Why Is Congress Stuck? (with Maya Kornberg)
When crafting the Constitution, the framers believed that Congress would be the most powerful branch of government. Today, its failure to function is the biggest story in American politics. Its retrea...
18 Mar 38min
A Fight for Voting Rights and a Showdown over AI Warfare (with Eliza Sweren-Becker & Amos Toh)
This week, President Donald Trump declared that the SAVE Act should be congressional Republicans’ “No. 1 priority.” He even said that he would not sign another bill until it is passed. The SAVE Act wo...
12 Mar 47min
Executive Overreach in a Time of War
The war in the Middle East launched by President Trump continues to unfold. Underneath the headlines and the chaos, something else is going on. Recent reporting has exposed signs that election deniers...
5 Mar 32min
Can the Presidency Be Tamed? (with David Frum)
From Washington to Lincoln to FDR to the present day, presidents have long been drivers of American progress. Yet the presidency has also been prone to immense abuse.Today, we are experiencing an exec...
25 Feb 45min
A Moment for Reform in Congress (with Rep. Joe Morelle)
Rep. Joe Morelle (D-NY), ranking member of the Committee on House Administration, is leading efforts in the House to craft the Democrats’ agenda to fight corruption and strengthen democracy. Recently,...
18 Feb 38min
How the Justice Department Came to Threaten Elections (with Eileen O'Connor and Chris Berger)
Recently, we’ve seen an escalation in efforts to meddle with elections, from the dangerous SAVE Act, which is gaining momentum in Congress, to President Trump himself calling for “nationalizing” the c...
11 Feb 30min
Why Nothing Works (with Marc Dunkelman)
Our government can often be defined by inefficiency and gridlock. We see big promises but inadequate action on many issues Americans care about, from health care to the environment.Author and scholar ...
4 Feb 1h 3min
Pam Bondi's “Ransom” Letter (with Wendy Weiser)
Following the second killing of an American by ICE agents in Minneapolis, Attorney General Pam Bondi sent a letter to Minnesota Governor Tim Walz linking the violence in Minnesota to a demand that the...
28 Jan 24min
