Houston: A Segregated Disaster in a Segregated City
This two-hour episode is a look at inequality in Houston from slavery to the present. First, Dan talks to Tyina Steptoe, historian at the University of Arizona and author of …
César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández: On DACA
Immigration law scholar @crimmigration breaks down the lies, misdirections and bigoted absurdities conveyed by Attorney General Jeff Sessions when he announced that the Trump Administration would cruelly make some 800,000 …
Kate Aronoff: Populist Revolt Against The Climate Crisis
The devastation wreaked by Hurricane Harvey has made the denial of climate change all the more dangerous. But @KateAronoff says that mainstream liberals and environmental groups, touting cap-and-trade and business-friendly …
Emily Atkin: Harvey Is Political
New Republic reporter Emily Atkin (@emorwee) talks about why Harvey is already and inherently political thanks to climate change and the potential for petrochemical disaster in Houston. When people criticize …
Adrian Chen: Factcheck.org Won’t Save America
Is the internet good or bad? The debate is more often than not a proxy for one about politics more generally and populism in particular. But the real issue with …
Alex Pareene: Trump’s Happy Place Is Racism
Dan talks to Splinter Politics Editor Alex Pareene about his recent piece “Charlottesville Was a Preview of the Future of the Republican Party” and about why Phoenix is Trump’s happy …
Andrew Bacevich: This Is the War That Never Ends
This is the war that never ends. The War on Terror’s permanence should be remarkable. It should be an outrage. But it is precisely because the war has become permanent …
Sarah Jones: Why Establishment Dems Punch “Alt-Left”
New Republic writer Sarah Jones joins Dan to talk about Trump’s invocation of the “alt-left” and to explain the term’s unseemly centrist history. And more. We’re gonna try doing two …
Forrest Hylton: What’s Next for the Colombian Left?
The FARC peace accord is a historic victory for Colombian society. But the struggle to build an urban left strong enough to take on the country’s powerful right remains a …
Christy Thornton: Confronting the Neoliberal Narco-State in Mexico
With Trump, Mexico is the symbol and source of so many things that are wrong with the United States. Oftentimes, these stories told about Mexico in the United States aren’t …