Professor Christopher Howard talks about the network of government agencies, nonprofits and family organizations that serve as a patchwork social safety net in this country.
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Eric Garner’s daughter on the power of protests
Emerald Garner, executive director of the non-profit We Can’t Breathe Inc. discusses her personal essays about the community that rallied around her in the wake of her father’s death.
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With Roe overturned, are privacy rights over?
Wired contributor Matt Laslo discusses fears that the fall of Roe will mean bounty hunters will sift through data to find women who sought abortions and use it to punish them.
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Consumer rights are civil rights
President and CEO of Consumer Reports Marta L. Tellado joins us to talk about data breaches, digital spying concerns and product failures. Plus, a blog post with 3 facts you didn’t know about companies collecting your digital data.
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Why China’s slowing growth makes it more dangerous
Associate Professor Michael Beckley joins us to talk about why he believes competition between America and China will peak in the 2020s – setting up a showdown between authoritarianism and democracy.
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Revenge or rehabilitation? How to make prison better
Bill Keller of the Marshall Project discusses why prison systems in the U.S. got away from early ideas of reforming inmates, and why arguments that these methods are soft on crime are misguided.
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From the party of Reagan to the party of Trump
Political historian Nicole Hemmer discusses the turn of the Republican party to the far right, the voices guiding it today, and what the platform now represents
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Child poverty has plummeted, but most people haven’t heard
Jason DeParle of The New York Times discusses the reasons why childhood poverty figures have plummeted.
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How politicians are using social to sidestep the media
Professor Elizabeth Losh discusses the realities of direct access to politicians through our devices – and the many ways Twitter, TikTok and other platforms can disrupt democracy.
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How Trump built up to the Big Lie
Filmmaker Michael Kirk discusses how fragile our democracy is when its legitimacy is called into question – and the politicians who rallied their bases around these claims.
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The unfinished work of Reconstruction
Peniel Joseph is the Barbara Jordan Chair in Political Values and Ethics at the LBJ School of Public Affairs. He joins us to assess the current push for racial equality – from the election of Barack Obama to Black Lives Matter.
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Should America stop trying to rule the world?
Prof. Daniel Bessner joins guest host Courtney Collins to discuss if the U.S. should continue to try to rule the world through force – or if recent history suggests it’s time to back off.
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