Podcasts by OFF-KILTER with Rebecca Vallas
Off-Kilter is a podcast about poverty and inequality—and everything they intersect with. Each week, host Rebecca Vallas is joined by experts, advocates, activists, and other smart people to break down the issues of the day—and how we fight back. Powered by The Century Foundation.
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Rebecca Cokley on Leading the First U.S. Disability Rights Portfolio at a Major U.S. Foundation from 2021-12-17T18:14:02
With the Senate announcing they’re heading into recess without passing the Build Back Better Act, we figured why not get out of the news cycle for
The Real Culprit Driving Inflation? Corporate Greed. from 2021-12-10T18:23:26
With the clock ticking on Democrats’ “Build Back Better” legislation, which passed the House last month and now awaits Senate action, West Virginia Senator Joe Ma...
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The End of Roe v. Wade? from 2021-12-03T17:53:43
??With the biggest threat to abortion rights in fifty years reaching the Supreme Court this week, in the case <...
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An Open Letter from West Virginia Moms to Senator Manchin on Build Back Better from 2021-11-19T20:14:15
Earlier today, the House of Representatives passed President Biden’s Build Back Better economic recovery legislation—which includes historic and long-overdue inve...
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The Long Road Ahead for the Millions with “Long COVID” from 2021-11-12T18:34:12
Some twenty months into the COVID-19 pandemic, estimates suggest that between ...
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“The Kids Aren’t Alright”: Biden’s Plan for Overhauling America’s House-of-Cards Child Care System from 2021-11-05T14:28:31
A major contributor to poverty among U.S. families with children today is the incredibly high cost of child care. Statistics abound, underscoring how unaffordable...
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“Crime, Boy, I Don’t Know….” from 2021-10-29T16:52:04
In recent months, a wave of champions of the “tough on crime” approach to criminal justice have been trumpeting a spike in U.S. homicides in 2020 as fodder for ro...
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Inside the Push to Remake “the Fed” from 2021-10-22T23:33:05
The Federal Reserve, better known as “the Fed,” has been in the spotlight quite a bit in recent weeks, following an apparent insider trading scandal embroiling se...
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The Poverty Line Is Too Damn Low from 2021-10-15T14:16:47
Last month, the U.S. Census Bureau put out its annual snapshot of income, poverty, and health insurance in the United States—which serves as something of an annua...
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The Racist Roots of Work Requirements from 2021-10-08T17:10:20
As the debate over President Biden’s sweeping “build back better” agenda continues in Washington, West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin hasn’t been shy about laying o...
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Lindsay Owens on This Week’s D.C. Drama and Progressives’ Push to #HoldTheLine from 2021-10-01T17:43:48
This week in Washington has featured no shortage of drama, with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell saddling Democrats with the threat of both a government shutdown and default on the nation’...
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“It’s Just Been Like This Rolling Cliff:” What’s Next for America’s Crumbling Unemployment Insurance System? from 2021-09-24T16:34:58
For all the talk about what’s in “Build Back Better” recovery legislation that Democrats are trying to move through Congress, one thing that’s not currently in th...
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Inside the Fight to Make America’s New Child Allowance Permanent from 2021-09-17T13:42:47
This week, millions of families across the United States are receiving their third monthly child allowance payment as implementation of the expanded Child Tax Cre...
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The ongoing fight for disability economic justice, over thirty years after the ADA from 2021-09-10T13:59:09
Thirty-one years ago, the fabric of America's legal and policy landscape changed dramatically for people with disabilities in the United States when the Americans...
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Off-Kilter Podcast Announces New Launch with The Century Foundation from 2021-09-09T19:02:56
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Why Strengthening SSI Needs to Be Part of "Building Back Better" from 2021-05-29T16:36:32
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"Broke in America"--feat. Joanne Goldblum and Colleen Shaddox from 2021-05-21T19:48:08
Nearly 40 million people in the U.S. live below the official poverty line—which in 2021 is just $26,000 for a family of four. But while poverty is all too often portrayed as a personal failure, ...
