What's a Catholic to do?
On this season of the podcast, we've looked at Christian nationalism, voter suppression, threats of political violence, and other threats to democracy. In this episode, we ask: What's a Catholic to do...
6 Nov 202327min
The perilous legal landscape
Some threats to democracy, such as the insurrection on January 6, 2021, are lawless and loud. But others draw on the workings of the law to turn them against democracy itself. In this episode we talk ...
30 Okt 202327min
A brief hiatus
Just Politics will be taking a little break this week. We'd hoped to bring you an interview with a member of Congress, but as you may have heard, things are a little chaotic in Congress right now, and...
23 Okt 202358s
Actual strategies for saving democracy
Democracy's decline at the global level can prompt feelings of helplessness and despair. But inaction is not an option for justice-seekers, and fortunately, there are ways to take action. Rachel Klein...
16 Okt 202335min
What just happened?!
It's been a chaotic week in Washington, D.C., with a narrowly averted government shutdown and the historic ouster of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. We speak with NETWORK government relations director R...
9 Okt 202329min
How did we get here?
It's easy to be overwhelmed by the sense of brokenness that pervades politics in the United States today. But the problems at the heart of all this precede the dysfunction of the past decade and the p...
2 Okt 202345min
It may be nationalism, but you can't call it Christian
Christian nationalism is a term that comes up with increased frequency in U.S. politics. It's a label that tries to sanitize something very ugly: the goal of a society in which only white Christians o...
25 Sep 202333min
When it's your community
Book bans, political violence, and other hallmarks of Christian nationalism are not things many people imagine just showing up in their backyard. But that's exactly what happened to Dr. Nichole Flores...
18 Sep 202336min
