Let's Address This with Qasim Rashid Podcast

Qasim Rashid
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A deep dive into the human rights issues affecting you. As a human rights lawyer—I bring the receipts to disentangle fact from fiction and advance the fight for universal human rights. www.qasimrashid.com

  1. 3d ago

    Episode 237—David Morales's Fight to Cap Rent Hikes

    On Episode 237 of The Qasim Rashid Show: I sat down with David Morales, Rhode Island state rep and candidate for mayor of Providence, about his plan to cap rent hikes at 4%—the same measure the current mayor vetoed after taking corporate real estate money. We also talked about the surge of ICE activity across Providence, and David laid out his plan to take legal action against these ICE fascists, pointing to Philadelphia's DA as proof the approach actually works. And I break down the math nobody in corporate media wants to talk about: as Luigi Mangione pled guilty to killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a new Yale study finds universal healthcare would save 100,000+ American lives a year—meaning roughly 171,000 people have died preventable deaths in the 624 days since Thompson's killing. As I said on air, a single murder by gun is illegal, but mass murder by pen is just increasing shareholder value. The Qasim Rashid Show has now surpassed 325,000 downloads. Thank you for tuning in each week. Qasim Rashid is a human rights attorney, host of the Qasim Rashid Show, as well as Let’s Address This—a platform dedicated to human rights and the accountability that corporate media refuses to provide. Subscribe, share, and let’s remain relentless in our mission for a more perfect Union. By popular demand, rather than a monthly subscription, you can now make a one-time contribution to support our human rights platform at any amount that fits your budget. Get full access to Let's Address This with Qasim Rashid at www.qasimrashid.com/subscribe

  2. Aug 17

    Episode 236—Vote Tomorrow: 4 Florida Candidates Refusing to Be Written Off

    On Episode 236 of The Qasim Rashid Show: Sara Wiles and Amanda Informed held down the mic for me and put together an all-Florida lineup. With Florida's primary election tomorrow, August 18, they sat down with four Floridians running for federal office—Oliver Larkin, Bernard Taylor, Elijah Manley, and State Representative Angie Nixon—to talk about why they're running, what they love about a state that keeps getting written off, and what the rest of the country still misunderstands about the people who actually live in Florida. Tune into the full episode above. First up Oliver Larkin, running for Congress in Florida’s 25th District, returns once again to the show. After a decade in the progressive movement as an organizer and strategist, he’s challenging Rep. Jared Moskowitz’s record—rated Florida’s least effective member of Congress and the first Democrat to join DOGE—with a vision for South Florida free of corporate PAC money and congressional stock trading. Then, Amanda and Sara interview Bernard Taylor, a fourth-generation Floridian, longtime EMT and paramedic, now running for Congress in Florida’s 21st District. He explains how years of reacting to preventable crises—seniors discharged after Medicaid and Medicare cuts, families rationing medication—convinced him it’s time to legislate instead of just responding to the fallout. You can watch those two interviews on our YouTube channel: On the Qasim Rashid Show podcast, Sara and Amanda also sit down with Elijah Manley, an educator and organizer running for Congress in Florida’s 20th District, builds his platform on his own childhood experience with poverty, homelessness, and Medicaid. He argues that lived experience—knowing exactly what a Medicaid or SNAP cut means for a family like his—is what separates his advocacy from every other candidate in the race. And last up, State Representative Angie Nixon is running for U.S. Senate to unseat Ashley Moody. Drawing on her own years as a single mom relying on government assistance, Rep. Angie Nixon is calling for bold, unapologetic leadership in Washington that answers to working people instead of billionaires. The Qasim Rashid Show has now surpassed 323,000 downloads. Thank you for tuning in each week. Qasim Rashid is a human rights attorney and host of the Qasim Rashid Show as well as Let’s Address This—a platform dedicated to human rights and the accountability that corporate media refuses to provide. Subscribe, share, and let’s remain relentless in our mission for a more perfect Union. By popular demand, rather than a monthly subscription, you can now make a one-time contribution to support our human rights platform at any amount that fits your budget. Get full access to Let's Address This with Qasim Rashid at www.qasimrashid.com/subscribe

