Can “Alternative Facts” Survive the January 6th Investigation?

Can “Alternative Facts” Survive the January 6th Investigation?

In the immediate aftermath of January 6th, politicians from both parties vilified the mob’s assault. But Republicans scuttled plans for an independent commission to investigate the riot, and the select committee organized by House Democrats has been repeatedly attacked by Republicans. Still, this week, on the first day of hearings, several officers who attempted to defend the building and members of Congress inside painted a vivid, agonizing picture of what took place. Susan B. Glasser, a New Yorker staff writer, joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss the hearings and how some prominent conservatives are beginning to defy Trump on vaccination and on a bipartisan infrastructure deal.

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Trump’s and Biden’s Reversals of Fortune

Trump’s and Biden’s Reversals of Fortune

The Senate’s passage of the Inflation Reduction Act this week marks a turning point in the Biden Presidency. After more than a year of negotiations, the Democratic caucus agreed on a sweeping package,...

11 Aug 202236min

Jane Mayer on Ohio’s Lurch to the Right

Jane Mayer on Ohio’s Lurch to the Right

Last month, the story of a 10-year-old rape victim captured national headlines. The young girl was forced to travel out of state because of Ohio’s draconian abortion ban with no exceptions for rape or...

8 Aug 202224min

Can Suing Gun Manufacturers Reduce Gun Violence?

Can Suing Gun Manufacturers Reduce Gun Violence?

Gun manufacturers are the only industry explicitly protected by federal statute from liability lawsuits. Carmakers and cigarette companies can be taken to court if their products or marketing endanger...

4 Aug 202234min

Did the U.S. Miss the Chance to Stop Monkeypox?

Did the U.S. Miss the Chance to Stop Monkeypox?

The World Health Organization has declared the monkeypox outbreak a global health emergency. There have been nearly twenty thousand cases worldwide and nearly thirty-five hundred in the United States,...

28 Jul 202231min

New Mexico Is a “Safe Haven” for Abortion Between Texas and Arizona

New Mexico Is a “Safe Haven” for Abortion Between Texas and Arizona

In New Mexico, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham has declared the state a “reproductive safe haven” between Arizona to the west, and Texas to the east. Already, she says, New Mexico’s few abortion clini...

27 Jul 202213min

Trump’s Hundred and Eighty-seven Minutes of Inaction on January 6th

Trump’s Hundred and Eighty-seven Minutes of Inaction on January 6th

On Thursday evening, the committee charged with investigating the January 6th attack on the Capitol presented what it has learned so far about President Trump’s behavior on that eventful day. As membe...

22 Jul 202232min

How White Christian Nationalists Seek to Transform America

How White Christian Nationalists Seek to Transform America

The past few weeks have been full of unsettling indicators of the fragile state of our democracy. The January 6th committee has assembled a frightening account of how near the 2020 election came to be...

21 Jul 202229min

The Queer Children’s Books Targeted By the “Don’t Say Gay” Bill

The Queer Children’s Books Targeted By the “Don’t Say Gay” Bill

Florida’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bill took effect this month. Signed into law by Governor Ron DeSantis, it limits the discussion of sexual orientation or gender identity in grade school classrooms,...

14 Jul 202233min

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