America Unchained

A roundtable conversation between Richard Dien Winfield and some of his former and present graduate students about the relation of philosophy and politics and the role of the philosopher in public life.

We cover the historic senate seat flip in Georgia and the shocking attack on Capitol Hill.

We discuss why the 2020 national election failed to produce the predicted Blue Wave and how policy weaknesses of both "centrist" and "progressive" Democrats must be remedied if we are to contend with the perfect storm in which we are engulfed.

A discussion between labor organizer Richard Bensinger and RDW on the state of the labor movement and how it relates to the Social Bill of Rights

Noam Chomsky joins Richard Dien Winfield to discuss the future of American democracy.

We discuss the misleading way in which the terms "capitalism", "socialism", and "communism" figure in recent political discourse and what the proper relation should be between public and private sectors to remake capitalism with a human face and secure our freedoms.

A bold platform for removing all obstacles to equal opportunity requires a bold funding solution and it is easier to achieve than one might think.  We discuss the actual costs of fulfilling our social rights and how they can best be funded.

We discuss the meaning and history of reparations, how reparations for Black Americans are warranted, and what they could achieve in connection with enforcement of the social rights agenda.

This episode examines how the United States justice system allows money to determine one's legal standing and how legal care can pave the way for genuine equality before the law.

Pairing with last weeks episode as a two episode saga discussing security challenges, the topic this week is nuclear proliferation and disarmament.

We examine humanity's increasing vulnerability to pandemics and disastrous climate change and discuss the international actions that we must take to contain these intertwined crises before it is too late.

Manipulation of voter eligibility, voter suppression, and now the COVID-19 emergency have stacked on one another to put the basic act of democracy in jeopardy. We discuss the past and present of the shackles on our voting system.

We examine the role of the employee-employer relation in a free society, how US labor policy has unfairly disempowered employees, and what changes should be made.

To what extent can we call ourselves a nation of immigrants? This episode tracks through the history and the present problems of immigration in America.

With an avalanche of evictions and foreclosures racing towards us, we examine how we are failing to fulfill our fundamental right to decent housing and what we can do to solve our housing crisis.

This episode tracks the history of healthcare as a human right, the American healthcare quagmire, and where we go from here. 

This episode examines why gender disadvantage remains entrenched despite the triumphs of the women’s movement and explores the transformative measures needed to achieve true gender equal opportunity.

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