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The Jackpod: The politics of us against them
On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on how “affective polarization” and partisan hatred has come to define American political culture.
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2 months, 2 weeks ago
Can Congress stop Wall Street from buying up your neighborhood?
Would-be homeowners across the Sun Belt increasingly find themselves in competition with deep-pocketed private equity firms. Can a new housing law le…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Ty Cobb once advised President Trump. Now he calls him 'evil'
Ty Cobb served as special White House counsel in the first Trump administration. Now, he’s one of the president’s loudest critics. Ty Cobb talks abou…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Why women's clothing sizes are so confusing
How can you wear an XS shirt in one fabric, brand or style -- but an XL in another?
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2 months, 3 weeks ago
Could 'predistribution' solve America's wealth gap?
Redistributing wealth through things like taxpayer-funded welfare programs gets a lot of pushback in the U.S. But what if income inequality could be …
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Trump’s latest bid to rewrite the rules of federal funding
Billions of dollars of federal grants support everything from medical research to community services. Now, the Trump administration wants to tie that…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Your fitness resolution is 200 years old
Humans have been obsessed with fitness for centuries. But how did this fascination start? In the new book “When Fitness Went Global” historian Conor …
2 months, 4 weeks ago
When heartland rock ruled the airwaves
In the 1980s, artists like John Mellencamp and Bruce Springsteen sang swelling anthems about working people, family farms and factory towns. But hear…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
Does the U.S. need a $1.5 trillion defense budget?
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is asking Congress for a record amount of money, $1.5 trillion, as the U.S.-Israel war with Iran continues. What do th…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
Can AI really do our jobs?
Companies rushed to replace workers with AI. Now, some of these same companies are hiring back human workers. What happened?
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3 months ago