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Trans and Shut Out in Trump’s America
Trans rights and access to health care have been under attack on the state level for years, but the second Trump administration and the Supreme Court…
1 year, 3 months ago
Why The Shelves Aren't Empty (Yet)
In May, after Trump announced a thorough regime of tariffs, supply chain experts warned that Americans would be looking at empty shelves by the end o…
1 year, 3 months ago
TBD | Dupes!
There’s an entire economy devoted to seeing what products are trending—clothing, skin care, even Greek Islands—and delivering you a cheaper knock-off…
1 year, 3 months ago
TBD | A Colbert Report
Was the Late Show too unprofitable, or too political?
Guest: Eric Deggans, NPR TV critic and media analyst, Knight Chair, Journalism and Media Ethics…
1 year, 3 months ago
He Says Gaza Is a Genocide
What does it change to call Israel’s assault on Gaza a “genocide”?
Guest: Omer Bartov, Dean's Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Brown U…
1 year, 3 months ago
How Dead Is the Department of Education?
If Trump follows through and successfully shuts down the Department of Education, what does America stand to lose?
Guest: Laura Meckler, national e…
1 year, 3 months ago
On Epstein, Democrats Go Low
Why the Epstein scandal—more than any of Trump’s other, lengthy list of scandals—is so damaging that even the Democrats can wield it effectively.
G…
1 year, 3 months ago
Getting Anti-Vaxxers To Roll Up Their Sleeves
Their son was immunocompromised and couldn’t get the measles vaccines. So his dad asked if everyone going to his school would get vaccinated.
And th…
1 year, 3 months ago
TBD | When Bots Go Nazi
It’s kind of strange that Grok, Elon Musk’s chatbot, went full Nazi a few weeks ago, and is just…still out there. But, then again, how are you suppos…
1 year, 3 months ago
Bonus: A Muslim, a Dad, an American
In this political moment where hostility towards immigrants and outsiders is openly espoused, one of our own colleagues has released a book about gro…
1 year, 3 months ago