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Shareholders benefit, don’t add value to companies

Posted February 27, 2020 • 00:17:34

William Lazonick, Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts, talks about his most recent book “Predatory Value Extraction: How the...

Come Out, Come Out, Whoever You Are

Posted February 24, 2020 • 00:09:04

The phrase “coming out” has its origins in the debutante balls “or coming out parties” aristocratic young women traditionally held to announce...

Hands Up, Don’t Shoot: How Black Lives Matter Changed America

Posted February 24, 2020 • 00:15:14

In August of 2014, Ferguson, Missouri Police officer Darren Wilson shot and killed 18-year old Michael Brown in the middle of Ferguson’s Canfield...

A look at presidential candidates’ views on Social Security

Posted February 19, 2020 • 00:14:04

All the presidential candidates say they support Social Security… but do they? Linda Benesch from Social Security Works talks about the candidates...

Dr. Laurel Mark: How Single Payer healthcare can work…and should...

Posted February 19, 2020 • 00:14:01

“Medicare for All” has been the call for some, but not all, of the Democratic candidates for the past several years. Dr. Laurel Mark, Madison member...