On today’s program Nomiki Konst speaks with Dr. Manuel Pastor about the news that Beto O’Rourke is jumping in the 2022 race for Governor of Texas. The Latino voting bloc in Texas is huge, and after swings towards Republicans not just statewide but nationwide, including in the most recent elections--what lessons have Democrats learned, and what can they do to keep the Latino vote swinging in their direction?

Dr. Manuel Pastor is a Distinguished Professor of Sociology and American Studies & Ethnicity. He is the Director of USC’s Program for Environmental and Regional Equity (PERE), as well as the Director of USC’s Center for the Study of Immigrant Integration (CSII). “Pastor’s research has generally focused on issues of the economic, environmental and social conditions facing low-income urban communities – and the social movements seeking to change those realities.”

He is the author of State Resistance: What California’s Dizzying Descent and Remarkable Resurgence Means for America’s Future and Equity, Growth, and Community: What the Nation Can Learn from America’s Metro Areas.

His other books include Just Growth: Inclusion and Prosperity in America’s Metropolitan Regions; Uncommon Common Ground: Race and America’s Future; This Could Be the Start of Something Big: How Social Movements for Regional Equity are Transforming Metropolitan America; Staircases or Treadmills: Labor Market Intermediaries and Economic Opportunity in a Changing Economy; and Regions That Work: How Cities and Suburbs Can Grow Together.

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For this week’s #FemFriday Nomiki Konst is joined by Dr. Rajika Bhandri to discuss her book America Calling: A Foreign Student in a Country of Possibility. Dr. Bhandri is a global expert in international education, the author of six academic and nonfiction books and several publications that touch upon the themes of movement, migration, and crossing borders. She has written for the Guardian, Times Higher Ed, the Huffington Post, the Chronicle of Higher Education, University World News and Diplomatic Courier; been featured on NPR, PRI International and Voice of America; and been quoted in the BBC, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Times of India, and Time, among others.

Link to Dr. Bhandri’s latest book: https://www.rajikabhandari.com/america-calling-the-book

Next on #FemFriday Nomiki speaks with Lucie Pinson about the climate crisis the movement to push financial institutions to divest from fossil fuels, and how Reclaim Finance, the organization she founded and is the Executive Director of, has made strides in this regard. Lucie founded Reclaim Finance in 2020 after several years of campaigning on the responsibility of financial institutions in social, environmental and climate injustice issues. From 2013 to 2017, Lucie worked as a campaigner for Friends of the Earth France. She convinced some of the largest French insurers, banks and investors to adopt the first policies to restrict support for several fossil fuel sub-sectors. In 2018, she started working for the Sunrise Project as the European coordinator of an international anti-coal campaign targeting insurers while continuing her voluntary work for Friends of the Earth France. Lucie holds a BA in History and Political Science from Rhodes University in South Africa and a double Masters degree in Political Science from the Sorbonne University in Paris. She received the Goldman Prize for the environment in November 2020, in recognition of her work.

Link to Reclaim Finance’s website: https://reclaimfinance.org/

Rounding out a fantastic #FemFriday is our panel comprised of the host of the What’s Left To Do? podcast Janelle Jolley, and the Deputy Director of Committee Julia Doubleday who joins us live from Chile to provide on-the-ground commentary ahead of Chile’s elections. The panel also discusses other news of the day, wages in the service industry and more!

Link to Janelle’s website: https://www.whatslefttodo.com/

Follow Julia on Twitter at: @juliamarieok

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On today’s program Nomiki Konst speaks with Frank Vogl about his latest book, “The Enablers: How the West Supports Kleptocrats and Corruption — Endangering Our Democracy.” Frank Vogl, former senior World Bank official and foreign business and economics correspondent for The Times of London, teaches a graduate course at Georgetown University titled, Corruption, Conflict Resolution and Security. He is the Chair of the Board of Directors of the Partnership for Transparency Fund, and the co-founder and former Vice Chair of Transparency International, a global non-governmental anti-corruption organization.

