Listen to Sarah Leonard, the senior editor at the Nation Magazine and the co-author of new book, The Future We Want: Radical Ideas for a New Century, a manifesto for new solutions to systemic social problems.
Sarah Leonard, Bhaskar Sunkara – Why Our Generation’s Best Chance Is Socialism
Every election season is a time of bemoaning why millennials won’t vote for politicians boldly committed to picking at the edges of their problems. Consider a snapshot of the situation young people face: the unemployment rate for workers under age 25 is 18.1 percent; unemployment for black people who have not graduated from high school is 82.5 percent; the people …