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Daily thoughtful conversation about the latest news and politics.
Rep. Nadler On DHS Handcuffing His Staffer
Obama’s Education Secretary Argues For The Importance of The Federal Role
How Different Women’s Sports Are Trying To Balance Fairness and Trans Inclusivity
The 'We Are All Going To Die' Defense of Medicaid Cuts
Trump and Rubio vs. International Students. Why?
Is the SALT Deduction (Always) (Sometimes) (Never) a Good Idea?
Law Prof. Leah Litman Accuses SCOTUS of Running On “No Law, Just Vibes”
Defunded Health Researcher Tells His Story, Reacts to RFK Children’s Health Diagnosis
The Future Of The ERA After 100 Years
Sen. Gillibrand on the House’s Tax and Safety Net Cuts
After the Budget All-Nighter
Dem Rep. Pallone On The Specific Ways Medicaid Would Be Cut
Emily Bazelon on Rule of Law vs. Autocracy Developments at SCOTUS
Trump Cuts Come for Arts Organizations Big and Small
WNYC President LaFontaine Oliver On The Campaign To Defund Public Broadcasting
Senator Chris Murphy On How To Save Democracy
Dems For NJ Guv Debate After Baraka Arrest at ICE Facility
Supreme Court Justices Are Speaking Up
Explainer: Trump’s Crypto Windfall and Corruption Claims
The Science and Politics of Fixing Air Traffic Control
Will RFK’s New Vaccine Policy Cancel Fall COVID Shots?
Why The President Is Coming For Your Kids’ Dolls
Pass the SALT? Tax and Spending Cuts Time In Congress
Judge Compares Student Deportation Policy to McCarthy
100 Years of Women In The Military (With Great Caller Stories)
David Remnick on the “Authoritarian Primacy” Threat at 100 Days
The Father In ICE Detention That Sen. Andy Kim Wants You To Know About
'Conception Pricing' and Other Project 2025 Goals On The Way
The Global Politics Of Picking A New Pope
Anne Applebaum on 'Autocracy Inc.' In Hungary’s Economy and Ours
The Mandate “Not To Prioritize” Climate and Human Health Research
Middle of the Night SCOTUS Ruling Stops Trump Policy In Its Tracks
Trump vs. The Ivy League
Trump's Deportations, Due Process, and the Federal Courts
The Personal and Political Considerations of IVF
Trump, Zuckerberg And The Federal Anti-Trust Case Against Meta
Pressure Mounts for GOP to Deliver Trump’s Promises
Trump is Testing the Wall Street 'Confidence Game'
Sen. Gillibrand Says Dems Are Fighting Trump, But Clickbait Media Won't Cover It
SCOTUS Starts Evaluating The Constitution According to Trump
Federal Cut to Rape Prevention; What Dr. Oz Said About Medicaid
Sen. Cory Booker on What Comes After His Marathon Speech
Global Markets in Turmoil After Trump's New Tariffs
Democrats Had A Good Week. Can They Keep Up The Momentum?
The Death Penalty, And Luigi Mangione, the Left's Martyr
Why Trump's 'Liberation Day' Tariffs Are Different
Military Secrets On Signal, Democratic Politics In Congress
Is Writing An Op-Ed Now Grounds For Deportation?
Columbia University Faces The “Prisoner’s Dilemma”
Just an Honest Mistake? N.J. Rep. and Navy Vet Mikie Sherrill On War Plan Leak
RFK Says Vaccines Are *Not* For The Birds
What Columbia’s “Concessions” Mean For Us All
Your Student Loans As The Education Dept. Shuts Down
The Threat To Law Firms With Clients Who Challenge Trump
Historian Heather Cox Richardson on Trump’s “Authoritarian Experiment”
Different Interviews, Different Reasons for Mahmoud Khalil’s Arrest
David Sanger on 50 Days of The Trump World Order
Legal Analysis of the Columbia Protester Deportation Case
Hiding Climate and Other Pollution Data
NPR’s Stephen Fowler Compares DOGE Claims to Actual Receipts
Giridharadas vs. Carville on How Dems Should Respond to Trump
Did Elissa Slotkin Show Other Democrats How To Respond To Trump Last Night?
Yes RFK Did Just Say The Measles Vaccine Will Protect Your Kids
Why AP Won't Call It "The Gulf Of America", and Are We “On The Side Of The Bad Guys Now?"
Will Boycotts On The Left Move The Needle On The Right?
The Opinions Jeff Bezos Won’t Publish Anymore
The House Budget Framework and Your Medicaid Benefits
NJ Sen. Andy Kim On Trump's Medicaid Cuts, USAID, And Democracy
Elie Mystal On The People’s Checks and Balances
Trump Declares Himself “King”, Europe May Seek A Divorce
How Team Trump Is Attacking Identity Politics While Using It At The Same Time
Musk and Vance vs. Germany’s Enemies Within (Not the Neo-Nazis)
Historian Douglas Brinkley on Presidential Power Plays Then and Now
Trump Drops Eric Adams Charges, And Stonewall's Trans History
What Happens When A President Defies A Court Order
Public Education Cuts: What To Expect Under Trump 2.0
A Former Biden Admin Trade Experts Explains Trump's Tariffs
Hello Tariffs, Goodbye Consumer Protections
Will the Courts be a Check on President Trump's Power?
