Indivisible Santa Fe Radio

Voting Rights and Wrongs: A Conversation with Gene Grant

Earlier this month the U.S. Supreme Court destroyed what was left of the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act that for the first time in Amerrican history gave blacks access to the ballot box and a voice in their own government. Already states across old Dixie are redrawing lines to dilute minority representation in Congress. Donovan and Gary discuss the decision and its implications with Gene Grant, Executive Director of the New Mexico Office of African American Affairs, who despite the setback sees glimmers of hope on the horizon.

Archbishop John Wester on Trump's Immoral War

When if ever is war justified? Donovan and Gary are honored to speak with the Archbishop of Santa Fe John Wester, who reflects on the dubious morality of America's war with Iran in light of Roman Catholic teachings that reach back to Augustine and Aquinas which but remain more relevant than ever. Archbishop Wester shares his vision for a better path to peace.

Breaking Big Money's Grip on America

Billionaires with deep pockets have an outsized influence on electoral politics, turning government of and by the people into a system that serves the ultra-wealthy and well-connected. Donovan and Gary talk with Bruce Berlin, the author of Breaking Big Money's Grip on America to under stand the scope of the challenge and explore remedies to return power to ordinary citizens.

Protecting Reproductive Freedom with Faith Roots

Amanda Diaz, Exective Director of Faith Roots Reproductive Action, assists women traveling to New Mexico to receive abortions, offering support with lodging, food and other practical necessities. Where are these women coming from and what conditions force them to seek health care here ? Co-hosts Donovan and Gary talk with Amanda about the effort to protect women's bodily autonomy.

American Midnight Revisited with Adam Hochschild

Hosts Donovan and Gary talk with historian and renowned journalist Adam Hochschild, co-founder of Mother Jones magazine, about his most recent book American Midnight: The Great War, A Violent Peace and America’s Forgotten Crisis.. Hysteria over immigration, attacks on free speech, jailing of "subversives" and political prisoners, a surge in lynching and racial violence, gross disparities of wealth and anxiety over women's liberation (women had just won the vote) characterized America in the years 1917-1921. What can we learn from a dark passage of history so similar to the shadows now hanging over our democracy?