Is This Progressive Answer to Crime Working?
Is there a way to send fewer people to prison while lowering crime rates? This week’s How We Got Here unpacks the progressive prosecutor movement—the left’s antidote to tough on crime policies. How ha...
22 Jun 202427min
Congress Weighs Drafting Women To Military
Congress is weighing proposals to update mandatory military conscription policies — aka the draft — including whether to expand it to include women. It’s an idea that’s been debated for a while, espec...
21 Jun 202416min
The Push For Federal Action On Extreme Heat
Tens of millions of Americans in the Northeast and Midwest are sweating through their first major heatwave of the year. Heat is the deadliest of all natural disasters, according to the National Weathe...
20 Jun 202419min
A Georgia Man's Life Mission To Preserve Black History
Speaking at a Juneteenth event at the White House this month, President Joe Biden warned about the “old ghosts in new garments” trying to erase the nation’s Black history by banning books and restrict...
19 Jun 202417min
Netanyahu Dissolves Israel’s War Cabinet
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday dissolved his war cabinet that’s overseen the country’s fighting in Gaza. The move was expected, but it came after two centrist members of the cabin...
18 Jun 202417min
Trump's Odds Of Getting Conviction Reversed
Former President Donald Trump has vowed to appeal his criminal conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records to sway the 2016 election. His sentencing is scheduled for July 11, just a few day...
17 Jun 202413min
The Real Story Behind the Far-Right's Rise in Europe
We’ve been hearing that the far-right is on the rise in Europe for a decade now. And yet, with a few exceptions, these parties are nowhere near taking power. Even in the EU Parliament, where the far-r...
15 Jun 202433min
SCOTUS Maintains Access to Abortion Drug...For Now
In a unanimous decision on Thursday, the Supreme Court preserved broad access to the abortion drug mifepristone — at least for now. The justices dismissed the case on a technicality, ruling that the a...
14 Jun 202420min
