant organizing, their recent victories, implementing the Mass Line, the importance of political education, how to take the fight to landlords, concrete advice for those who might want to start their own tenant organization, an ...  Show more

Season finale!The past year, we’ve talked a lot about just how much we’ve had to fight for the university. From authoritarian leaders who wish to suppress dissent and protests in universities, particularly protests in support of Palestine, to rudderless senior administrators who ...  Show more

Imagine stacks of $100 bills stretching from Earth past the International Space Station — that’s the staggering reality of America’s $1.77 trillion student debt crisis. Heather Jarvis, executive director of Fosterus — a nonprofit that helps employers administer loan assistance pr ...  Show more

🎙️ This week on the Sumud Podcast, we’re joined by Hazami Barmada, humanitarian, activist, and founder of the Humanity Lab Foundation, whose fierce empathy and faith have redefined what activism can look like. From her early work at the United Nations to the frontlines of D.C. p ...  Show more