Next Left Podcast
1) 27: New from The Nation: More Than Enough
New for Next Left listeners, the latest podcast from The Nation, featuring conversations about guaranteed income, deservedness, and the country American can and should be, hosted by writer and activis...Show More
2) 26: How Bernie Sanders Is Making the Next Left Possible
The roots of the Next Left podcast go back almost exactly a year—energized by the wave of progressive activism sweeping the country, we wanted to take a deep dive into the new politics of this moment....Show More
3) 25: Barbara Lee Is Proud to be the Progressive OG
Next Left has this year highlighted political newcomers, rising stars, and challengers to the status quo. But as we spoke with first-time candidates and members of city councils, legislatures, and the...Show More
4) 24: No More Blue Dog Democrats!
Jessica Cisneros is having a moment. She's 26-year-old lawyer from Laredo, Texas, is making her first bid for office in a district that stretches along the Mexican border and up toward San Antonio. Th...Show More
5) 23: The Politician Amazon Is Dead Set on Defeating
When Kshama Sawant was elected to the Seattle City Council in 2013, her local victory made international news. An immigrant from India and an academic who taught economics, hers was an interesting sto...Show More
6) 22: Chesa Boudin Wants to Bring Restorative Justice to San Francisco
Chesa Boudin is part of something: a national movement to change the way that district attorneys operate within the criminal justice system. He wants to make the change in San Francisco, as that city'...Show More
7) 21: Fear Is Changing Sides in Puerto Rico
Manuel Natal Albelo is, at age 33, one of the most dynamic and popular political figures in Puerto Rico. He is breaking the old boundaries of politics on the island, sitting as an independent in the P...Show More
8) 20: How a Black, Socialist City Councilman Won His Seat in the Heart of the South
South Fulton, Georgia Councilman khalid kamau prefers to be introduced simply as "Councilman khalid." He wants to dispense with the formalities, and with all the barriers that are erected between elec...Show More
9) 19: Katherine Clark Has Been Calling for Impeachment for Months
Most members of Congress don't begin as members of Congress. They start in their hometowns, with campaigns for the city council or a county post or the school board. House Democratic Caucus vice chair...Show More
10) 18: Chokwe Antar Lumumba: Being a Radical Means Getting to the Root Causes of Injustice
Jackson, Mississippi Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba has a vision that distinguishes him from most elected officials in the United States, even from most progressive elected officials. He is not afraid of ...Show More