Behind the News: The Constitution's Failure w/ Aziz Rana
What's wrong with venerating this founding document?
June 3, 2024
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June 3, 2024
Behind the News: The Constitution's Failure w/ Aziz Rana
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<p><a href="https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/schools/law/academics-faculty/faculty-directory/aziz-rana.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Aziz Rana</a>, author of <a href="https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/C/bo208177761.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><em>The Constitutional Bind: How Americans Came to Idolize a Document that Fails Them</em></a>, analyzes how our founding document constrains democracy but we worship it anyway.</p><br /><p><em>Behind the News</em>, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. Find the archive online: <a href="https://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/radio.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/radio.html</a></p>
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