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OFF-KILTER with Rebecca Vallas

Jan 26, 2018

Rebecca sits down with Cornell Brooks, a lawyer, ordained minister, and activist who formerly served as the 18th president of the NAACP, and Patrick Cokley, a longtime disability rights advocate who serves as the administrator of the LEAD ON update which provides resources on technology, employment, and...


Jan 26, 2018

Trump’s “shithole” comment may be his most blatant racist remark to date. But are his more subtle racist dog whistles even more dangerous? And why are so many people in this country so uncomfortable with using the word racist? Rebecca sits down with Cornell Brooks, a lawyer, ordained minister, and activist who...


Jan 19, 2018

This week on Off-Kilter, Rebecca talks with Alastair Gee, the only homelessness editor at a major U.S. publication, about The Guardian’s year-long series looking at homelessness in the US. Next, continuing our series of interviews with candidates and elected officials living with mental illness and mental...


Jan 12, 2018

Rebecca is joined by Will Fischer, director of government relations at VoteVets.org


Jan 12, 2018

With 122 Dreamers losing DACA protection every day as Congress continues to debate funding to keep the federal government open, Rebecca talks with Claudia Flores, immigration campaign manager at the Center for American Progress Action Fund, and a Dreamer herself. Next, following last week’s discussion about the...