When considering Trump’s immigration policy, it’s hard to get past the headlines. But Hirschfeld Davis & Shear’s story offers an incredibly useful way to consider the entire Trump presidency and address central questions: Who are we, and what is America?
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Is our best hope to stop global warming and save the planet the exact formula that created the mess in the first place? Andrew McAfee argues for capitalism & technology in “More From Less”
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As the 2020 campaign heats up, several key questions will be asked and debated, including: How did we get here – and where do China and Chinese-U.S. relations go next?
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Poniewozik explains how “a volcanic, camera-hogging antihero merged with America’s most powerful medium to become our 45th president.” He also explains what happened to us – how, as TV & media changed over the last decades, so did we. And you might not like what we’ve become.
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Philip Mudd explains the state of our national intelligence and law enforcement agencies — and revisits the CIA’s Black Sites, where our debates on torture, counterterrorism & the responsibility to prevent another attack were born
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The GOP change has been swift, stark, and you might be led to believe, all because of one person: Donald Trump. But is that true? Was Trump the cause or the most logical outcome? And is there any going back?
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Robert Tsai explains how legal ideas that aren’t necessarily about equality at all — ensuring fair play, acting reasonably, avoiding cruelty, and protecting free speech — have been used to overcome inequality in the past and can serve as potent alternative tools to promote equality today.
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It was the Supreme Court session Democrats feared and Republicans had waited a generation for – a solidly conservative 5-4 majority. So how’d it go?
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How is today’s polarized, disrupted world one in which Russia can thrive? That’s what Angela Stent explains through history and analysis in her remarkable new book, “Putin’s World: Russia Against the West and with the Rest.”
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With 20 candidates and 2 Democratic debates spread over 48 hours this week, the 2020 Presidential campaign season is officially underway. We know the process:
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Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz sounds the alarm and presents a new economic vision in “People, Power, and Profits: Progressive Capitalism for an Age of Discontent.” Stiglitz has written a definitive economic (and political) blue print for these times.
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We’re back! I’ve been doing a lot of prep for this new podcast season. You also may have noticed the name change to Chris Riback’s Conversations.
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