Interview with Pam Garrison, West Virginia tri-chair of the Poor People's Campaign, conducted by Melinda Tuhus.

Between The Lines’ Melinda Tuhus spoke with her about the campaign’s work and mission. Here Garrison reflects on battles against the coal industry and construction of fossil fuel pipelines across her state — and how poor people are faring today where many of the gains of recent years have been lost to powerful corporate interests under the Trump administration.

Interview with Greg Palast, filmmaker, journalist and author of several New York Times bestsellers including The Best Democracy Money Can Buy, conducted by Scott Harris.

Greg Palast talks about his recent article, “Mr. Colbert, I’m not laughing anymore.” Palast investigates far right activist Gregg Phillips, recently appointed as associate administrator of FEMA’s Office of Response and Recovery, who claims he was tele-transported to a Waffle House. Phillips is the discredited conspiracy theorist behind the group True the Vote, whose film, “2,000 Mules” claims that Jewish billionaires paid black men to stuff ballot boxes in Atlanta, Philadelphia and Detroit—causing Trump to lose the 2020 presidential election. True the Vote challenged over 300,000 voters in the 2024 election and is preparing to do the same in the 2026 midterm election this November.

Interview with Cameron Landin, executive vice president of College Democrats of America, and a student at the University of Chicago, conducted by Scott Harris.

Landin discusses his views on some of the Democratic party’s positions on issues including the Trump-Netanyahu war on Iran, U.S. aid to Israel and proposed progressive legislation such as Medicare for All. He also talks about some of the Democrat’s internal issues including the role of AIPAC in campaigns, as well as RootsAction and other progressive activists’ call for the release of the Democrat’s 2024 Election Autopsy Report.

Interview with Steve Ellner, associate managing editor of Latin American Perspectives and retired professor of Venezuela's Universidad de Oriente, conducted by Scott Harris.

Steve Ellner talks about his recent commentary, “U.S. Imperialism Enters a New Stage: The Left Needs to Take a Close Look at It,” which examines Donald Trump’s rhetoric and actions against Iran, Venezuela and Cuba which have few parallels in modern history.

Interview with Lindsay Koshgarian, program director with the National Priorities Project at the Institute for Policy Studies, conducted by Scott Harris.

Lindsay Koshgarian talks about her group’s recent report, “Tax Day 2026: Taxpayers Are Paying More than $4,000 for War.” The report notes that while more than half of Americans are struggling to afford basic necessities, Donald Trump and the GOP passed the “Big Ugly Bill” that cut taxes for the wealthiest Americans, cut health insurance and food assistance for millions of Americans, and added billions in new spending for war and mass deportations

Interview with Osprey Orielle Lake, founder and executive director, Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network, WECAN, conducted by Melinda Tuhus.

Many of WECAN's members, including frontline women leaders from around the world, have participated in previous UN climate summit meetings and will be involved in this conference as well. They will be participating in discussions to propose solutions to the climate crisis, such as the need for investments in reforestation, renewable energy and food sovereignty.

Interview with Steve Phillips, host of the Democracy in Color podcast and author of Are White Men Smarter than Everybody Else?, conducted by Scott Harris.

Steve Phillips, the best-selling author of Brown Is the New White and How We Win the Civil War, talks about his new book, Are White Men Smarter Than Everybody Else? observing that just six years after the racial reckoning that followed the murder of George Floyd, America is witnessing a full-scale assault on equality unparalleled since the overthrow of Reconstruction, while offering a powerful offensive strategy to combat resurgent white supremacy.

Interview with Saru Jayaraman, co-founder and president of One Fair Wage, director of the Food Labor Research Center at the University of California, Berkeley and author of One Fair Wage: Ending Subminimum Pay in America, conducted by Scott Harris.

Saru Jayaraman talks about the #Next250 national mobilization coinciding with the U.S. 250th anniversary, where a massive gathering is planned in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, June 27, grounded in a Declaration of Interdependence to elevate historically excluded voices and build a forward-looking civic agenda rooted in shared responsibility and democratic participation.