Aug 25, 2026
Sarah Towle, international educator and author of Crossing the Line: Finding America in the Borderlands, joins Deepak Puri, Founder of The Democracy Labs, to discuss her on-the-ground investigation of immigration detention and deportation practices at the US-Mexico border. She traces the historical roots of the current...
Aug 12, 2026
Gary Lucks is an environmental attorney, activist, and author of We Are the Power: To Win the Future, a book designed to mobilize citizens across all districts for the 2026 midterm election. Drawing on extensive campaign experience, Gary presents practical strategies, tools, and tactics for grassroots activism,...
Mar 23, 2026
Tomas Garduno, organizer and activist, joins Deepak Puri, Founder of The Democracy Labs, to discuss the power of the working class and what tools are necessary to organize and mobilize this diverse cohort. After 25 years of political experience, Tomas has written the Fundamentals of Electoral Organizing to support...
Feb 17, 2026
Anne-christine d'Adesky, journalist and Founder of Resisting Project 2025, joins Deepak Puri, CEO of The Democracy Labs, to discuss the financial and ideological motivations behind the Trump administration's policy to seize Venezuela and Greenland for oil and rare earth minerals.
Deepak and Anne-christine talk...
Dec 18, 2025
Saru Jayaraman, long-time activist and leader of One Fair Wage, joins Deepak Puri, CEO of The Democracy Labs, to discuss the historical origins of the sub-minimum wage for tipped workers in the US and the power of that community to drive higher wages. The movement has now expanded beyond tipped workers to a broader...