May 28, 2026
We discuss the case for SWAMP audits, how we can truly build a multiracial democracy, and why we’re going to have to fight for it.
Steve’s civic action toolkit recommendations are:
1) Find your Minimum Viable Community and engage
2) Do a SWAMP audit!
Steve Phillips is the founder of Democracy in Color, a political media organization dedicated to race, politics, and the multicultural progressive New American Majority. His new book is Are White Men Smarter Than Everybody Else?: Playing Offense in the Fight for Racial Justice in America.
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Credits:
Host: Mila Atmos
Guests: Steve Phillips
Executive Producer: Zack Travis
Executive Editor: Mila Atmos