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Audio Article: Zohran Mamdani is Wrong About Democracy
Zohran Mamdani is Wrong About Democracy. By Luke Pickrell. Published on August 16, 2025. Original Article: https://democraticconstitutionblog.substa…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Ep 49: Kermit Roosevelt on Reconstructing America's Story
Luke talks with Professor Kermit Roosevelt about his latest book, The Nation That Never Was: Reconstructing America’s Story. The conversation covers …
8 months, 4 weeks ago
Audio Article: DC Deserves Statehood
This is a recording of Luke’s recent Jacobin article, “DC Deserves Statehood.” Donald Trump’s takeover of Washington’s police force this week is addi…
9 months ago
Ep. 48: Leah Downey on Monetary Policy as if Democracy Matters
Luke talks with Dr. Leah Downey about her latest book, Our Money: Monetary Policy as if Democracy Matters. Topics include an overview of the U.S. Fed…
9 months ago
Audio Article: To Protect Voting Rights, We Need a Democratic Constitution
Sixty years ago, the Voting Rights Act was signed into law. Its protections have been rolled back in recent years — and our fundamentally undemocrati…
9 months, 1 week ago
Ep. 47: Rogers Smith on America’s New Racial Battle Lines
Luke talks with Rogers Smith, co-author with Desmond King of America’s New Racial Battle Lines: Protect Versus Repair. Rogers describes the two sides…
9 months, 1 week ago
Ep. 46: Osita Nwanevu on Democracy and the Case for a New American Founding
Luke talks with Osita Nwanevu about his forthcoming book, The Right of the People: Democracy and the Case for a New American Founding. Luke and Osita…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Ep. 45: Zaakir Tameez on Charles Sumner and the Reconstructed Constitution
Luke talks with Zaakir Tameez about his recent book, Charles Sumner: Conscience of a Nation. Zaakir discusses the origins of Sumner’s abolitionist sp…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Ep. 44: Douglas Egerton on Reconstruction and Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Luke talks with Douglas Egerton about Abolitionism, Reconstruction, and the life and times of the abolitionist and social activist Thomas Wentworth H…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Ep. 43: Gil Schaeffer on Lenin, King, and the Legacy of the Civil Rights Movement
Luke talks with Gil Schaeffer about his recent article, “The Legacy of the Civil Rights Movement,” including debates between the Revolutionary Union …
9 months, 3 weeks ago