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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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.
Read morePresident 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.
Read moreAssociate 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.
Read moreBill 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.
Read morePolitical 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
Read moreJason DeParle of The New York Times discusses the reasons why childhood poverty figures have plummeted.
Read moreProfessor 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.
Read moreFilmmaker 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.
Read morePeniel 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.
Read moreHistory professor Dan Bouk talks about his examination of the 1940 Census, which both set the stage for New Deal politics and divided the nation after World War II.
Read moreProf. 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.
Read moreProfessor Nick Seabrook joins guest host John McCaa to discuss the history of gerrymandering — even Abraham Lincoln was a victim — and why it’s not so easy to mitigate its effects today.
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