Emily Bazelon joins us to talk about ways to level the playing field for defendants, which she writes about in “Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration.”
Read moreThe American Work Ethic Doesn’t Apply To Everyone
Bryce Covert writes about working life in America, and she joins us to talk about the disconnect in how the American work ethic applies to workers based on the tax bracket they occupy.
Read moreHow Older People Are Targeted Online
Craig Silverman joins us to talk about a new push for online literacy for older Americans. His story “Old, Online, And Fed On Lies: How An Aging Population Will Reshape The Internet” appears on BuzzFeed News.
Read moreA Wild View Of The Border
Filmmaker Ben Masters joins us to talk about documenting the wilderness from El Paso to the Gulf of Mexico that could one day be cut in two by the border wall.
Read moreFrom The Church To The Capital: #MeToo In Texas
Cheryl Allison joins us to profile North Texas women who have led the fight against sexual harassment – including former Texas Senator Wendy Davis, who also joins the conversation.
Read moreReclaiming The Economy For The People
Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz joins us to talk about fundamental changes that will push markets to work for the people instead of the other way around.
Read moreCities, Not Sprawl: The Future Of Urban Development
Architect and urban planner Peter Calthorpe joins us to talk about how urban planners are thinking through how to handle large populations living in close quarters.
Read moreShould We Stop Taking Your Huddled Masses?
David Frum joins us to walk through the many complicated issues at play with immigration like the question that divides us– how much is too much?
Read moreDoes Trade Really Prevent War?
Daniel Drezner, professor of international politics at Tufts University, joins us to talk about how the current breakdown of international trade agreements eerily resembles the run-up to the First World War.
Read moreDefending The New York Times In Court
David E. McCraw is deputy general counsel for The New York Times, and he joins us to talk about the delicate line between protecting the paper’s voice while also guarding it from legal trouble.
Read moreRedefining Black Protest
Akiba Solomon and Kenrya Rankin join us to talk about the many ways black Americans resist the forces against them every day. Their collection of interviews is called, “How We Fight White Supremacy: A Field Guide to Black Resistance.”
Read moreReproductive Care: The Third Rail Of Health Policy
New York Times columnist Michelle Goldberg joins us to talk about how the Supreme Court shifting right could lead to the overturn of Roe V. Wade – and about how state legislatures have worked to neutralize the law ever since the court’s 1973 decision.
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