As many of you may have
heard, this week marks the end of gawker.com’s operations; after nearly
fourteen years the website will be shutting down as a result of a decision
which came just days after Univision successfully bid of $135 million for
Gawker Media’s six other websites, and three months after the Silicon Valley
billionaire Peter Thiel revealed his clandestine legal campaign against the
company. Joining me today to talk all
about the demise of the site is Rich Juzwiak who is a writer for Gawker Media.
Over the course of the
past decade we have witnessed a dramatic rise in political engagement and
social activism; from the birth of the Tea Party, Black Lives Matter, and
Occupy Wall Street movements to the successful fight for a $15, we’ve seen
uprisings and protests across the country challenging the status quo. In her new book Necessary Trouble: Americans in Revolt, journalist Sarah Jaffe explores these movements
and explains what has made ordinary Americans from Seattle to St. Louis become
activists. Sarah is a fellow at The Nation Institute and joins me on the show
today to talk all about the book and the ways in which Americans, regardless of
political alignment, are boldly challenging who wields power in this country
and how they are remaking politics as we know it.
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