Climate Strikers
As the reality of climate destruction hits home with the California wildfires and flooded Midwest, young people in the United States are joining their European counterparts in holding strikes from school to demand immediate investment in Green New Deal legislation.
Andrea Hildebran Smith interviews Anna Grace Hottinger of MNCantWait, US Climate Strikes, and I Matter about the movement that is building a generation of organizers.
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The Moms Movement
Moms Demand, formed in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook school shooting, is breaking the lock the NRA has on our country’s legislators for more than a generation.
Andrea Hildebran Smith interviews Kelly Moore of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America about the activists who are winning state and federal fights for gun safety measures. Building support networks for survivors of gun violence, Moms Demand shares their all-too-common stories with lawmakers in statehouse after statehouse.
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read moreParenting and Internet Policy
The hazards for kids online used to be evenly matched with standard parental worries about their interest in sex and their vulnerability to strangers. But the pervasiveness of violent pornography and political disinformation campaigns means the internet pose challenges for adults and children alike, for which most of us are unprepared.
This week on ResistanceMom, Andrea Hildebran Smith explores internet safety with author Nathan Fisk, whose book, Framing Internet Safety, critiques early attempts at regulating online speech.
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The Shutdown’s Aftermath
It is February and the government shutdown is over, but it’s effects continue to be enormous. The shutdown was the most direct and sustained attack on the institutions of our government that has happened in my lifetime. Workers and contractors sneered at, required to work without pay and barred from talking about the impacts they saw in services as a result. Attempts to drive workers and whole programs to quit and close. Functions of government like food safety, criminal investigations, protection of our national parks abandoned. Air safety imperiled. National defenses left open.
read moreTrump Toxins and the American Family
Author and pastor John Pavlovitz speaks with us today about the anniversary of the Parkland massacre, and how storytelling and story-sharing holds the door open to healing the relationships broken by Trumpism and Fox News.
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This week Andrea Hildebran Smith talks with Ashley Weitz, a leader in the #StandOnEveryCorner movement about the nationwide actions demanding an end to the Trump administration. Whether it’s the caging of kids at the border, or Trump’s apparent treasonous relationship with Russia, or the promotion of nazism and white supremacy by the White House that makes you go stand, speaking publicly has profound effects in your community.
read moreThe End of Pretense: Trump’s Shutdown
The news is just beginning to convey the extent of the damage caused by Trump’s shutdown. More than 800,000 people who work for the federal government have not been paid in weeks, producing ripple effects that could hobble or potentially decimate our economy.
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Andrea Hildebran Smith discusses the emerging impact of the Trump economic shutdown as millions of Americans prepare for a severe economic recession. Our interview is with Amanda Litman, Co-founder and Executive Director of RunForSomething.net, a non-profit recruiting and supporting thousands of young progressives to run for office.
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Host Andrea Hildebran Smith talks with leaders from every aspect of the resistance about how to make an impact that will last, the fight to end gun violence, movements for sustainable economies, defending America’s immigrants, and confronting white supremacy. The show does a deep dive into new frameworks for protecting speech and civil rights online. We also have a particular focus on our responsibilities to the next generation: engaging youth activists, and figuring out how to at once protect and prepare kids for the challenges built into the world they will inherit. |
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Andrea Hildebran Smith is a writer and activist who has worked in progressive advocacy and community radio for more than 30 years. She has worked on ballot measure and candidate campaigns, been a lobbyist and fundraiser fighting anti-gay ballot measures in red states and rural communities. She was the executive director of Kentucky Fairness Alliance, the public education director at GLAD in Boston, and founded an award-winning community garden in St Petersburg, FL, where she lives with her wife and son. |
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