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 Apr 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 Apr 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 Apr 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 Apr 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 Apr 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 Apr 201922min
A Pilot on Whether He’ll Ever Trust Boeing Again
After the Ethiopian Airlines crash on March 10—and the Indonesian Airlines crash before that, in October—country after country began grounding the deadly Boeing 737 Air Max fleet, and the U.S. belated...
29 Mar 201920min
Is the Court Ready to Curb Gerrymandering?
This week, the Supreme Court returned to the subject of partisan gerrymandering. After kicking the can down the road last time, will the court finally decide on the constitutionality of drawing electi...
28 Mar 201916min