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What's Really Going on in the Labor Market -- feat. Heidi Shierholz from 2021-05-14T18:47:49
The April jobs data released by the Department of Labor last week spurred an avalanche of hysteria and conservative hand-wringing about supposedly widespread labor shortages, with many on the ri...
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State Leaders Talk #SecondChanceMonth: Fair Chance Licensing and Clean Slate from 2021-04-30T20:03:32
As leaders at all levels of government work to “build back better”—and to address the nation’s legacy of racial injustice and persistent racial inequality—removing barriers to employment for wor...
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Cage Free Cannabis Talks #SecondChanceMonth -- feat. co-founder Adam Vine and National Expungement Week's Felicia Carbajal from 2021-04-24T14:43:49
“The War on Drugs has disproportionately harmed communities of color. People have lost jobs, education, housing, their liberty, their families, and their lives to this War. Now they deserve equi...
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Desmond Meade and Sheena Meade Talk Second Chance Month from 2021-04-16T14:50:36
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The Second Chance Gap -- feat. JJ Prescott and Colleen Chien from 2021-04-10T16:36:12
In recognition that a criminal record shouldn’t be a life sentence to poverty, there’s been a whirlwind of momentum in the states in recent years to expand eligibility for criminal record-cleari...
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Eligibility doesn’t equal access — feat. Center for Taxpayer Rights’ Nina Olson and Community Legal Services’ Jen Burdick from 2021-04-02T18:20:09
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Reimagining Anti-Monopoly Activism Through Racial Justice -- feat. Liberation in a Generation's Jeremie Greer from 2021-03-26T22:33:53
Amid a global pandemic that has killed people of color at dramatically higher rates, and forced so-called 'essential workers'--again, disproportionately people of color--to risk illness and deat...
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The Ever-Growing Case for Guaranteed Income -- feat. Dorian Warren and Aisha Nyandoro from 2021-03-19T22:13:15
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Help Is On the Way from 2021-03-12T21:53:03
With President Joe Biden’s signature, the American Rescue Plan Act became law on Thursday of this week. This wide-ranging package of relief measures—which despite garnering widespread bipartisan...
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You Shouldn’t Need a Law Degree to Access Disability Benefits from 2021-03-05T18:13:04
For this week's pod, we're bringing you a conversation Rebecca moderated at this week's National Academy of Social Insurance conference on "Pathways to Economic Security" about how America's soc...
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Claudia Sahm on why we shouldn't be worried about inflation right now from 2021-02-27T16:31:44
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The Case for a U.S. Child Allowance from 2021-02-19T20:44:51
Rebecca joined Greg Duncan and Sam Hammond for a panel discussion about the prospects for a U.S. child allowance -- and why it's needed now more than ever -- hosted by the American Constitution ...
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How Biden is Expanding SNAP from 2021-02-12T21:20:50
Rebecca talks to Brookings Fellow Lauren Bauer about the steps the Biden administration is taking to increase too-low federal food assistance benefits, starting with updating an archaic policy c...
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When will the pandemic end? from 2021-02-05T19:48:28
Rebecca sits down with Be A Hero’s Matthew Cortland for a look at the challenges with the vaccine rollout so far, and what it would take to get to the vaccination rates we need in the U.S. and g...
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Inside the Raise the Wage Act, with EPI's David Cooper from 2021-01-30T19:05:21
Rebecca sits down with the Economic Policy Institute's David Cooper for a deep dive into Democrats' Raise the Wage Act, which would raise the federal minimum wage to $15 by 2025.
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Vox's Ian Millhiser on why we need to nuke the filibuster to save democracy from 2021-01-23T16:04:14
Rebecca talks to Vox's Ian Millhiser about the ongoing debate over what to do with the filibuster -- and why it isn't just standing in the way of much of the Biden-Harris agenda, but key democra...
