Don’t Breyer Because It’s Over, Smile Because It Happened
The 83-year-old Justice Stephen Breyer intends to retire at the end of this Supreme Court term in June, according to multiple reports yesterday. The oldest justice on the court, Breyer has been under ...
27 Jan 202216min
All Eyes On Ukraine with Ben Rhodes
Russia conducted a series of military drills yesterday while Ukraine received a shipment of weapons including antitank missiles from the U.S. These were some of the latest turns since diplomatic negot...
26 Jan 202220min
Could A Conservative Court End Affirmative Action?
The Supreme Court announced yesterday that it will hear cases on the right of universities to consider race in admissions. The court has historically ruled that universities have a limited right to co...
25 Jan 202217min
The Palin New York Times
New U.S. cases of COVID are down slightly from the peak brought on by the Omicron variant. Average daily cases are closer to 700,000 than 800,000, which is where they were earlier in the month, and ho...
24 Jan 202216min
You Can't Spell Ivanka Without Subpoena
A number of inquiries into former President Trump’s interference in the 2020 election are advancing. Yesterday, the House committee investigating last year’s insurrection asked Ivanka Trump to testify...
21 Jan 202220min
Biden Looks Back At It
Today is the first anniversary of President Biden taking office. Yesterday, he held his first formal news conference in months to discuss his administration’s accomplishments and progress over the pas...
20 Jan 202219min
The Kyiv To Diplomacy
Tensions between the U.S. and Russia are rising after last week’s summit in Geneva ended with no resolution between the two countries over Ukraine. We hear an excerpt of Secretary of State Antony Blin...
19 Jan 202216min
The Anti-Capitalist Legacy Of MLK Jr.
Yesterday was Martin Luther King Jr. Day. In addition to fighting racial inequality, working to pass major civil rights laws, and more, Martin Luther King Jr. was also well known for critiquing capita...
18 Jan 202216min
