Andy Wright, a law professor and former associate counsel to President Obama, joins host Lindsay Beyerstein to discuss what the indictment of Paul Manafort and guilty plea of George Papadopoulos reveal about the next steps of Robert Mueller's ongoing investigation into President Donald Trump and his campaign associates.
Journalist Ari Berman joins host Lindsay Beyerstein to discuss his jaw-dropping Mother Jones story about Wisconsin voter suppression in 2016 and how that may be the start of a much larger trend.
Senior Staff Attorney Nusrat Choudhury of the ACLU’s Racial Equality Program joins Lindsay Beyerstein to explain the FBI’s newest crackpot theory about Black activism and the threat it poses to the people they are targeting.
Sanho Tree returns to discuss the bad assumptions underpinning the Drug Enforcement Agency's approach to the opioid crisis and explain the latest alarming news from the Philippines.
Security journalist Ankit Panda returns to discuss whether Donald Trump’s erratic decisions and aggressive rhetoric will lead to war with North Korea, Iran, or another nation.
Medical anthropologist Dr. Adia Benton joins Lindsay Beyerstein to discuss why the government and private donors are treating Puerto Ricans like second-class citizens in the wake of Hurricane Maria.
Rewire's Tina Vasquez joins Lindsay to discuss the fate of the 800,000 young people who could face mass deportation now that President Trump has called off DACA.
Author Jared Yates Sexton dissects the way Donald Trump’s brand of cognitive dissonance and unreality is empowering right-wing extremism across the United States.
Snopes.com editor Brooke Binkowski breaks down the origins of our current “fake news” crisis and how defenders of real news can take back the internet.
Natasha Merle of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund explains their lawsuit against President Trump’s “Election Integrity Commission” and what citizens can do to combat systemic efforts to suppress the votes of communities of color.