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How President-Elect Biden Could Cut Poverty in Half Without the GOP -- Feat. Vox's Dylan Matthews from 2021-01-16T19:42:03
Vox's Dylan Matthews breaks down everything you need to know about "budget reconciliation" -- a tool that if used strategically in the Senate could mean Dems' fragile majority could be enough to...
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Sherrod Brown on the COVID relief workers & families urgently need from 2020-12-09T16:33:57
Sherrod Brown on the COVID relief workers & families urgently need
Mini-pod: With poverty on the rise, Rebecca talks to Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown about the debate in Congress around COVI...
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“How Mass Incarceration Became a Poverty Trap” from 2020-12-04T20:59:08
Rebecca talks to the Brennan Center's Ames Grawert & Terry Ann Craigie about their research finding that people who spend time in prison see their lifetime earnings cut in half, further entrench...
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Transition Talk with Dorian Warren + Angela Hanks from 2020-11-14T18:37:50
Rebecca talks to Dorian Warren & Angela Hanks about the work ahead now that the Biden/Harris transition team has been formed; some of the most exciting new members of Congress to watch; why Jan ...
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Down-Ballot Deep Dive with Daniel Nichanian from 2020-11-11T18:09:10
Rebecca talks to Daniel Nichanian, founder of The Appeal's Political Report, for a deep dive into some of the most important down-ballot stories from the 2020 election -- from ballot measures to...
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The Purge, 2020 edition from 2020-10-31T17:41:29
Rebecca talks to disability lawyer Matthew Cortland about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the disability community so far, the ageism and ableism underpinning claims that "we need to lear...
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Hunger and Poverty on the Rise from 2020-10-24T19:18:49
Rebecca talks to Joel Berg of Hunger Free America about rising hunger and poverty in the U.S. as the pandemic drags on, the recent federal court ruling striking down Trump’s Food Stamp cuts, a n...
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Josh Hoe on National Expungement Week 2020 from 2020-09-26T18:51:06
Rebecca talks to criminal justice advocate and "Decarceration Nation" host Josh Hoe about the national momentum for expanding and automating expungement, why he fought so hard to pass Michigan's...
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Zephyr Teachout on "Break 'Em Up" from 2020-08-04T17:17:40
Rebecca talks to Zephyr Teachout about her new book "Break 'Em Up: Recovering our Freedom from Big Tech, Big Ag, and Big Money" and why we need an antitrust movement for our time.
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The Sahm Rule from 2020-07-28T17:48:16
Economist Claudia Sahm breaks down the unemployment insurance ...
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The Evictions Cliff: Part 2 from 2020-07-18T23:56:38
Part 2 of a series looking at the looming evictions cliff, feat. Tara Raghuveer, director of the campaign for a Homes Guarantee and founding director of KC Tenants.
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The Evictions Cliff: Part 1 from 2020-07-18T19:09:27
Part 1 of a series looking at the looming evictions cliff, feat. Dan Threet of the National Low Income Housing Coalition and Jay Willis, senior contributor for The Appeal.
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Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century from 2020-07-10T16:51:13
Rebecca talks with editor Alice Wong and contributors Rebecca Cokley and Patrick Cokley about "Disability Visibility: First Person Stories from the 21st Century," an anthology of contemporary es...
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The Rise and Fall of Racial Capitalism from 2020-07-01T16:03:01
NASI Ball Award, feat. Darrick Hamilton, Heidi Shierholz & Jess Bartholow from 2020-06-25T17:32:08
American Plague, feat. Jamil Smith from 2020-06-11T14:45:21
Rebecca talks to Jamil Smith about his latest column for Rolling Stone, "American Plague"; the George Floyd protests, the movement to end policing as we know it, this moment as a reminder of why...
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"Bad Apples Come from Rotten Trees in Policing" from 2020-06-06T14:08:32
Rebecca talks to sociologist Rashawn Ray about the George Floyd protests and how we move from "bad apples" to uprooting the "rotten trees" in policing that keep producing them.
