Future Hindsight

We discuss the case for SWAMP audits, how we can truly build a multiracial democracy, and why we're going to have to fight for it. 
 
Steve's civic action toolkit recommendations are: 
Find your Minimum Viable Community and engage

Do a SWAMP audit!

 
Steve Phillips is the founder of Democracy in Color, a political media organization dedicated to race, politics, and the multicultural progressive New American Majority. His new book is Are White Men Smarter Than Everybody Else?: Playing Offense in the Fight for Racial Justice in America.
 
 
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Credits: 
Host: Mila Atmos 
Guests: Steve Phillips
Executive Producer: Zack Travis
Executive Editor: Mila Atmos

We discuss the hidden power inside the U.S. Constitution, what it was designed to protect against, and how it can fortify American democracy today.
 
Melissa's civic action toolkit recommendations are: 
Commit to voting and follow through

Make your demands clear to your elected representatives

 
Melissa Murray is the Frederick I. and Grace Stokes Professor of Law at NYU School of Law, co-host of the Strict Scrutiny podcast, and a legal analyst for MSNBC. Her new book is The US Constitution: A Comprehensive and Annotated Guide for the Modern Reader.
 
 
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Credits: 
Host: Mila Atmos 
Guests: Melissa Murray
Executive Producer: Zack Travis
Executive Editor: Mila Atmos

We discuss how each of us is a node of possibility for change in the climate crisis, taking us from overwhelm to participation. 
 
Katharine's civic action toolkit recommendations are: 
Keep telling the truth.

Join with others in the climate movement.

 
Dr. Katharine Wilkinson is  the host of the podcast A Matter of Degrees and the author of Climate Wayfinding: Healing Ourselves and the Planet We Call Home.
 
 
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Credits: 
Host: Mila Atmos 
Guests: Katharine Wilkinson
Executive Producer: Zack Travis
Executive Editor: Mila Atmos

We discuss the myriad of ways to fix Congress, ranging from campaign finance reform and age limits to town hall meetings and stopping violence against members of Congress. 
 
Maya's civic action toolkit recommendations are: 
Engage with your member of Congress!

Share what matters for you and demand your member to take action

 
Maya Kornberg is senior research fellow at NYU Law's Brennan Center for Justice and author of Stuck: How Money, Media, and Violence Prevent Change in Congress.
 
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Credits: 
Host: Mila Atmos 
Guests: Maya Kornberg
Executive Producer: Zack Travis
Executive Editor: Mila Atmos

We discuss the radical idea that dissidence belongs to all of us. Living with truth is the starting point to being a citizen changemaker and to taking impactful civic action.
 
Gal's civic action toolkit recommendations are: 
Be in person

Be deliberate about how you operate online

 
Gal Beckerman is a staff writer for The Atlantic and the author of How to Be a Dissident.
 
 
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Credits: 
Host: Mila Atmos 
Guests: Gal Beckerman
Executive Producer: Zack Travis
Executive Editor: Mila Atmos