Of outsiders, hothouse kids and branded she is the executive director of the nonprofit the Economic Hardship reporting project. Shes also the author of two books of poetry, thoughts and prayers monetized. She has written for many, including the Washington Post, the New York Times and time. Her honors include an emmy and esp award and a nieman fellowship. Joining alissa in conversation Zephyr Teachout Zephyr Teachout, a law professor and globally renowned a. K. A option expert. She teaches at fordham school. She is the author of three books and has written extensively on inequality, corruption and power. The New York Times. Her the godmother of the modern progressive in new york. So without further ado, please join me in welcoming alyssa and zephyr to the stage. Good evening. Hello, everybody. Well, we are in for a treat. I am so delighted to be able to talk to you this wonderful book you have been a roll recently. I feel like youre everywhere. The New York Times, ams and the atlantic a
Bootstrapped squeezed republic of outsiders, hothouse kids and branded she is the executive director of the nonprofit the Economic Hardship reporting project. Shes also the author of two books of poetry, thoughts and prayers monetized. She has written for many, including the Washington Post, the New York Times and time. Her honors include an emmy and esp award and a nieman fellowship. Joining alissa in conversation Zephyr Teachout Zephyr Teachout, a law professor and globally renowned a. K. A option expert. She teaches at fordham school. She is the author of three books and has written extensively on inequality, corruption and power. The New York Times. Her the godmother of the modern progressive in new york. So without further ado, please join me in welcoming alyssa and zephyr to the stage. Good evening. Hello, everybody. Well, we are in for a treat. I am so delighted to be able to talk to you this wonderful book you have been a roll recently. I feel like youre everywhere. The New Yor
The author of five acclaimed books of nonfiction, including bootstrapped squeezed republic of outsiders, hothouse kids and branded she is the executive director of the nonprofit the Economic Hardship reporting project. Shes also the author of two books of poetry, thoughts and prayers monetized. She has written for many, including the Washington Post, the New York Times and time. Her honors include an emmy and esp award and a nieman fellowship. Joining alissa in conversation Zephyr Teachout Zephyr Teachout, a law professor and globally renowned a. K. A option expert. She teaches at fordham school. She is the author of three books and has written extensively on inequality, corruption and power. The New York Times. Her the godmother of the modern progressive in new york. So without further ado, please join me in welcoming alyssa and zephyr to the stage. Good evening. Hello, everybody. Well, we are in for a treat. I am so delighted to be able to talk to you this wonderful book you have bee
We are thrilled to have alissa quart with for discussion of her new book bootstrapped, liberating ourselves from the American Dream alissa quart is the author of five acclaimed books of nonfiction, including bootstrapped squeezed republic of outsiders, hothouse kids and branded she is the executive director of the nonprofit the Economic Hardship reporting project. Shes also the author of two books of poetry, thoughts and prayers monetized. She has written for many, including the Washington Post, the New York Times and time. Her honors include an emmy and esp award and a nieman fellowship. Joining alissa in conversation Zephyr Teachout Zephyr Teachout, a law professor and globally renowned a. K. A option expert. She teaches at fordham school. She is the author of three books and has written extensively on inequality, corruption and power. The New York Times. Her the godmother of the modern progressive in new york. So without further ado, please join me in welcoming alyssa and zephyr to
he joins me to tell us his inspiring story, coming up. storp good evening. i m mehdi hasan. joe biden has been spending the weekend at home in delaware before he heads out on the road this week to sell the $1.9 trillion american rescue plan. he has a lot to work with. it is difficult to overstate what a big win this piece of legislation is for the president. it s the second biggest economic stimulus in american history, giving cash direct to the poorest americans. and if you want to know how much our politics has changed, here is the great irony. the joe biden of the 1980s and 1990s would probably have voted against it. don t take my word for it. take his, from 1984. what happens if every tax dollar that we pay, 50 to 60% of it is just going to pay the interest on the debt? he will be paying for what we lived on. we should be investing to allow him to be able to live on something. here he is in 1988, decrying, quote, stories of welfare mothers driving luxury cars and le