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Beyer + Boushey from 2020-05-30T14:32:47
Rebecca sits down with Rep. Don Beyer, Vice Chair of Congressional Joint Economic Committee, and Heather Boushey of the Washington Center for Equitable Growth, for the latest on where things sta...
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The Wolf at the Door from 2020-05-21T14:41:07
Rebecca talks to social insurance scholar Michael Graetz about his book "The Wolf at the Door" and how the U.S. might begin to address the rampant economic insecurity that long predated COVID--e...
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Sen. Bennet on the COVID response we need from 2020-05-15T18:33:26
Rebecca sits down with Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) for a look at the agenda Dems in Congress are trying to advance to get much-needed help to workers and families amid COVID19.
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Rural America, meet COVID-19 from 2020-05-08T15:07:04
Rebecca sits down with Gbenga Ajilore and Greg Kaufmann for a deep-dive on why many rural communities—and the Black rural south in particular—are extra vulnerable amid ...
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COVID-19 Doesn’t Care What’s in Your Record. We Shouldn’t Either. from 2020-05-05T16:22:23
Rebecca talks to Quintin Williams, a leading criminal justice reform organizer, about the need to move past the U.S.’s obsession with the “violent/nonviolent” dichotomy...
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Vote for Access from 2020-05-01T19:24:47
Rebecca talks to Imani Barbarin about Vote For Access, a new online TV program on the barriers to voting for people with disabilities.
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How Technology Shapes Social Revolutions from 2020-04-24T18:15:27
Rebecca sits down with law professor and former tenants’ rights organizer Ray Brescia, to discuss his new book “The Future of Change: How Technology Shapes Social Revolutions.”
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Deadly Poverty Trap from 2020-04-22T15:45:10
Rebecca talks with Azza Altiraifi of CAP’s Disability Justice Initiative about how asset limits have become a deadly poverty trap in the age of Coronavirus.
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Structural racism in the age of coronavirus from 2020-04-16T15:56:08
As the grim data on racial disparities of who’s losing their lives to COVID19 continue to roll in, Rebecca sits down with Angela Hanks of the Groundwork Collaborative for a deep-dive into how st...
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10 Million Unemployed from 2020-04-05T14:17:41
“This chart is a portrait of disaster. I have spent the last 20 years studying the labor market and have never seen anything like it. Unemployment insurance claims for the last two weeks are min...
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Nonfilers Need Stimulus Too from 2020-04-04T15:08:57
The fight to make sure some of the poorest people in the US get direct emergency payments, explained (with Chuck Marr, director of tax policy at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities).
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Local Leaders Respond to COVID-19 from 2020-03-31T17:53:07
For the latest installment in Off-Kilter’s ongoing COVID-19 series, Rebecca talks with Helen Gym, Councilmember-at-large in Philadelphia’s City Council, about how local leaders have been steppin...
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#WeAreEssential from 2020-03-28T17:36:35
Rebecca Cokley of the Disability Justice Initiative on how people with disabilities have been left behind in the COVID-19 relief packages so far — and what the disability community needs now to ...
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“I will not apologize for my needs” from 2020-03-27T16:58:42
With the ongoing debate around health care rationing and ventilator shortages amid COVd19, Rebecca talks to Ari Ne’eman, Alice Wong, and Sam Bagenstos about the importance of disability non-disc...
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No Hierarchy of Humanity from 2020-03-20T17:11:51
Matt Cortland on where things stand with the COVID-19 response, the science of social distancing, and how we can ensure people with disabilities aren’t left behind in the response—PLUS: Tom Jawe...
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The Economics of the Coronavirus from 2020-03-12T19:02:49
Jared Bernstein unpacks the economics of the Coronavirus pandemic—and the economic policies that are needed to protect workers, families, and the economy as a whole. PLUS: Kat Calvin on the stor...
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The Black-White Unemployment Gap from 2020-02-27T18:04:40
Economist Gbenga Ajilore on the persistence of the black-white unemployment gap—PLUS: everything you need to know about the “public charge” rule now that it’s taken effect, with Connie Choi of t...
