Lessons From Watergate
Watergate revealed a trail of crimes and coverups that brought down a president and changed the course of American history. With Robert Mueller's findings likely to be unveiled soon, what can we learn...
29 Nov 201830min
Van Jones, Darren Walker: How To End Mass Incarceration
America has five percent of the world’s population, but nearly a quarter of its prisoners. Now, a dynamic movement for change is sweeping the country. CNN host Van Jones and Ford Foundation president ...
20 Nov 201838min
Carol Anderson: One Person, No Vote
New York Times best-selling author Carol Anderson speaks with Cornell Brooks about her new book on racist voter suppression and the fight against it. Anderson focuses in particular on the drive to wea...
3 Nov 201858min
Voter Suppression 2018
As crucial elections approach, voters from Georgia to North Dakota to Texas are at risk of disenfranchisement, and the result could be further skewed by extreme gerrymandering. Meanwhile, automatic vo...
30 Okt 201858min
Danielle Allen: Cuz – A Memoir of Mass Incarceration
How did we lose an entire generation to the American prison system following the War on Drugs? In Cuz, The Life and Times of Michael A., the Harvard professor and political theorist Danielle Allen exp...
24 Okt 201835min
Trumpocracy: A Conversation With David Frum
Donald Trump poses a grave, long-term threat to our democratic institutions, Atlantic senior editor and former White House speechwriter David Frum has been warning. But, in this wide-ranging conversat...
16 Okt 201834min
The 2020 Census: What's at Stake
Every ten years, the federal government conducts the census of all people in the United States. The stakes are extraordinarily high, particularly in light of the push to include questions about citize...
14 Mai 20181h 5min
Democracy's Problems and Prospects: A Book Talk with Douglas E. Schoen
America’s democracy is floundering, Congress is hopelessly gridlocked, and millions remain without gainful employment. Despite all this, longtime political strategist and polling expert Douglas E. Sch...
31 Mar 201522min
