Should America Go Nuclear?
President Biden has set an ambitious goal for the United States to be carbon-neutral by 2050. Achieving it means weaning the country off fossil fuels and using more alternative energy sources like sol...
21 Apr 202134min
Why the Anti-Abortion Side Will Lose, Even if It Wins
The Supreme Court — and its post-Trump conservative majority — is currently deciding whether to take up a case that could be the final blow to Roe v. Wade. Overturning Roe, the 48-year-old decision pr...
14 Apr 202135min
The Reality of Vaccine Passports
More than 19 percent of Americans are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus and upward of 665 million vaccine doses have been administered worldwide. As these numbers continue to rise, countries ha...
7 Apr 202130min
What's Wrong With Our Hate Crime Laws?
This month a gunman killed eight people at three Atlanta-area spas, including six women of Asian descent. Authorities say it’s too early to declare the attacks a hate crime.Forty-seven states and the ...
31 Mar 202136min
Is It Time to Cancel Cancel Culture?
Whether it’s Mr. Potato Head, Dr. Seuss or Roseanne, allegations of cancel culture seem to have a regular spot among the trending topics of the internet. Almost every other week, someone’s cancellatio...
24 Mar 202140min
To Fight Poverty, Raise the Minimum Wage? Or Abolish It?
The federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour hasn’t changed since 2009. Workers in 21 states make the federal floor, which can be even lower for people who make tips. And at $7.25 an hour, a person worki...
17 Mar 202133min
Cancel America’s Student Loan Debt! But How?
The problem of student loan debt has reached crisis proportions. As a college degree has grown increasingly necessary for economic mobility, so has the $1.7 trillion in student loan debt that American...
10 Mar 202146min
‘Vandalism With a Purpose’ and the Future of the G.O.P.
Republicans will spend the next 20 months debating and deciding whether Trumpism will be on the ballot in 2022. Will party leaders continue to embrace Donald Trump’s populist rhetoric? Can it resonate...
3 Mar 202143min