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The Case for a Black Belt Regional Commission from 2020-02-20T21:56:36
The Nation’s Greg Kaufmann on his recent article “Appalachia gets special funding. The black rural south deserves it too. PLUS: We mark Valentine’s Day for millionaires with Social Security Work...
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#TrumpBudget from 2020-02-13T18:06:42
This week on Off-Kilter, we break down the latest Trump budget with CAP’s Seth Hanlon and Lily Roberts, and Bobby Kogan, chief mathematician of the Senate Budget Committee.
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FAMILY Act from 2020-01-24T17:01:19
CAP’s Shilpa Phadke on the push for nationwide paid leave, as the House takes up its first-ever hearing on the FAMILY Act—PLUS: a deep-dive with EPI’s Ben Zipperer on why expanding the Earned In...
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We Are Indivisible from 2020-01-16T23:13:03
Ed Chung on the campaign to destroy bail reform in New York state—PLUS: Ezra Levin on the Indivisible movement three years on, his and Leah Greenberg’s new book, and the path to defeating Trump ...
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What’s on deck for 2020 from 2020-01-09T19:40:19
Rebecca sits down with Jared Bernstein of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and Angela Hanks of the Groundwork Collaborative, for a preview of the year to come and the issues, stories, ...
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Trump’s backdoor attack on Social Security disability from 2019-12-12T18:49:58
The Trump administration’s latest target for sabotage? The Social Security disability programs. PLUS: Trump’s final rule taking food assistance away from 700,000 struggling workers, explained.
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The New American Homeless from 2019-12-05T18:12:56
The rise of the “working homeless,” and why housing insecurity in the U.S. is far worse than official stats suggest—PLUS: What the fight over means testing is really about.
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Hunger Games from 2019-11-22T15:28:12
Food insecurity among Philly’s student athletes; how philanthropy is benching women of color; PLUS: “You Can’t Eat Your Dreams. Hollywood Expects Assistants to Do Just That.”
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Inflation Inequality from 2019-11-07T17:06:49
“The Costs of Being Poor”…. How inflation inequality is causing more 3 million more people in poverty.
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TurboTax’s Trickery, Part II from 2019-10-24T20:29:55
Inside TurboTax’s 20-year fight to stop Americans from filing their taxes for free, with ProPublica reporter Justin Elliott—PLUS: Gbenga Ajilore on why we’re not prepared for the next recession....
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Are We At Full Employment Yet? from 2019-10-17T18:33:29
Jared Bernstein on why we’re not at full employment yet, federal courts block Trump’s public charge rule from taking effect, and “Listen
The Supreme Court showdown over LGBTQ discrimination from 2019-10-10T15:59:48
Ian Millhiser & Laura Durso on the three SCOTUS cases that stand to decide the fate of LGBTQ rights in the workplace and beyond—PLUS: Trump’s move to ban immigrants who can’t afford unsubsidized...
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Wealth tax from 2019-10-04T12:27:48
Michael Linden mythbusts scaremongering claims about a wealth tax, one of the buzziest ideas making the rounds in progressive spaces; Elena Botella talks her piece “Debt Collecting Promises Good...
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#SmartOnCrime from 2019-09-26T20:52:16
Conversations with two criminal justice reform leaders whose work stems from their own experiences behind bars: Josh Hoe and Quintin Williams.
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The Harvest of American Racism from 2019-09-19T16:21:38
Inside Tennessee’s plan to block-grant Medicaid; why market solutions fail to uplift distressed communities; and a look at the Son of Scalia, Trump’s latest nominee for Labor Secretary. Subscrib...
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#CensusData from 2019-09-12T18:04:42
Jared Bernstein of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities on this year’s Census data on poverty, income, and health insurance—PLUS: TalkPoverty’s Pat Garofalo on why the next recession will ...
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Best Of: Cornell Brooks, Patrick Cokley, Zahra Noorbaksh from 2019-09-05T16:29:44
Two conversations from the Off-Kilter archives: Cornell Brooks & Patrick Cokley on race in the Trump era and Zahra Noorbaksh on breaking through bigotry with comedy.
