Off-kilter With Rebecca Vallas

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 new poll indicating 2020 may see record turnout among low-income voters and more. Show notes: https://offkiltershow.medium.com/hunger-and-poverty-on-the-rise-580db7171930

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 "Clean Slate" package even though it won't clear his record, and more. Show notes: https://medium.com/@OffKilterShow/josh-hoe-on-national-expungement-week-2020-4f8d98e7ae46

Second in a 2-part series on the role of narrative in shifting the balance of power and building a more equitable society. (Produced in partnership with our friends at The Forge organizing journal.)   Show notes: https://medium.com/@OffKilterShow/shaping-narrative-shifting-power-part-ii-bbf21b9a6458  

First in a 2-part series on the role of narrative in shifting the balance of power and building a more equitable society. (Produced in partnership with our friends at The Forge organizing journal.)   Show notes: https://medium.com/@OffKilterShow/shaping-narrative-shifting-power-part-i-958a414b0522

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. Show notes: https://medium.com/@OffKilterShow/zephyr-teachout-on-break-em-up-a991067642d9

Economist Claudia Sahm breaks down the unemployment insurance cliff threatening tens of millions of workers' paychecks, the conservative mythology around "moral hazard," why we're facing an income crisis on top of a joblessness crisis, the toxic culture in economics, and more.   Show notes: https://medium.com/@OffKilterShow/the-sahm-rule-49da80772f83

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. Show notes: https://medium.com/@OffKilterShow/the-evictions-cliff-8ed0bacd28e1

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. Show notes: https://medium.com/@OffKilterShow/the-evictions-cliff-8ed0bacd28e1

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 essays by disabled people released in June. Show notes: https://medium.com/@OffKilterShow/disability-visibility-first-person-stories-from-the-21st-century-4b61b70226c

Rebecca talks to Jeremie Greer of Liberation in a Generation, Maurice BP Weeks of ACRE, and Tara Raghuveer of KC Tenants and People’s Action about the latest issue of The Forge, “The Rise and Fall of Racial Capitalism.”   Show notes: https://medium.com/@OffKilterShow/the-rise-and-fall-of-racial-capitalism-ea16f88d92b

Darrick Hamilton, Heidi Shierholz, and Jess Bartholow join a special episode of Off-Kilter on poverty and inequality in the age of coronavirus, as part of the National Academy of Social Insurance's 2020 Robert Ball Award event. Show notes: https://medium.com/@OffKilterShow/nasi-ball-award-feat-darrick-hamilton-heidi-shierholz-jess-bartholow-8dc454afe137

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 we need more diversity in the media, and more. Show notes: https://medium.com/@OffKilterShow/american-plague-feat-jamil-smith-f9ce1c61a31d

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. Show notes: https://medium.com/@OffKilterShow/bad-apples-come-from-rotten-trees-in-policing-53715fd7675e

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 stand in Washington on the federal COVID response. Show notes: https://medium.com/@OffKilterShow/beyer-boushey-8be89af1e80

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--even in our current political climate. Show notes: https://medium.com/@OffKilterShow/the-wolf-at-the-door-16f4cae7a86b

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. Show notes: https://medium.com/@OffKilterShow/sen-bennet-on-the-covid-response-we-need-8ad0c18a7359

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 the pandemic—and what we can do to ensure they aren’t left behind in our COVID response. Show notes: https://medium.com/@OffKilterShow/rural-america-meet-covid-19-3f4e32ace432

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 as we protect people behind bars from the spread of COVID19—plus the “second chances” response we need to ensure the 1 in 3 Americans with criminal records aren’t left behind. Show notes: https://medium.com/@OffKilterShow/covid-19-doesnt-care-what-s-in-your-record-we-shouldn-t-either-6baedd41faf9

Rebecca talks to Imani Barbarin about Vote For Access, a new online TV program on the barriers to voting for people with disabilities.  Show notes: https://medium.com/@OffKilterShow/vote-for-access-1dd713756e30

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.” Show notes: https://medium.com/@OffKilterShow/how-technology-shapes-social-revolutions-15126e7c7284