Testing Is Broken, Contact Tracing Has Failed: There’s a Better Way
Reading Time: 24 minutes A conversation with Dr. Michael Mina about a new kind of testing that may be a more effective virus-fighter than a vaccine.
The Hispanic Republican Vote
Reading Time: 19 minutes A look at how the Republican party, long associated with draconian immigration and racial policies, continues to gain Hispanic voters.
The Geopolitics of Energy
Reading Time: 12 minutes Energy expert Daniel Yergin on Joe Biden facing a world whose geopolitics have been transformed by climate, fracking, and an insatiable global demand for energy.
Booking Trump
Reading Time: 17 minutes Do 1,200 books about the Trump era really help us understand anything?
Calling All Lawyers!
Reading Time: 31 minutes Two distinguished legal scholars examine the state of election lawsuits, and why our elections today need so many lawyers.
Anger & Violence & Secession, Oh My!
Reading Time: 19 minutes An examination of how our current anger and animosity might very well lead to greater violence — and even secession.
Taming the Digital Juggernaut
Reading Time: 19 minutes While politics seems to be the only topic we’re paying attention to, technology may be the one that’s more important. A talk with author Cory Doctorow.
Proof Positive of the Winner-Take-All Economy
Reading Time: 17 minutes An examination of the cumulative effect of four decades of stalled income growth and how as a result, 90 percent of workers gave $2.5 trillion of cumulative income to the top 10 percent since the mid-1970s.
An Expert Calls Out Trump on COVID-19
Reading Time: 20 minutes As the bodies pile up, so does the misinformation — which in turn leads to more bodies. Yet, there’s hope, if people would only listen to science. But will they?
Up Close and Personal with Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown
Reading Time: 12 minutes Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown (D) shares his passion and hope that progressive causes and the institution of the US Senate can still flourish.