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Best of: Peter Edelman and Carol Anderson from 2019-08-29T16:07:22
Two conversations from the Off-Kilter archives: Peter Edelman on “Not a Crime to Be Poor” and Carol Anderson on “White Rage.”
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August conversations: Rick Smith and Joe Sandberg from 2019-08-22T15:50:25
Rick Smith shares the story behind The Rick Smith Show—PLUS: Joe Sandberg on why he founded Working Hero Action.
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August Conversations: Sarah Blahovec and the Little Lobbyists from 2019-08-15T16:18:36
Inside the first-ever campaign training program for disabled candidates with its creator, Sarah Blahovec; PLUS: Elena Hung and Roger Stone on celebrating 2 years fighting to protect the ACA with...
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August conversations: Alex Lawson from 2019-08-09T14:45:47
Alex Lawson on why he co-founded We Act Radio, Off-Kilter’s Washington, D.C. anchor station; how progressives shifted the Overton Window on Social Security expansion; and why he likes to dress a...
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Bye-bye, Categorical Eligibility? from 2019-08-01T17:21:58
Trump’s latest regulatory attack on food assistance, explained—PLUS: why we need to redefine rural America.
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#TexasVsUS from 2019-07-18T21:27:24
Ian Millhiser on the death panel determined to strike down Obamacare; David Dayen on private equity’s latest scheme: closing urban hospitals and selling off the real estate—PLUS: the push to mak...
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#RaiseTheWage from 2019-07-11T22:39:52
We break down a new CBO report that, contrary to some headlines, shows how a $15 minimum wage will change millions of lives for the better; States are doing what Trump refuses: making overtime p...
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#CleanSlate Revisited from 2019-06-27T17:51:16
With the ground-breaking Clean Slate law going fully into effect this week in Pennsylvania, we revisit a conversation we had with criminal justice reform leaders at the kickoff of the campaign l...
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The Case for Expanding SNAP from 2019-06-20T17:16:37
Rebecca talks to Joel Berg of Hunger Free America about how Dems are changing the debate on SNAP to how to expand the program. PLUS: A first-person perspective on the emotional and economic cons...
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The First Pride Was a Riot from 2019-06-13T15:40
A history lesson on the origins of Pride and where the community stands today; plus Vox’s Dylan Matthews returns to unpack Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s new bill to create a basic income through the tax ...
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The Other War on Drugs from 2019-06-06T16:04:33
The latest on the World Cup gender discrimination lawsuit; inside the fight over the last hospital in D.C.’s poorest neighborhood; and is the “other war on drugs” finally turning into the opioid...
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From Stigma to Oppression from 2019-05-31T13:35:04
Another Disability Justice Initiative takeover of Off-Kilter, for mental health awareness month.
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Repealing the Family Cap from 2019-05-16T16:38:02
The nationwide effort to repeal a decades-long attack on mothers and families; how disabled students get left behind in the responses to school shootings; plus, the Trump Administration’s latest...
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The African-American Maternal and Infant Mortality Crisis from 2019-05-09T15:47:09
How Structural Racism Is Killing Black Moms and Babies, Trump’s proposal to artificially “reduce” the poverty rate by fudging the numbers, and an update on the nutrition assistance crisis in Pue...
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TurboTax’s Trickery from 2019-05-02T18:18:38
How TurboTax has been tricking low-income tax filers into paying for online tax filing that’s supposed to be free—PLUS: meat processing is already a dangerous job. It’s about to get a lot worse....
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Flint 5 Years On from 2019-04-25T17:01:20
Off-Kilter commemorates the 5-year anniversary of the Flint Water Crisis — and digs into why a regional minimum wage, an idea currently gaining traction in Congress, would lock in low-wages for ...
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Episode 105: Best Of from 2019-04-11T17:32:37
We’re bringing you a roundup of some of our favorite segments and will be back next week but until then check out conversations with: Vanessa Williamson on taxing the rich; Nick Turner on how we...
