Articles in Interviews

How Queer History Is Buried
Historian Hugh Ryan, author of “The Women’s House of Detention,” on excavating the stories of LGBTQ+ people from before Stonewall.

Why The Right Hates Social Security (And How They Plan to Destroy It)
The right has had a decades-long strategy of trying to undermine Social Security while pretending to support it. In this conversation, Alex Lawson of Social Security Works exposes their propaganda and lies.

The Apocalyptic Delusions of the Silicon Valley Elite
Douglas Rushkoff explains how the super-rich plan to escape the world after they’ve destroyed it.

Exposing the Secretive and Sinister Work of McKinsey & Co.
An interview with two investigative reporters who dug up the truth about the famed consulting company’s misdeeds.

Who Are the “Power Elite”?
Sociologist Heather Gautney on how to understand the workings of power and the machinations of elites—without becoming a conspiracy theorist.

Understanding What Trans Justice Means
What does trans liberation look like? How does it differ from mere inclusion? How should socialists think about trans justice? Author Shon Faye explains all.

We Need To Get Junk Science Out of Courtrooms
Forensic pseudoscience introduced into the courtroom has been used to convict and render death on people based on the thinnest of evidence.

What Americans Still Don’t Know About the Vietnam War
Vietnam War veteran W.D. Ehrhart discusses how he went from eager enlistee to anti-war activist.

Why the New York Times Needs to be Held Accountable
Former Times public editor Margaret Sullivan discusses why we need local journalism and why the major newspapers should be carefully watched over and criticized by the public.

A YIMBY and a “Left NIMBY” Duke it Out
A conversation with housing activist Darrell Owens of CA YIMBY reveals that the terms NIMBY and YIMBY might not mean what you think.
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