White, Evangelical and Worried About Trump
Two of the key groups that helped elect Donald J. Trump in 2016 were white women and evangelicals. Now, in the midterm elections, white women are turning away from the president and his party, while e...
5 Nov 201834min
The Problem With Polls
Two years ago, news organizations including The New York Times were accused of having misled the country with voting projections. Here’s what we’re doing differently this time. Guest: Nate Cohn, who c...
2 Nov 201826min
“I Am Not an Internet Troll”
A Russian news organization with ties to the 2016 election interference operation started a website called USAReally. Its stated purpose was for Americans to get uncensored news about their own countr...
1 Nov 201822min
The Business of Internet Outrage
At the height of its reach, the right-wing website Mad World News was getting millions of views. We talked to its founders about how they hit upon the formula that made it so successful — and why it s...
31 Okt 201825min
The Re-emergence of American Anti-Semitism
Until recently, many American Jews believed that anti-Semitism was a European problem, one the United States had left behind. But the attack in Pittsburgh did not come out of nowhere. Guest: Jonathan ...
30 Okt 201828min
A Shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue
The massacre in Pittsburgh was one of the worst attacks against the Jewish community in the United States in decades. The city’s mayor called it “the darkest day of Pittsburgh’s history.” Guests: Kevi...
29 Okt 201822min
The Voters Both Parties Are Ignoring
Nearly 30 million Latinos in the United States are eligible to vote, representing almost 13 percent of the American electorate. Why is so little attention being paid to them in the midterm elections? ...
26 Okt 201824min
How 1994 Gave Us Today’s Politics
To understand the divisions that define this year’s midterm elections, you have to go back to the midterm elections of 1994. We look at the moment when exploiting differences of opinion became a winni...
25 Okt 201821min
