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The real people accused of voter fraud

January 11, 2022 Current Events, Politics, Race/Identity

Vann R. Newkirk II talks about the people targeted for voter irregularities – mostly people of color – and why they serve as a cautionary tale for the future of American voting rights.

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A case for how to better spend policing dollars

January 11, 2022 Current Events, Politics, Race/Identity

Derecka Purnell discusses her journey to the moment where she began to believe police reform doesn’t work, and the solutions she feels are necessary for equality, healing and public safety.

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Is the Texas power grid ready for the winter?

January 5, 2022 Environment, Politics, Science and Technology

KUT reporter Mose Buchele walks us through any regulatory or policy changes that have happened since the massive storm.

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How immigration laws support white supremacy

January 4, 2022 Current Events, Global Issues, Politics, Race/Identity

Reece Jones talks about his research into nativism and white supremacy and how panicked views about immigration from the fringe made it to the mainstream.

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On disability and discrimination

December 9, 2021 Global Issues, Health, Politics, Think

Jan Grue talks about justice for people with disabilities and why he believes, even with gains in disability rights, the world would still like to keep the differently-abled in the shadows.

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What it’s like to grow up undocumented

December 3, 2021 Culture, Health, Mental Health, Politics, Race/Identity

Author Qian Julie Wang joins us to tell the story of her childhood in an undocumented family, how the experience shaped her life, and how she now views the American Dream.

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Are tech companies more powerful than nations?

November 23, 2021 Politics, Science and Technology, Think

Political scientist Ian Bremmer joins us to talk about how the well-oiled machines of big technology – with their influence and reach into every part of daily life – are challenging national governments in shaping society.

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A judge’s ideas on fixing the justice system

November 22, 2021 Politics, Think

Judge LaDoris Hazzard Cordell joins us to discuss how racism finds its way into courtrooms – and about her efforts to be fair in an imperfect system.

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How the U.K. is using Covid to address obesity

November 17, 2021 Current Events, Global Issues, Health, Politics, Think

Politico senior food and agriculture reporter Helena Bottemiller Evich joins us to discuss the lack of political will in America to confront diseases related to diet, and why that’s hindering the pandemic response.

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They served the U.S. – and are now being deported

November 16, 2021 Current Events, History, Politics, Think

Filmmaker John Valadez joins us to tell the story of Vietnam veterans who were served with deportation papers for misdemeanor offenses.

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The suburbs – the new racial flashpoint

November 9, 2021 Current Events, Politics, Race/Identity, Think

NBC News national investigative reporter Mike Hixenbaugh joins us to talk about how conversations about race are playing out in the North Texas suburb of Southlake.

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30 years later, Anita Hill is still fighting

November 1, 2021 Politics, Think

She joins us to discuss her decades long fight for women’s rights and gender equity, which she writes about in “Believing: Our Thirty-Year Journey to End Gender Violence.”

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