Why Deleting Public Health Data Is Bad For Public Health
Why Aren't 'Checks And Balances' Reigning In Trump And Musk?
Jeffries Threatens Government Shutdown To Block Some Of Trump’s Agenda
Personal Finance Meets Democracy Preservation As Federal Workers Consider The Buyout
Sen. Andy Kim on Questioning RFK, Jr., Dems Best Hopes and More
Are Trump’s Executive Orders A Democracy Test?
Dem Senators Wyden of OR and Hasan of NH Grill RFK Jr. on Vaccines and Abortion Rights
What To Know Before RFK's Confirmation Hearing Tomorrow
Trump and Rubio Halt Most Foreign Aid
What Biden and Bannon Are Both Warning About
How The Feds May Come After Your Private Company’s Diversity Policy
Trump’s Panama Canal Issue Explained
Pod Save America Hosts on Trump Pardoning Cop-Attackers
How MLK Fought Northern Segregation, And How He Might View Today's Inauguration
Clocks Tick Closer to a TikTok Ban on Sunday
Alcohol's Link With Cancer, According To The US Surgeon General
Julian Zelizer Argues In Defense of Partisanship
Sens. Cotton and Gillibrand Spar at Pete Hegseth Confirmation Hearing
Sen. Wyden On The 'Chutzpah' Needed To Protect Democracy
'This Is Your Politics On Solitude'
Dialogue Is Possible J.D. Vance and Bernie Sanders Supporters Talk
Zuck to America: Texas Less Biased Than My Professional Fact-Checkers
Biden’s Last Climate Act before “Drill Baby Drill”
U.S. Homelessness Hits Record High: Why and What To Do
Swing District Democrat On When To Cooperate With Trump
A Freedom Caucus vs. Trump Test Comes Tomorrow Over Speaker of The House
How Can Trump's Isolationism Include Annexing the Panama Canal or Buying Greenland?
Here Is This Year’s Lehrer Prize For Community Well-Being Topic
Trump Says Some Americans Do Not Actually Exist
First Amendment Litigator On Trump’s Media Lawsuits
Sen. Gillibrand Wants Biden To Declare The Equal Rights Amendment Ratified
The Pentagon and NYPD: The Drones People Are Seeing Are Not A Risk
Here’s Who’ll Be In Charge of Health Insurance in The New House Term
Beg Your Pardon, Mr. President: Strong Feelings On Crime, Clemency And Justice
The Price of Eggs Meets Freedom Of Speech In The FTC Transition
How Health Insurance Came To Be Hated
A Syrian-American Journalist’s Stories of Assad’s Brutality and What Might Come Next
Trump Not Sure He’ll Ever Have a Plan For Health Insurance
Will SCOTUS Allow The End of Parental Rights For Parents of Trans Kids
The Biden Pardon Meets The Coming Trump 'Revenge Tour'
If Kash Patel Ran the FBI
Actually, The Election Was Closer Than You Think
What Pete Hegseth Has Said About Civil War and Whiteness
Rep. Malliotakis: Change New York’s Sanctuary City Law
Trump’s Nominee From Project 2025 Calls For “Trauma” For EPA Staff
Why Advocates and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are Seeking Temporary Protective Status for Ecuadorians
President-Elect Trump's Education Priorities
Trump's 'Megadonors,' And What They Want From His Second Term
UN Climate Summit Grapples With Trump Election
Hakeem Jeffries on Where the Dems Go from Here
Trump May Already Be Trying To Break The Constitution In These Two Ways
Race, Gender, And Why Harris Lost
Will Trump’s Appointees Fight For These Things You May Not Realize They’ve Said?
On Bernie Sanders’ Charge That Dems Abandoned The Working Class
Trump’s New “Border Czar” Says Yes To Workplace Raids
Meet Our First Korean-American U.S. Senator
The Democrats Begin Their Reckoning
Maria Hinojosa and Benjy Sarlin on Trump’s Latino Surge
More Than The Usual Swing States To Watch Tonight, and Legal Challenges Beyond
Yes, Some Women Are Not Telling Their Husbands They’re Voting For Harris
Bob Woodward on Harris and Netanyahu, WaPo Not Endorsing, and More
America, Are We Ready To Trust The Media's Election Coverage?
With 6 Days To Go, Candidates' War Of Words Intensifies
Why The US Is Outside Looking In at the UN Biodiversity Conference
World’s Richest Man Asks for Tax Cut At Trump Rally
Election Lawyer Marc Elias On The Subterfuge He’s Preparing For
Tape of Former Chief of Staff: Trump’s a Fascist, Praised Hitler
'On The Media' Co-hosts Follow The Election Money Trail
Is the Gen Z Gender Gap Less Than People Say?
100 Years of 100 Things Quiz: Democratic Presidential Candidates