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Postcard for Mother’s Day from Gerardo Hernández

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On April 29, Gerardo Hernández sent a postcard for Mother’s Day on behalf of the Cuban Five. Due to a two-week delay in the prison, the postcard did not arrive on time for Mother’s Day. Nevertheless, Gerardo wanted us to send it out to all the mothers who have been the strongest supporters in the […]
Building the Struggle in 2010 to Free the Cuban Five

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Dear Supporters of the Cuban Five, The year 2009 is coming to an end — it was a difficult one for the Cuban Five and their families. On June 15, the U.S. Supreme Court, without any explanation, ignored the international call of 10 Nobel Prize winners, parliaments, members of the religious community, intellectuals, human rights […]

A Rhetorical History of Modern Money Theory with John T. Harvey
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We speak with John T. Harvey about a new article he co-wrote with Billy Saas titled, “A Rhetorical History of Modern Money Theory,” out this month in the September 2026 issue of the Journal of Economic Issues. Harvey is Hal Wright Professor of Economics at Texas Christian University. We discuss his recent publication in the […]
Democracy Needs Public Media w/ Victor Pickard
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Victor Pickard returns to Money on the Left six years after his first appearance on the show to discuss the state of the U.S. media system under Trump 2.0. Pickard is C. Edwin Baker Professor of Media Policy and Political Economy at the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communication and Co-Director at the Media, […]
Public Employment & Training from the Great Society to the “End of Welfare as We Know It”
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This month, Scott Ferguson speaks with Mario Rendina about the politics of public employment and training in the United States as they shifted over the course of the late 20th century. Rendina brings over thirty years of hands-on experience working within municipal government in Tampa Bay, Florida—specifically within Hillsborough County. Grounded in his extensive career […]