Britney Spears speaks out on her conservatorship
This week was the first time Britney Spears ever personally addressed the court — and in doing so, the public — about wanting to terminate the conservatorship, controlled by her father, that she has b...
24 Jun 202115min
Media's union moment
Editorial staff of Washingtonian magazine chose to unionize today, the latest in a spate of media unionizations that is just part of a broader trend of post-pandemic tensions between employers and emp...
23 Jun 202113min
Former CDC director Tom Frieden on the Delta variant
The White House today acknowledged the U.S. is unlikely to reach President Biden’s goal of vaccinating 70% of Americans by July 4. But meeting this goal is particularly urgent in the face of the Delta...
22 Jun 202115min
Iran's future under a new president
Iran this past weekend elected a new president, Ebrahim Raisi, a hard-liner whose political rivals weren’t even allowed on the ballot — and who has been sanctioned by the U.S. for human rights abuses....
21 Jun 202112min
The Hard Truth of the marijuana industry
The latest episode of our Hard Truths series examining systemic racism in America takes a look at the multi-billion dollar marijuana industry. Today: the obstacles that two Black Latinas had to overco...
19 Jun 202115min
The economic consequences of slavery and discrimination
Ahead of Juneteenth, now a federal holiday, we examine how America's economy remains marred by the legacies of slavery and racial discrimination. Dan is joined by McKinsey & Co.’s Shelley Stewart III ...
18 Jun 202116min
Congress’s next Big Tech antitrust moves
Last week, House lawmakers introduced a series of five bipartisan bills designed to curb the power of big tech, which seemed to target Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google in all but name. Dan speaks wi...
17 Jun 202114min
America's affordable housing crisis
America didn't have enough affordable housing before the pandemic, and the problem has only gotten worse due to a frenzied housing market and a looming end to foreclosure and eviction moratoriums. Dan...
16 Jun 202115min