  3. Aug 11

    MY Interview with MN LG Peggy Flanagan for US Senate

    The Minnesota primary election is on August 11. I recently invited Minnesota LG Peggy Flanagan to Let’s Address This to discuss her run for US Senate. We discuss ICE killings, the need to abolish ICE, and the need to get corporate money out of politics. Watch, share, and support our work! Let's Address This with Qasim Rashid is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Want to know who I’m recommending in a given election? I am using Sway to share my voter recommendations at the local, state, and federal level. I am focused on electing people-funded candidates who are willing to stand up for democracy, human rights, and the rule of law. Wherever you live, I will be researching and writing about the candidates who deserve our support—those who will help protect our democracy from the growing threat of authoritarianism. This is a free voter guide. Please click below and join. The more of you who join my voting group, the more influential we collectively become. Together, we can push out bad candidates, and vote in good candidates who are committed to working families, a true affordability agenda, anti-fascism, and pro justice. But—and I cannot stress this enough—organizing only works if we do it together. Let’s build our collective power and elect better candidates. By popular demand, you can now make a one-time contribution to support our human rights platform at any amount that fits your budget. Get full access to Let's Address This with Qasim Rashid at www.qasimrashid.com/subscribe

    MY Interview with MN LG Peggy Flanagan for US Senate

  4. Aug 3

    Episode 234 — ICE's Immunity Problem & Georgia's Fight for Economic Justice

    On Episode 234 of The Qasim Rashid Show: First, Scott Michelman, Legal Director of the ACLU of DC and law professor at Harvard, breaks down qualified immunity—the judge-made doctrine that lets federal officers violate your rights without consequence, and why it's even harder to hold ICE accountable than local police. He makes the case for the Constitutional Accountability Act, the Senate bill that would close that gap. Then, Nikki Porcher joins the show. She's running to become Georgia's next Labor Commissioner—one of eight Black women running statewide this cycle. Nikki lays out her platform: raising Georgia's rock-bottom unemployment benefits, treating childcare as a labor issue, and backing the small businesses that employ most of the state's workforce. The Qasim Rashid Show has now surpassed 318,000 downloads. Thank you for tuning in each week. Qasim Rashid is a human rights attorney and host of the Qasim Rashid Show as well as Let’s Address This—a platform dedicated to human rights and the accountability that corporate media refuses to provide. Subscribe, share, and let’s remain relentless in our mission for a more perfect Union. By popular demand, rather than a monthly subscription, you can now make a one-time contribution to support our human rights platform at any amount that fits your budget. Get full access to Let's Address This with Qasim Rashid at www.qasimrashid.com/subscribe

  5. Jul 27

    Episode 233—Wisconsin's Reckoning: Police Killing, Cuba, and the Fight for Democracy

    On Episode 233 of The Qasim Rashid Show: We've got quite a show lined up. It's Wisconsin season today. First, we've got State Rep Ryan Clancy of the 19th District running for re-election, a staunch progressive being attacked aggressively because he dared take the position that genocide is bad. We'll be talking about the horrific murder of Corey Ruiz in Madison by police officers, as well as Rep Clancy’s work to protect tenants' rights, workers' rights, and free speech in Wisconsin. As a leader, I've been extraordinarily impressed with him. He's got a competitive primary coming up and we've got to make sure we get him across the finish line, this primary is August 11. Then returning to the show, I’m joined by Congressman Mark Pocan of the 2nd District of Wisconsin. He just returned from Cuba. And if you’ve been following the news, Cuban-American Secretary of State Marco Rubio has been going full speed ahead to demonize and propagandize against Cuba. It’s insane that they’re getting away with it. I’m going to read the statement released in response by Rep. Pocan, and it’s remarkable. The Trump regime is laying the groundwork to invade Cuba. I’ll be talking to Rep. Pocan about it because I think most Americans have no idea of the history of blockade and injustice that the US government has imposed upon Cuba. Congressman Mark Pocan is somebody I’ve admired for a long time because of his principal stances on human rights. He’s been at the forefront of condemning the genocide in Gaza and being unapologetic about it. He’s an example of a Democratic member of Congress doing things right, leading with courage and being fierce and relentless about it. That is the kind of leadership that we need. The Qasim Rashid Show has now surpassed 315,000 downloads. Thank you for tuning in each week. Qasim Rashid is a human rights attorney, President of Just Win Humanity, and host of Let’s Address This—a platform dedicated to human rights and the accountability that corporate media refuses to provide. Subscribe, share, and let’s remain relentless in our mission for a more perfect Union. Get full access to Let's Address This with Qasim Rashid at www.qasimrashid.com/subscribe

