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It's Debt Ceiling Time Again!
While Democrats fight amongst themselves over getting their legislative agenda passed, Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer is locked in his own batt…
4 years, 5 months ago
Out of Sight
Facebook and Instagram are harming young users, according to leaked research discussed in a Senate hearing this week. On this week’s On the Media, he…
4 years, 5 months ago
The Big Screen version of Boom and Bust
It was 13 years ago this month when news broke that the Wall Street investment firm Lehman Brothers collapsed, setting in motion the financial crisis…
4 years, 5 months ago
The Subversion Playbook
By now, we’re familiar with voter suppression tactics, from long voting lines to voter ID laws. On this week’s On the Media, hear how election subver…
4 years, 6 months ago
From Birtherism to Election Theft
In their new book "Peril," Bob Woodward and Robert Costa released a previously unpublished memo by a man named John Eastman, who served as an attorne…
4 years, 6 months ago
Fire and Brimstone
Throughout the pandemic, religious rights advocates have protested some public health measures like bans on large gatherings. Now, some Americans are…
4 years, 6 months ago
The Trial of Elizabeth Holmes
In 2014, Fortune magazine ran a cover story featuring Elizabeth Holmes: a blonde woman wearing a black turtleneck, staring deadpan at the camera, wit…
4 years, 6 months ago
Aftershocks
Twenty years after the Twin Towers came down, we’re still wrestling over how to make sense of what happened. On this week’s On the Media, how the con…
4 years, 6 months ago
Hey Everyone, Meet Sacha Pfeiffer!
By way of introduction to the person who will be sitting in for Brooke for a few weeks, we are revisiting our interview about "Spotlight." The 2015 m…
4 years, 6 months ago
Organizing Chaos
A debate has been raging among the librarians of the world, and it's all about order. The Dewey Decimal System became our way of managing information…
4 years, 6 months ago