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Elisabeth Rosenthal on our broken healthcare system.
What are the ways in which people are viewing voting through the lens of race?
Haris Tarin and Rabia Chaudry on being Muslim and American in 2017.
The American Dream says hard work will lead to a better life. But Harvard professor Micheal Sandel says climbing the ladder of success is getting harder in the United States, because the rungs on the ladder are growing further apart.
A 21st century sense of cultural literacy has to be radically more diverse and inclusive.
Most Americans today would agree that the dream of supporting a family and living a good life on one full time salary is not available to vast numbers of people. Wages have not risen at the pace of profits over the last several decades, and work with benefits is far from guaranteed for many. In his 2023 book, “Ours Was the Shining Future: The Story of the American Dream,”...
What's being both a mother and a father like in modern America?
This episode examines the country's workforce and what's influencing job creation and job loss.
Insanity can be defined as doing the same thing over and over again but expecting a different result. As a nation, America has cycled through the same defense and intelligence issues since the end of the Cold War. In her book "Insanity Defense," Congresswoman Jane Harman chronicles how four administrations have failed to confront some of the toughest national security poli...
Latino Americans represent 18% of the US population.
It’s difficult to ignore anger in the United States right now. How can it be managed?
Have we lost the ability to find common ground? Does national civitas need a reboot?
Climate change catastrophes are already happening with increasing regularity, and it’s clear we need to take action. The Biden administration has set a target of zero carbon emissions in the United States by 2050. Reaching that ambitious goal will require a major transition in many sectors, including energy, agriculture, transportation, manufacturing and construction. John...
Biographer Jon Meacham explores Thomas Jefferson's complicated legacy.
How far have we come toward racial equality since the civil rights era? What would Dr. King think?
America has been shaped by a hidden phenomenon that touches all of our lives. A rigid hierarchy of human rankings, or caste system, influences our culture, politics, and even our health. Race is the metric by which one’s position in the caste system is determined. In her book, "Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents," Isabel Wilkerson describes how these inherited rankings...
Merely defining gun violence is difficult, and coming to agreement on what to do about it often seems near-impossible in the United States. But people on all sides of the debate agree that they want to feel safe, even if they have different ideas of how to achieve security. What will it take to truly listen to each other and make progress on this issue? U.S. Representative...
What is the Trump doctrine on foreign policy?
Even when the economy is booming and unemployment is low, millions of Americans still face economic hardship. And in the last few years the United States has dealt with supply chain challenges, inflation and financial instability. The economic tools we have to identify, address and talk about those problems aren’t always up to the task, and sometimes the picture we get is...
James Madison would be horrified to see how social media has helped unleash populist passions.