What Peng Shuai Started
When Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai accused a former Chinese Vice Premier of rape, what came next was darkly predictable: the athlete disappeared from public view while the government scrubbed all m...
8 Dec 202124min
House Democrats’ Long-Shot Plan to Dodge Disaster
All signs point to rough congressional elections next year. What are House Democrats doing to hold their majority?Guest: Rep. Sean Maloney (D-N.Y.), chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Comm...
7 Dec 202122min
The 30-Year Plan to End Roe
After oral arguments last week, the Supreme Court looks ready to overturn Roe v. Wade. How did conservatives get to this moment when the majority of Americans favor legalized abortion? And do liberals...
6 Dec 202125min
Did @jack Ruin Twitter?
On Monday, Jack Dorsey stepped down as CEO of Twitter. It’s not the first time he’s left the job. Is this really the end for the man who guided Twitter through the Trump era? And how will the platform...
3 Dec 202114min
Why No One Told Chris Cuomo No
CNN anchor Chris Cuomo was recently placed on indefinite leave by the network for his involvement in the damage control operations of his brother, former NY governor Andrew Cuomo, over the last year. ...
2 Dec 202129min
Everything We (Don’t) Know About Omicron
In November, South Africa alerted the world to Omicron, a new strain of COVID-19. Then, as cases began to pop up worldwide, the World Health Organization labeled it a “variant of concern.” What do we ...
1 Dec 202122min
Are the Democrats Making Child Care Even Worse?
Child care has long been a “textbook example of a broken market,” as Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said this fall. How have government efforts so thoroughly failed to fix this industry? And does Bid...
30 Nov 202125min
RIP to the SAT
If you had to take the SAT for your college admissions process, you largely have the University of California System to thank for that. When the university adopted the test in 1968, hundreds of other ...
29 Nov 202124min