  6. Jul 23

    The GOP's Communist Smear, Rising Anti-Muslim Hate, and Dems Surge in Polls

    I went live on THE LEFT HOOK with Wajahat Ali to talk about the two positions that will get anyone crushed by the Democratic establishment faster than anything else: criticizing Israel’s occupation, and criticizing billionaires. Notice any candidate who takes a real stand on either of those two planks, and watch how fast the full weight of the party comes down on them. That’s Zohran Mamdani. That’s Abdul El-Sayed, who isn’t even a democratic socialist, just an economic populist who says no money to Israel and no money to Egypt, and is still facing $40-50 million in AIPAC-affiliated spending, funded by the same right-wing billionaires who bankroll Trump and the Republican Party. Let’s Address This. Watch our full live interview above. We get into a lot more: the acceptable anti-Islam hate running through Fetterman’s and Randy Fine’s comments this week, the ADL’s own numbers on where antisemitism actually comes from, Elon Musk telling The Economist flat out that he’s against Muslims, and the NDAA vote that just handed the Pentagon another blank check. Plus Just Win Humanity’s 1,000-mile march for voting rights. Thank you Lisa Joy 🏳️‍🌈, Cindy Villanueva, Deeanna Burleson, Noble Blend, Christina Reamy, and many others for tuning into my live video with THE LEFT HOOK with Wajahat Ali! Let's Address This with Qasim Rashid is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. By popular demand, as an alternative to a monthly subscription, you can make a one-time contribution of support to Let’s Address This at any level you’d like, from $1 to whatever is in your budget. Qasim Rashid is a human rights attorney, President of Just Win Humanity, and host of Let’s Address This—a platform dedicated to human rights, voting rights, and the accountability that corporate media refuses to provide. Subscribe, share, and let’s remain relentless in our mission for a more perfect Union. Get full access to Let's Address This with Qasim Rashid at www.qasimrashid.com/subscribe

  7. Jul 20

    Episode 232: What Malcolm X's Daughter and Malik Yusef Taught Me About Struggle

    On Episode 232 of The Qasim Rashid Show: I host two amazing guests. First is Dr. Ilyasah Shabazz, daughter of the late, great Al-Hajj Malcolm X. Dr. Shabazz joins the show to talk about her new book, Malcolm in the Desert. I personally couldn’t put it down. Part history, part memoir, part diary of someone hurting and someone resilient—the writing is eloquent, painful, and breathtaking, and our conversation goes deep into her father’s transformation. Subscribe to our independent human rights platform—Let’s Address This—so we can continue to bring you these critical interviews too often ignored by legacy media. As a thanks to you ahead of my 44th birthday, a paid subscription is 44% off until TOMORROW, July 21. Our second guest on the show today is another brilliant mind and a Grammy award-winning musician—Chicago’s Malik Yusef. We talk about his journey, his work, his motivation and inspiration. We cover the struggle that he’s gone through and why Malik believes that struggle is necessary to humanity’s success. A powerful conversation you don’t want to miss. By popular demand, as an alternative to a monthly subscription, you can make a one-time contribution of support at any level you’d like, from $1 to whatever is in your budget. The Qasim Rashid Show has now surpassed 312,000 downloads! Get full access to Let's Address This with Qasim Rashid at www.qasimrashid.com/subscribe

  8. Jul 14

    Episode 231: The Race to Replace Corporate Democrats

    On Episode 231 of The Qasim Rashid Show: Aisha Farooqi is a lawyer running for U.S. Congress in Michigan's 11th Congressional District. She's an unapologetic progressive calling for universal health care, abolishing ICE, ending the genocide in Gaza, and stopping data centers. She's running against AIPAC and corporate money in an open seat. Her primary election is on August 4th. Subscribe to our independent human rights platform—Let’s Address This—so we can continue to bring you these critical interviews too often ignored by legacy media. As a thanks to you ahead of my 44th birthday, a paid subscription is 44% off until July 21. Oliver Larkin is no stranger to our show. Oliver and I went live again to talk about his race against one of the most corrupt corporate Democrats in the country—Jared Moskowitz (FL-25). Moskowitz brags he is “to the right of JD Vance on Iran” and doesn't think we've bombed Iran enough. It’s time to vote him out of office. As an alternative to a paid subscription, by popular demand, you can now make a one-time contribution to support our human rights platform at any level you’d like, from $1 to unlimited. The Qasim Rashid Show has now surpassed 309,000 downloads. Get full access to Let's Address This with Qasim Rashid at www.qasimrashid.com/subscribe

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