Laura Flanders

Laura Flanders interviews forward-thinking people about the key questions of our time on Laura Flanders & Friends, a nationally-syndicated radio and television program also available as a podcast. A contributing writer to The Nation, Flanders is the author of several books, as well as a column on Substack.  

“Can I Be Frank?” is the Most Important Show in New York Right Now

Remembering the Anti-War Women of Waterloo

Cooperation vs. Authoritarianism in Spain

Life in Cancer Alley, When a Liquified Natural Gas Facility Moves In

The Past is Present: History is Organizing With Us Now

What Will Come of This Shooting?

What Happens After a Prison Shuts Down?

A Civilization May Yet Die

Vessels of Revolution: On Akinsanya Kambon, Suppressed History and the Fire We’re Living Through

Thanks to Trump, the Cruel Hand of Exploitation is Invisible No More

What to Do With Cesar Chavez Street?

Board of Peace, Machinery of War

The Trafficking Never Stopped

Guthrie, ICE and the Teaching Moment Media are Missing  

From Venezuelan Communes to U.S. Blocks: Same Struggle, Same Fight.

A Moment for Desire

Trump’s IRS Witch Hunt Can’t Touch What Matters Most

From Doxxing to Dot.Gov: the White House Has Set Up a Taxpayer Funded Enemies List

A Tale of Two ICEs

Silenced Reports & Epstein Files: Murdered & Missing Indigenous Women Still Don’t Make News

One Aircraft Carrier or Health Care Coverage for Tens of Thousands?

Caribbean Catastrophes: The Hurricane We See and the War We Don’t

Many Americans Threw Other Americans Under the Bus. Will We Do It Again?

The Republicans’ Plan is in Plain Sight 

Jubilee Justice Regenerative Farming: Tackling Racism with Rice

Minnesota Democrats Codify Abortion Rights, Pass LGBTQ Protections and More. It’s Not a ‘Miracle’

Trafficked Workers’ Great Escape?

Right or Wrong Polls Aren’t Good

Queen Quashes Campaign News? Lack of Coverage is Routine for Social Movements. 

On War and Walking Away

Democracy is Under Siege in Small Town USA

From SCOTUS to Shireen: Same Extremism. Same Threat

Inflating Hopes and Dreams in Manchin Country?

Win the War. Invest in Peace. The Conversation We Need to Be Having Now

Prices Spiking: Options Shrinking. We’re at a Tipping Point for Oil & Gas

War is ‘Til We Stop It

Win or Lose, Nomination Debates are Dangerous

A Fascist World is Breathing

Big Pharma vs the People

The Disability Revolution We All Need

Buffalo’s Next Mayor is Putting Electeds on Notice

Take Pride in Desire

Remembering the Black Roots of Memorial Day and the Revolutionary Holiday That Might Have Been

United Action to Keep Workers Down 

The January 6 Capitol Riot: A Local Perspective

Arm Our Cities With Military-Grade Health Care…Not Weapons

Culture of Violence

Royalty Racist? Really?

In Indian Country, It’s Not the Weather, It’s the Racism That’s Leaving Thousands in the Dark

Impeaching Racism Needs to Happen Everywhere