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How Zohran Mamdani is scrambling establishment Democrat's brains
Zohran Mamdani has become one of the most popular and polarizing politicians in the last year. How did the New York City mayoral candidate go from a relatively unknown Democratic Socialist to becomin…
Published on 14 hours ago
How Elon Musk and JD Vance plan to 'save civilization' with more babies
What do conservatives like JD Vance and tech executives like Elon Musk have in common? They, like other pronatalists, want to “save civilization” by having more American babies. But it wasn’t that lo…
Published on 3 days, 14 hours ago
Unpacking the Trump administration's immigration raid in Chicago
After midnight on September 30th, helicopters hovered above a large Chicago apartment building, and heavily armored agents rappelled from the choppers onto the roof. What unfolded became a spectacle …
Published on 1 week ago
Racist slurs, naughty words, and how dictionary editors define them
How do we define slurs like the N-word? Whether it’s heated debates about racist or ableist slurs, arguments about gender, or even new kinds of profanity, dictionary editors have been at the center o…
Published on 1 week, 3 days ago
What does Israel mean to American Jews?
Even since before October 7, 2023, American Jews have found themselves grappling with what it means to speak out against Israel and the rifts in their communities over their political views. And desp…
Published on 2 weeks, 3 days ago
Stacey Abrams on how voter suppression threatens democracy
Stacey Abrams is one of the most high-profile voting rights activists in the U.S. She says whether we have an actual democracy might literally depend on protecting voting rights in the next election …
Published on 3 weeks ago
Voting rights are at risk. Here's why.
Next Wednesday, the Supreme Court hears a case that could further weaken the Voting Rights Act, which was passed to ensure fair districting and voting practices across different racial groups. Meanwh…
Published on 3 weeks, 3 days ago
Why Malala Yousafzai is a hero in the West but not back home
Why is Malala Yousafzai so revered in the West while being much less popular in her home country of Pakistan? On this week's Code Switch, we unpack how Pakistani skepticism of Malala extends from a s…
Published on 1 month ago
Is the American dream a scam?
This week on the pod: author Edgar Gomez talks about what it was like growing up poor, queer, and Nicaraguan Puerto Rican in Florida. His new memoir, Alligator Tears, chronicles his dreams of making …
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
The stakes of calling Israel's actions in Gaza a genocide
This week: why the term "genocide" matters when talking about Israel's actions against Palestinians in Gaza. On Tuesday, a UN commission said it found that Israel has committed genocide in the Gaza S…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago