Why Democrats need to win back rural voters | Suzanne Mettler and Trevor Brown
President Donald Trump won 93 percent of rural counties in 2024. Rural voters also made up 36 percent of the Trump vote, according to the Pew Research Center, compared to just 16 percent of voters for...
28 Tammi 29min
A promising new strategy to end super PACs and dark money in politics | Lawrence Lessig
In 2010, the Supreme Court opened the floodgates to money in politics with its decision in Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission. The Court struck down longstanding federal restrictions on ...
14 Tammi 32min
The case against billionaires | Chuck Collins
Billionaires have become a uniquely destructive force to both democracy and the planet, says author Chuck Collins. Collins' new book, "Burned by Billionaires: How Concentrated Wealth and Power Are Rui...
7 Tammi 21min
Government is, in fact, broken | Hannah Garden-Monheit
It’s slow, inefficient and sclerotic. Here’s a progressive blueprint to fix it.President Donald Trump’s unrelenting assault on the federalworkforce has prompted many progressives to leap reflexively t...
17 Joulu 202528min
Tough Medicine for Democrats: “Too liberal” and “out of touch” | Simon Bazelon
Democrats are riding high after this year’s special elections,but that still doesn’t mean they’re popular with voters. Strategist Simon Bazelon has advice on what to fix.Less than a year into his seco...
10 Joulu 202526min
How Democrats Won Virginia and New Jersey | Angela Kuefler
We go behind the scenes with Angela Kuefler, the pollsterwho helped engineer the historic victories of governors-elect Abigail Spanberger and Mikie Sherrill.Earlier this month, Democratic gubernatoria...
3 Joulu 202530min
US-Canada relations have hit rock bottom | Hon. James Blanchard
The Trump administration’s policies have damaged the economies of both countries, says former U.S. Ambassador to Canada James Blanchard.A month after President Donald Trump abruptly ended trade talks ...
26 Marras 202523min
Federal data are disappearing | Denice Ross
The erosion—and deliberate erasure—of government data bythe Trump Administration threaten both public safety and the US economy, says former US chief data scientist Denice Ross.Federal data are more t...
26 Marras 202522min
