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Courting The Latino Vote

October 6, 2020 Culture, Current Events, Politics, Race/Identity

Emmy-nominated documentary filmmaker Bernardo Ruiz joins us to discuss the issues most important to the people some say will determine the 2020 election.

Schools Can Create Better Citizens By Returning To Civics

September 7, 2020 Education, Politics

Rebecca Winthrop, joins us to argue that, without teaching the fundamentals of how our government works, we’ll never convince people to get out the vote.

How We Can Protect Voter Rights In November

August 24, 2020 Culture, Current Events, History, Politics, Race/Identity

Gilda R. Daniels, former voting expert in the Justice Department of both the Clinton and George W. Bush administrations, joins us to talk about protecting the voting rights of Americans.

Why It’s So Hard To Draw The Line On Gerrymandering

August 12, 2020 Current Events, Politics

Walter Olson, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, joins us to talk about the many factors – some political, some not – that go into deciding how Americans cast their votes.

Russian Election Interference Started Way Before 2016

July 15, 2020 Global Issues, History, Politics

Yale University fellow David Shimer joins us to talk about the history of covert programs to influence voters.

How Women Earned The Right To Vote

July 6, 2020 Culture, Current Events, History, Politics, Race/Identity

Writer, director, and producer Michelle Ferrari joins us to talk about the passage of the 19th Amendment and the brave women who pushed that movement to success.

How Protests Shape Public Opinion

June 8, 2020 Current Events, Politics, Race/Identity

Omar Wasow, assistant professor in the Department of Politics at Princeton and co-founder of BlackPlanet.com, joins us to talk about protest tactics that work and why.

Goodbye, Super Tuesday: The Wrap-Up

March 4, 2020 Current Events, Politics

David Barker, Director of the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies at American University, and Niambi Carter, assistant professor of political science at Howard University, join us to talk about if the race for the Democratic nomination for president is clearer or cloudier.

The Countdown to Super Tuesday

February 28, 2020 Current Events, Politics

In the public radio special “Countdown to Super Tuesday,” we’ll hear from journalists, experts and voters from those states, receive updates from NPR’s election team and key party strategists, and tackle the major storylines developing ahead of March 3, 2020.