The Past, Present and Future of Amy Coney Barrett
Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Trump’s pick to fill the empty seat on the Supreme Court, is a product of the conservative legal movement of the 1980s. She clerked for Justice Antonin Scalia, a gia...
28 Syys 202030min
The Sunday Read: 'How Climate Migration Will Reshape America'
In August, Abrahm Lustgarten, who reports on climate, watched fires burn just 12 miles from his home in Marin County, Calif.For two years, he had been studying the impact of the changing climate on gl...
27 Syys 202044min
The Field: Policing and Power in Minneapolis
This episode contains strong language. In June, weeks after George Floyd was killed by the police, a veto-proof majority of the Minneapolis City Council expressed support for dismantling the city’s po...
25 Syys 202040min
On the Ground in Louisville
This episode contains strong language.Breonna Taylor’s mother and her supporters had made their feelings clear: Nothing short of murder charges for all three officers involved in Ms. Taylor’s death wo...
24 Syys 202023min
A Historic Opening for Anti-Abortion Activists
President Trump appears to be on course to give conservatives a sixth vote on the Supreme Court, after several Republican senators who were previously on the fence said they would support quickly inst...
23 Syys 202035min
Swing Voters and the Supreme Court Vacancy
This episode contains strong language and descriptions of sexual violence. The death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the ensuing battle to fill her seat is set to dominate American politics in the ...
22 Syys 202031min
Part 1: The Life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
When Ruth Bader Ginsburg graduated from law school, she received no job offers from New York law firms, despite being an outstanding student. She spent two years clerking for a federal district judge,...
21 Syys 202038min
Part 2: The Battle Over Her Seat
In the second episode of a two-part special, we consider the ramifications of Justice Ginsburg’s death and the struggle over how, and when, to replace her on the bench.The stakes are high: If Presiden...
21 Syys 202029min
