Professor of Politics at Princeton University and author of Affluence & Influence: Economic Inequality and Political Power in America
Martin Gilens on KCRW
More from KCRW
Jimmy Carter's Lifelong Efforts to Atone for White America's Sins
BooksRaised in privilege amidst the barbarism of segregation, the oft-maligned president eventually embraced the New South liberalism that just swept his native Georgia’s election.
KCRW Exclusive: George Clooney says Trump’s ‘name will now forever be associated with insurrection’
HollywoodGeorge Clooney exclusively told KCRW that President Donald Trump and his family will be put “into the dustbin of history” after a Trump-supporting mob besieged the Capitol building on…
LA businesses: Here's what you need to know about Gov. Newsom’s budget proposal
Business & EconomyImmediate financial relief topped Governor Gavin Newsom's wishlist in an ambitious $227 billion spending plan he released Friday for the upcoming fiscal year.
The pro-Trump mob at the Capitol
PoliticsJosh Barro talks with Left, Right & Center panelists Lanhee Chen and K.
Aaron Sorkin: ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’
HollywoodWriter-director Aaron Sorkin on writing up to the edge of melodrama.
Insurrection and impeachment
PoliticsJosh Barro and Ken White talk about the legal ramifications for the people who mobbed the U.S. Capitol building, and for President Trump.
The latest on insurrection at US Capitol
PoliticsIn Washington D.C. today, at Donald Trump’s urging, thousands of people protested the results of the November election. A mob stormed the U.S.
Facebook and Twitter go tough on Trump after US Capitol assault
HollywoodFacebook has banned President Trump, at least until his term is over. Twitter issued a 12-hour suspension of his account on Wednesday.