The Dobbs Decision Isn’t Just About Abortion. It’s About Power.
On Friday, a Supreme Court majority voted to overturn Roe v. Wade. Nearly all abortions are already banned in at least nine states, home to 7.2 million women of reproductive age. And it is likely that...
26 Jun 20221h 13min
The Case for Prosecuting Trump
The Jan. 6 hearings have made it clear that Donald Trump led a concerted, monthslong effort to overturn a democratic election. The extensive interviews — over 1,000 — that the House select committee c...
24 Jun 20221h 10min
Two Years Later, We Still Don’t Understand Long Covid. Why?
Depending on the data you look at, between 10 and 40 percent of people who get Covid will still have symptoms months later. For some, those symptoms will be modest. A cough, some fatigue. For others, ...
21 Jun 202257min
The End of 'The Everything Bubble'
This week, the S&P 500 entered what analysts refer to as a bear market. The index has plunged around 22 percent from its most recent peak in January. Many growth stocks and crypto assets have crashed ...
17 Jun 20221h 11min
Is Climate Change a Reason to Avoid Having Children? and Other Listener Questions Answered
It’s that time of year, when we invite listeners to send in questions, and I answer them on the air. And as usual, you delivered. I’m joined by my producer Annie Galvin, who asks me some of the most i...
14 Jun 20221h 15min
Socialism Is Supposed to Be a Working-Class Movement. Why Isn’t It?
American socialists today find themselves in a tenuous position. Over the past decade, the left has become a powerful force in American politics. Bernie Sanders seriously contested two presidential pr...
10 Jun 20221h 11min
Thomas Piketty’s Case For ‘Participatory Socialism’
The French economist Thomas Piketty is arguably the world’s greatest chronicler of economic inequality. For decades now, he has collected huge data sets documenting the share of income and wealth that...
7 Jun 20221h 1min
A Conservative's View on Democrats' Biggest Weakness
“There is definitely a contest for the future of the center right,” says Reihan Salam, the president of the Manhattan Institute, a conservative think tank. In his telling, one side in this contest is ...
3 Jun 20221h 16min
