The Deciding Decade with Pete Buttigieg
News:Politics
As a new president prepares to take office and the country continues to reel from the effects of the pandemic, income inequality and workers' rights remain a central issues in our country. To speak more about these issues, Pete is joined by two of the most active and dynamic figures in the labor movement today: Missouri State Rep. Rasheen Aldridge and Mary Kay Henry, president of Service Employees International Union (SEIU), one of the largest labor unions in America. Together, they discuss the fight for a $15 minimum wage, the correlation between racial and economic inequality, and the importance of local governments for workers rights.
Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Hillary Clinton on her electoral college vote and gaining trust across party lines
MINISODE: How Little Miss Flint Mari Copeny is tackling America’s water crisis
Eva Longoria on engaging Latinos to vote and fighting for farmworkers' rights
John Legend on broadening the Black experience and criminal justice reform
MINISODE: 15-year-old Marley Dias on her push to diversify children's literature
Renee Montgomery on opting out of this WNBA season for social justice work
MINISODE: David Hogg on gun violence prevention and turning tragedy into a movement
Rev. Dr. William Barber II on tackling systematic racism and combating poverty
Post-Election Day Podcast: Jonathan Alter on how past presidencies inform what’s next in politics
MINISODE: How attending Boys State changed René Otero's views on politics
'Crazy Rich Asians' director Jon Chu on diversity in storytelling and embracing cultural identity
Professor Darrick Hamilton on 'baby bonds' and the future of our economy post-COVID
MINISODE: How 15-year-old Alexandria Villaseñor is making her voice heard in the climate change fight
Billy Porter on redefining masculinity and finding truth within
Susan Rice on rebuilding trust and the future of our foreign policy
Colin Jost on comedy’s role in 2020 and leaving SNL
Congresswoman Barbara Lee on tackling systemic racism and speaking truth to power
Glennon Doyle on being 'Untamed' and living as an LGBTQ person of faith
Preet Bharara on the rule of law and the future of the DOJ
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Stuff You Should Know
Stuff They Don’t Want You To Know
Stuff You Missed in History Class
Aaron Mahnke’s Cabinet of Curiosities
Stuff To Blow Your Mind