American Identity Maya Contreras Aug 21, 2019

Democracy Shrouded In Lies Isn’t Democracy

Maya Contreras Aug 21, 2019

The 1619 Project and the new book, 'How to Be an Antiracist,' are reminders that American history is incomplete until we resurrect and reconcile its brutal truth. And freedom will be out of reach until we do.

GaslitNation DAME Sep 19, 2018

The American Crisis: The View from Flyover Country, Part 2

DAME Sep 19, 2018

In episode 6, Gaslit Nation continues its look at the decades of American crises that gave rise to Trumpism and paved the way for Russian interference in our democracy.

Pressing Issues DAME Aug 16, 2018

Without Freedom of the Press, We Are Not Free

DAME Aug 16, 2018

Attacks on the press, protected by the First Amendment, are an attack on our individual rights to read, write, and think independently.

History Lesson Ruth McClelland-Nugent Jul 9, 2018

Is a Civil War Brewing in the USA?

Ruth McClelland-Nugent Jul 9, 2018

Once again we’re a nation divided over fundamental issues of human suffering and civil rights. With a cruel, corrupt president stoking the hatred, a revolt is inevitable.

Explain This Lisa Needham Feb 1, 2018

Wait, Did Trump Just Call For a Purge?

Lisa Needham Feb 1, 2018

The State of the Union address was so horrifying you may have missed 45's call to give federal agency heads absolute authority over hiring … and firing. Yeah, that's not how democracy works.

Congress Tobias Barrington Wolff Jun 20, 2017

What Comes After a Trump Presidency?

Tobias Barrington Wolff Jun 20, 2017

Legal scholar Tobias Barrington Wolff identifies some of the crises that will likely accompany the end of this dangerous and unstable administration.

climate change Lisa Needham May 30, 2017

Why Should We Be Worried About Trump’s Efforts to Destroy Data?

Lisa Needham May 30, 2017

The GOP administration has no use for facts. And they don't want us to have access to them, either. And this should terrify everyone.

#TheResistance Jordan E. Rosenfeld Feb 6, 2017

How Long Can the Resistance Continue to Resist?

Jordan E. Rosenfeld Feb 6, 2017

Chief Chaos Officer Steve Bannon is banking on the fact that we’ll have outrage fatigue. These activists and organizers offer advice on how to keep going—and win!