When A Border Wall Isn't Enough
Nogales is the biggest port in Arizona, and has been a focal point of Trump’s increasingly aggressive tactics on the border. How do the president’s efforts to shut down the border change a place like ...
9 Huhti 201913min
California Weighs When Police Can Use Deadly Force
Stephon Clark was shot and killed by police officers in his grandmother’s backyard on March 18th, 2018. He was black. He was unarmed. Last month, the Sacramento DA decided not to press charges against...
8 Huhti 201917min
Brexit Isn’t Over and Everything Hurts
This week, we learned something: A messy, “no-deal” Brexit is likely off the table. This means that Britons can look forward to a slightly less messy, negotiated Brexit – provided that government offi...
5 Huhti 201920min
Liberals Treat Puerto Ricans Like Second-Class Citizens, Too.
President Trump’s naked disdain for Puerto Rico’s struggles might be rhetorically jarring. But it reflects long-standing U.S. policies toward the territory.Guest: Yarimar Bonilla, political anthropolo...
4 Huhti 201919min
Local News Brought to You by Big Tech
April Glaser and Will Oremus discuss a recent report in Bloomberg that says executives at YouTube ignored employees who raised concerns about the spread of harmful videos. The company’s algorithm ofte...
3 Huhti 201939min
Security Clearances Were Hard to Get. Then Trump Won.
Late last month, someone paid a call to Congress. She wanted to talk about the Trump administration’s disregard for established national security protocols. The call was coming from inside the house -...
3 Huhti 201916min
Mick Mulvaney Is Trump’s Chief Enabler
Mick Mulvaney is not here to rein in the president. How Trump’s new acting chief of staff has the White House pursuing a Freedom Caucus agenda.Guest: Jordan Weissmann, Slate’s senior business and econ...
2 Huhti 201919min
Is the Measles Panic Warranted?
Officials in New York’s Rockland County declared a state of emergency after yet another measles outbreak. In Brooklyn, more cases of measles have cropped up over the last several months as well. Both ...
1 Huhti 201922min
