Biden’s Plan to Reshape the American Economy

Biden’s Plan to Reshape the American Economy

A semblance of pre-pandemic life has resumed across the country, but the economic signs are mixed, even after the strong jobs report for May. Supply chains are bottlenecked, unemployment is just under six per cent, and fiscal conservatives warn about inflation. President Biden has stated to Congress, in defense of his stimulus plans and of his six-trillion-dollar budget, that “trickle-down economics has never worked,” and that the best way to strengthen the economy is from the bottom up, not the top down. John Cassidy joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss the political perils and promise of Bidenomics.

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Anita Hill and Jane Mayer on Ketanji Brown Jackson, and the State of the Supreme Court

Anita Hill and Jane Mayer on Ketanji Brown Jackson, and the State of the Supreme Court

Ketanji Brown Jackson has been voted in as a Supreme Court Justice—the first Black woman to serve in that role. But, to reach this milestone, Jackson has faced enormous hurdles at every turn, includin...

11 Apr 202216min

Can Genocide Be Prevented?

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Last week, Russian troops withdrew from Bucha, a suburb of the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv. Ukrainians returning to the city discovered the horrific aftermath. According to President Volodymyr Zelensky,...

7 Apr 202223min

Investigating January 6th

Investigating January 6th

With a judge declaring that Donald Trump “more likely than not” committed a felony in his attempt to overturn the Presidential election, the congressional committee investigating January 6th is racing...

4 Apr 202215min

An Ivy League Student Accused of Lying About Her Past

An Ivy League Student Accused of Lying About Her Past

Mackenzie Fierceton grew up in a middle-class suburb of St. Louis. Her mother was a doctor, and she attended a prep school. But she was allegedly abused at home, and she ended up in foster care, with ...

1 Apr 202223min

Jill Lepore on Parents’ Rights and the Culture War

Jill Lepore on Parents’ Rights and the Culture War

A wave of book bannings sweeping the country, along with conservative fury over titles like “Antiracist Baby,” seems like a backlash against the heightened racial consciousness of the post-George Floy...

28 Mar 202217min

The Good News About Renewable Energy

The Good News About Renewable Energy

Historically, the high cost of renewables has been one of the greatest hurdles in breaking our dependency on oil and gas. But recent research indicates that advances in renewable-energy production hav...

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Radio Ukraine

Radio Ukraine

Kraina FM is a radio station that broadcasts in Kyiv and more than twenty other cities, playing Ukrainian-language rock and pop. When Russia invaded Ukraine, it took on the mantle of “the station of n...

21 Mar 202215min

How Do We Know When Someone Is a Spy?

How Do We Know When Someone Is a Spy?

In 2019, Franklin Tao, a professor of chemistry at the University of Kansas, was arrested on suspicion of spying for the Chinese government. Tao’s case was the first under a program called the China I...

17 Mar 202227min

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