Link to Frank’s books: http://www.frankvogl.com/book-overview

Next Nomiki is joined by Braxton Brewington to discuss the Debt Collective, a national debtors union fighting to cancel debts and defend millions of households. Braxton Brewington is a communications professional and electoral organizer focused on racial, economic and democratic justice. Braxton currently works with the Debt Collective as their Press Secretary.

Link to Debt Collective website: https://debtcollective.org

Our fantastic panel is comprised of reporter Rose Adams along with reporter and editor Jordan Zakarin. Rose and Jordan join Nomiki to talk about various recent news events, focusing particularly on the growing movement of labor organizing. Rose Adams is a former Politics Fellow at the Intercept as well as previously covering New York City politics and news with Brooklyn Paper and amNewYork. Jordan Zakarin is a reporter and editor with The Observer. He is the former Features Editor at SYFY WIRE and has worked for Yahoo!, The Hollywood Reporter, Buzzfeed, and HuffPost. He runs ProgressivesEverywhere.org, “a political newsletter that has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for progressive candidates and causes.” The Progressives Everywhere newsletter spotlights progressive candidates, campaigns, and causes.

You can find Rose on Twitter at: @rose_n_adams

Link to Jordan's substack: progressiveseverywhere.substack.com

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Because of circumstances beyond our control, this week’s #FemFriday will be shorter than intended, but no less fantastic! Thank you everyone for your understanding.

For this week’s #FemFriday Nomiki Konst is joined by Akela Lacy to discuss her latest article for The Intercept entitled “As States Prepare for Redistricting, Prison Gerrymandering Will Skew New Lines.” Akela Lacy is a politics reporter with The Intercept. She was previously The Intercept’s Inaugural Ady Barkan Reporting Fellow, and prior to that she was a politics fellow in the D.C. Bureau. She has also covered breaking news and immigration for Politico, produced Politico’s flagship newsletter, Playbook, and co-authored their afternoon newsletter, Playbook PM/ She has also worked in international reporting at the Pulitzer Center.

Link to Akela’s article at The Intercept: https://theintercept.com/2021/11/06/prison-gerrymandering-redistricting-census/

We can’t wait to bring you the rest of our guests from today as soon as possible as well as more outstanding conversations next week!

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On today’s program Nomiki Konst is joined by Patrick Lovell, a writer and producer who is the Producer & Protagonist of The Con: an in-depth investigation into the 2008 financial crisis nine years in the making, Who did it, why it happened and how our country went from “of, for and by the people,” to “of, for and by the corporation.” And what’s past is prologue: The heist of our democracy that includes fraudulent practices, massive credit card debt, student loans, auto loans, and the revolving door between finance and government, is still going on, and will become even worse than before. Patrick is also known for Dark Matter (2007) and Forward 13: Waking Up the American Dream (2014).

Link to The Con website: www.thecon.tv

Next Nomiki is joined by Brittany Ramos DeBarros. Brittany is an Afro-Latina Staten Islander, community organizer, and progressive combat veteran running for Congress in New York’s 11th Congressional District. She joins Nomiki to discuss her campaign, her experience in the military, and more.

Links to Brittany’s website: https://www.brittanyforthepeople.org/

Link to a Teen Vogue article reporting on Brittany and her campaign: https://www.teenvogue.com/story/brittany-ramos-debarros-launch-campaign-congress

Our panel today is comprised of Napoleon Da Legend and Jordan Zakarin. Napoleon is a Brooklyn-based artist and activist who uses his voice as a weapon of hope, social-critique, conquest, and joy. Jordan is a reporter and editor with The Observer. He is the former Features Editor at SYFY WIRE and has worked for Yahoo!, The Hollywood Reporter, Buzzfeed, and HuffPost. He runs ProgressivesEverywhere.org, “a political newsletter that has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for progressive candidates and causes.” The Progressives Everywhere newsletter spotlights progressive candidates, campaigns, and causes.

Link to Napoleon’s website: https://www.napoleondalegend.com

Link to Jordan’s substack: progressiveseverywhere.substack.com

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