Is De-Escalation in the Trump Administration’s Dictionary?
Tensions in Minneapolis remain high after an ICE agent killed Renee Nicole Good in her car last week. Despite widespread outrage, the Trump administration is sending in hundreds more law enforcement a...
14 Jan 23min
The Supreme Court Enters the Debate Over Transgender Athletes
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments this week in a case that could decide whether states may ban transgender students from playing on sports teams that align with their gender identity. It come...
11 Jan 21min
Trump Wants Venezuela’s Oil. Do The Oil Companies?
After US forces executed the stunning seizure of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Máduro, President Donald Trump said American companies would work to rebuild Venezuela’s crumbling oil industry. But energy e...
7 Jan 20min
The US Captured Maduro. Now What?
Early Saturday morning, US forces struck targets in Caracas and abducted Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro to face new drugs and weapons charges in New York. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump said the ...
4 Jan 29min
Our Politics Have Never Been So Toxic. So Why Do We Love Political TV?
If you binge-watched “The Diplomat” or “Death by Lightning” this year, you’re not alone. These politics-centric dramas have united audiences at a time when real-life politics can feel toxic and fractu...
28 Des 202518min
Trump Claims He's Winning. Are Americans Buying It?
President Donald Trump’s second term has been norm-busting and extraordinarily consequential, but cracks are starting to form in Trump’s base. As 2025 comes to a close, we take stock of whether his po...
21 Des 202522min
What Rob Reiner Meant to America
The killing of Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner has shocked Hollywood and movie fans alike. What made his films timeless? And what does his political activism say about our current moment...
17 Des 202519min
States Want to Write The Rules of AI. Trump Won’t Let Them.
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that blocks states from enforcing their own regulations around artificial intelligence, arguing that a “single national framework” will help boost ...
14 Des 202519min
