M. Rossiter

As an immigrant who came to the West, El Akkad believed that it promised freedom. A place of justice for all. But in the past twenty years, reporting on the War on Terror, Ferguson, climate change, Black Lives Matter protests, and more, and watching the unmitigated slaughter in Gaza, El Akkad has come to the conclusion that much of what the West promises is a lie. That there will always be entire groups of human beings it has never intended to treat as fully human—not just Arabs or Muslims or immigrants, but whoever falls outside the boundaries of privilege.

Russia and America have more in common than their betrayal of Kyiv, and we need to push back on this shift. Read the post that inspired this episode: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/blues-for-ukraine Subscribe to Andrea Pitzer’s Degenerate Art newsletter to support Next Comes What: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/subscribe This week's episode of Next Comes What looks at the meeting between Donald Trump and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy last week in light of Andrea Pitzer's previous experiences in Russia. She looks at what Trump and JD Vance were up to in the Oval Office, as...

Showing up in public can derail Trump's attempts to destroy the federal government. #TeslaTakedown is a great start. Read the post that inspired this episode: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/when-protest-packs-a-punch Subscribe to Andrea Pitzer’s Degenerate Art newsletter to support Next Comes What: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/subscribe You can find a #teslatakedown protest here: https://actionnetwork.org/event_campaigns/teslatakedown In this week's episode, Andrea Pitzer tackles what protest can accomplish and covers the March 7 Stand Up for Science demonstration in DC. She ...

Freedom--how does it work? By putting a stop-work order on Trump and Elon. Read the post that inspired this episode: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/seizing-the-narrative Subscribe to Andrea Pitzer’s Degenerate Art newsletter to support Next Comes What: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/subscribe This week, Next Comes What headed into DC to see what would happen in front of USAID headquarters the day Donald Trump and Elon Musk shut it down. Andrea Pitzer talked to workers protesting out front and to the politicians who held a media event to point out the harm Trump was inflicting on ...

Homelessness has long been used to criminalize suffering and expand detention. Read the post that inspired this episode. Subscribe to Andrea Pitzer’s Degenerate Art newsletter to support Next Comes What. Today's episode of Next Comes What is about the relationship between homelessness and concentration camps around the globe, as well as a close look at those living without a home in America today. Andrea Pitzer explains how homelessness has historically been used as a political weapon to expand detention for other groups of civilians. She recounts how Mussolini, Hitler, and even Herbert ...

Author Andrea Pitzer reveals what we can learn from the rise of strongmen around the world to thwart Trump and his allies.

Welcome to Nature Sounds Oasis. Get ready to dive headfirst into a world of pure relaxation. Each episode is like unlocking a door to a new enchanting realm, where soothing sounds of nature and relaxing music are your guides. Drift into slumber on the wings of gentle breezes, cradle your mind with the soothing hum of waterfalls, let your soul swim into the infinite ocean, drench yourself with the healing rain, walk barefoot next to a graceful river and let the melodies of chirping birds serenade you into tranquility. Get ready to immerse yourself in lush forests, exotic beaches, babbling ...

There is A LOT to unpack about Cory Fleming. So much, that it doesn’t all fit into one episode. But this week, we received a shocking document showing Fleming’s apparent defense — and it includes a letter and text messages between Alex and Cory as Alex sat in both a Florida rehab facility and a SC jail respectively. In episode 37, Mandy, Liz and Eric Bland unpack both Cory Fleming’s bond hearing and his shocking defense in a plea to the Georgia Bar. It seems like Cory isn’t going down without a fight, even after a hard fall from grace. A special thank you to our sponsors: Cerebral,...

An obstetrician must find healing and forgiveness after an unexpected tragedy opens old wounds.

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