When Should Law Forgive?
When Should Law Forgive?, former Harvard Law School dean Martha Minow argues that we should build forgiveness into the administration of American law. She speaks with NYU Law Professor Melissa Murray ...
20 Mai 202033min
The Fight for Reproductive Rights
Nearly half a century after Roe v. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court seems poised to undermine or overturn the landmark ruling. It’s an unnerving time for reproductive rights across the U.S., but it’s not ...
13 Mai 202033min
The Revolution in Prosecutors’ Offices
District attorneys wield tremendous power and have for decades been a driving force in mass incarceration. In her new book Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Inca...
15 Apr 202043min
How Progressives Can Compete for Power
Policies supported by a majority of Americans are stymied in Washington and state capitals time and again. Enacting this agenda requires progressives to redouble their efforts at gaining power by expa...
8 Apr 202041min
The Great Migration’s Complicated Legacy
African Americans fleeing racial terror in the South sought refuge in the North but instead encountered discrimination in housing, employment, and policing. Marcia Chatelain, Kenisha Grant, Ted Johnso...
1 Apr 202044min
How the Tumultuous ’70s Shaped Our Political Conflicts
The upheavals of the 1970s — the Watergate cover-up, defeat in Vietnam, racial conflict, and economic convulsions — formed the contours of today’s polarization, argue Princeton historians Kevin M. Kru...
25 Mar 202040min
Preet Bharara on Crime, Punishment, and the Rule of Law
Reflecting on a distinguished prosecutorial career, former U.S. attorney Preet Bharara discusses the need for lawyers to take into account flaws in the legal system and in human nature in his new book...
18 Mar 202040min
Ta-Nehisi Coates on Race, the Law, and Politics
Journalism and cultural production are crucial to making law and policy, Ta-Nehisi Coates argues, because they expand peoples’ empathy and imagination. In a wide-ranging conversation, the celebrated j...
11 Mar 202040min
