Our Unfolding Democratic Emergency: The Red Lights are Already Flashing
The Constitutional rot of the past four years has set the stage for the corruption of our institutions and, equally importantly, for growing delegitimization of our government. This plays into the han...
30 Sep 202050min
The Most Precarious Moment for American Democracy Since the Civil War
The President of the United States has deliberately raised questions about whether our democratic system will work properly while actively working to ensure it does not. From voting to the courts to t...
25 Sep 202048min
Have We Already Seen the October Surprise?
Is a resurgent COVID the October Surprise? Is it the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg? Will it be the nomination and approval of a replacement for her prior to the election? Will it be the announc...
25 Sep 202045min
Setting the Agenda at a Watershed Moment for Women's Rights in America
Cecile Richards is the CEO and founder of Supermajority, a new organization for "women's activism, training and the mobilization of a multiracial, intergenerational community to fight for gender equal...
23 Sep 202032min
What Happens When We Lose a National Hero a Moment When the Entire US Government Faces a Crisis of Legitimacy?
Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a rarity in Washington, a true hero, one of those voices who would not be silenced by conventional wisdom or the zeitgeist or politics or the pushback of the powerful. Her loss...
21 Sep 202054min
The Question That Looms Above the Trump Presidency
Michael Schmidt's new book "Donald Trump v. The United States: Inside the Struggle to Stop a President" is one of the required reads of this moment in our history. It gets deep inside the effort to pr...
18 Sep 202034min
Donald Trump's "Avalanche of Outrageousness": The Perspectives of Peter Strzok
Peter Strzok is one of America's most respected, experienced counterintelligence specialists. His career at the FBI reads like a thriller and as a consequence, so does his new book "Compromised: Count...
17 Sep 202052min
Will Joe Biden Be the President Progressives Think We Need?
The divide between the progressive wing of the Democratic Party and centrists has dogged the party for years and hurt Hillary Clinton's campaign in 2016. Thanks to equal parts good planning, good will...
15 Sep 202052min
