A story about democracy, told through 20 million traffic stops
The lights flash in your rearview mirror as the police car comes up behind you. A sinking feeling forms in the pit of your stomach as the officer approaches. Sound familiar? However, this is where th...
1 Okt 201831min
Breaking the silence in Syria
We’ve talked before on this show about the importance of a free press, but this week’s episode brings a whole new meaning to the term. In 2014, Abdalaziz Alhamza and his friends started social media a...
24 Sep 201835min
Citizenship, patriotism, and democracy in the classroom
As a piece in The Atlantic recently noted, democracy is not natural. Becoming a democratic citizen involves a set of behaviors that need to be learned and practiced over time. One of the first places ...
17 Sep 201833min
Behind the scenes of the “Year of the Woman”
Rebecca Kreitzer One of the biggest headlines to emerge heading into the 2018 midterms is the record number of female candidates in local, state, and national races. While it’s easy to point to this a...
10 Sep 201826min
The democrats in public sector unions [Labor Day rebroadcast]
Paul Clark This week, we are rebraodcasting our conversation about public sector unions from earlier this year with Paul Clark, director of the School of Labor and Employment Relations at Penn State. ...
3 Sep 201832min
Middle America, Part 2: Grassroots organizing and rebooting democracy
Last week, we heard from Salena Zito about the segments of middle America who supported Donald Trump after voting for Barack Obama. This week, we talk with another Pittsburgh resident, Lara Putnam, ab...
27 Aug 201834min
Middle America, Part 1: Populism and the Trump Voter
In the effort to understand the people who voted for Donald Trump in 2016, a style of reporting has emerged that Chris Hayes recently described as “Trump pastoral.” You might not know the phrase, but,...
20 Aug 201833min
Facebook is not a democracy
Matt Jordan We have access to more information now than at any other time in history, but we trust that information less than ever before. A Gallup survey recently found that 58 percent of respondents...
13 Aug 201837min
