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JFK historian and author, Lamar Waldron joins Thom to discuss the bizarre way that Nixon's war on drugs 50 years ago unraveled.  Journalist, Julia Rock speaks on the hiding of the union busters. Radio host Dean Obeidallah points out that the FBI is calling Jan 6th terrorism. Why isn't everyone else? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Poor people are upset with Joe Manchin. but what happens when they find out why their vote is being suppressed? Is it time for poor and working class Americans to join West Virginians and March on Manchin? Pam Garrison is a member of the Poor People’s Campaign and has been challenging Manchin over the conditions of poor people in the WV community where she lives. Bishop Barber would like to elevate her voice. Wisconsin Rep. Mark Pocan joins Thom for a progressive town hall to theorize with callers the fate of the Infrastructure Bill and strategies for Dems.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Christopher Ryan PhD joins the show to speak on his newest book, Civilized to Death which counters the idea that progress is inherently good.  Arguing that the “progress” defining our age is analogous to an advancing disease. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Eric Feigl-Ding of the Federation Of American Scientists joins Thom- will the emerging Delta variant of Covid-19 from India spike hospitalizations in unvaccinated red states?Plus- Public Citizen's Lori Wallach on why Angela Merkel and others don't want to let poor countries make copyrighted vaccines.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

After Trump lost the election, we now have proof that Trump attempted a coup to keep himself in power. He wasn't successful — but his effort to overturn the election continues.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Yale law professor Elizabeth Hinton joins Thom on her new book 'America On Fire: The Untold Story of Police Violence and Black Rebellion'. How did changes made to policing in the 1960s lead to a cycle of violence in poor urban communities? And how might we break that cycle?Plus- does a new Louisiana history textbook show we still have a long way to go until we reach a more equitable and just future?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

It's past time to fire the Trump appointees who are sabotaging social security and ending the chance for many Americans to be old with dignity. Alex Lawson is the executive director at Social Security Works.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Democrats must play hardball; the future of our republic is at risk. When your opponents are deeply corrupt, using the word corruption isn’t just a strategy, it’s an imperative.In our Progressive Town Hall, Michigan Rep. Andy Levin discusses his EV Freedom Act, a key chunk of the Green New Deal that would create a nationwide network of electric vehicle chargers along the US highway system. EV Freedom Act is big, bold and progressive AND has the buy-in necessary to get it passed. President Biden campaigned on a virtually identical EV-platform and Ford has endorsed the bill, along with many environmental and labor groups.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We have to ask if the bullies have won, after all? Or is the Biden administration going to finally start setting limits and imposing logical consequences?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Homelessness is an epidemic in America. Time to repudiate the failed Reaganomics experiment and take ending poverty seriously again here in America. Thom takes down a confused GOP caller who blames the Democrats for institutional racism, wondering why African Americans vote blue? When a political party is more obsessed with identity than issues - America is in trouble. Can America function as a multi-racial, ethnic, religious democracy?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.