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Somebody’s Watching Me (DJI Takeover) from 2019-03-28T19:05:16
It’s another Disability Justice Initiative Takeover episode! Rebecca (Vallas) is joined by Rebecca Cokley, Azza Altiraifi & Valerie Novack of CAP’s disability program, plus special guest Matt Co...
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#TrumpBudget: Part Deux from 2019-03-21T16:53:13
Rebecca talks with CAP budget gurus Seth Hanlon and Lily Roberts about Part Deux of Trump’s Cruelty Olympics, aka his budget proposal, which came out earlier this week—and Indivisible’s Chad Bol...
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The Billionaire Boondoggle from 2019-03-15T00:04:25
Rebecca talks with Pat Garofalo, author of The Billionaire Boondoggle: How Our Politicians Let Corporations and Bigwigs Steal Our Money. But first—Indivisible’s Chad Bolt and CAP senior advisor ...
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The Hidden Racism on America’s Farms from 2019-03-08T02:20:15
How America treats its black farmers, Ben Carson’s backdoor attempt to private public housing, and Chad Bolt returns with the news of the week ICYMI.
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A Syllabus for Ivanka from 2019-02-28T20:25:48
Ivanka says Americans “don’t want a guaranteed living wage,” the 6 minutes of the Cohen hearing that may mean we finally get to see Trump’s tax returns; Miami-Dade College is going to shameful l...
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Snow Day Best Of from 2019-02-22T15:41:52
A D.C. snow day gives us the chance to revisit some of our favorite conversations, including the Times’ Emily Badger on the Elizabethan origins of the term “able-bodied”; plus in honor of Presid...
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#StopTheDebtTrap from 2019-02-15T18:50:06
How the CFPB is siding with predatory payday lenders over consumers; Pat Garofalo on the fight for a minimum wage in the Minor Leagues; PLUS Chad Bolt joins for the news of the week ICYMI.
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The Public Defender Crisis from 2019-02-07T19:35:41
New Orleans’ top public defender Derwyn Bunton on how the public defender crisis has set up a two-tiered system of justice based on income—PLUS: Chad Bolt returns for a massive Listen
Point In Time Count from 2019-02-01T17:34:14
DC’s high housing costs pushed me in and out of homelessness for 30 years”; on top of everything else, the shutdown hung farmers out to dry right before spring planting; PLUS: Chad Bolt returns ...
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Poverty in Philly from 2019-01-25T19:05:59
Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney on how he’s fighting poverty in the poorest big city in the U.S.—and Indivisible’s Chad Bolt returns with yet another update on Trump’s shutdown & other news of the...
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2018’s most under-covered stories from 2018-12-20T19:10:38
A roundup of some of the year’s most under-covered stories on poverty and inequality, with special guest Mara Pellittieri, editor-in-chief of TalkPoverty.org—and a teary goodbye to our own Jerem...
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Flying While Disabled from 2018-12-13T20:59:28
This week on Off-Kilter, it’s another Disability Justice Initiative takeover, holiday edition!
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Farm Bill deal in sight? from 2018-12-06T20:00:29
A Farm Bill deal looms on the horizon; we debate the pros and cons of Opportunity Zones; plus the news of the week ICYMI.
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The Politics of Medicaid from 2018-11-29T19:42:25
The latest on Trump’s Medicaid work reporting requirements, with Dr. Jamila Michener; PLUS: how Michigan’s GOP is subverting democracy to stop a minimum wage hike, and other news of the week ICY...
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#CleanSlate from 2018-11-17T18:43:48
A special episode featuring conversations with some of the justice reform leaders behind the newly-launched national #CleanSlate campaign to ensure a criminal record is no longer a life sentence...
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White Rage from 2018-11-01T19:33:09
Prof. Carol Anderson on how Trump’s stoking white rage and resentment through policy as well as rhetoric; Ian Millhiser on where SCOTUS is headed with its new right-wing supermajority; PLUS: Tal...
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