This hour, as we broadcast from NPR Headquarters in Washington, we’ll talk about cases currently being argued before the court with NPR legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg and Amy Howe, editor of the SCOTUS Blog.
Read moreA Conversation With Sen. John Cornyn
This hour, we’ll speak to the Texas senator about recent legislation he’s sponsored – and about the battle in the Senate over filling the open spot on the Supreme Court. And later in the hour, we’ll talk with Colleen McCain Nelson, White House correspondent for the Wall Street Journal, about President Obama’s trip to Saudi Arabia.
Read moreThe Modern First Ladies
This hour, as we broadcast from NPR Headquarters in Washington, we’ll talk about the many roles first ladies have served in the White House with Kate Andersen Brower. She’s the author of “First Women: The Grace and Power of America’s Modern First Ladies.”
Read moreCompromise: A Capitol Offense
This hour, we’ll talk about the hope for compromise in politics – with a co-author of “It’s Even Worse Than it Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided with the New Politics of Extremism.”
Read moreThe Individual Versus The Common Good
This hour, we’ll talk about individual rights versus the good of the whole with Colin Woodard, author of “American Character: A History of the Epic Struggle Between Individual Liberty and the Common Good.”
Read moreThe State Of The Democratic Party
This hour, we’ll talk about the current state of the Democratic Party with Dallas County Democratic Party chair Carol Donovan, Collin County chair Mike Rawlins and Tarrant County chair Deborah Peoples.
Read moreDefending The Ballot Box
This hour, we’ll talk about the evolution of suffrage in the United States – and about efforts to restrict voting rights through the years – with Michael Waldman, president of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law.
Read moreThe State Of The G.O.P.
This hour, we’ll talk about the G.O.P. post-Super Tuesday with Dallas County party chairman Wade Emmert and Neal Katz, executive director of the Collin County Republican Party.
Read moreRebuilding America
This hour, we’ll talk about everyday Americans already at work making the country a better place with James Fallows of “The Atlantic.”
Read moreThe Wait To Immigrate
This hour, we’ll talk about the logjam in immigration courts with Dianne Solis, who writes about the issue in “The Dallas Morning News.”
Read moreBig Politics, Big Money
This hour, we’ll talk about where big cash for political campaigns comes from and what’s really being bought with Nick Penniman, co-author of “Nation on the Take: How Big Money Corrupts Our Democracy and What We Can Do About It.”
Read moreNeglect In Prison
This hour, we’ll talk about cases of extreme medical neglect happening in prison facilities for non-American citizens with Seth Freed Wessler. His story on the topic appears in the current issue of “The Nation.”
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