On today’s episode, we get crucial updates from across the US and Canada. First, we hear from Dr. Karla Tait with the Unist’ot’en Camp protesting TransCanada’s Coastal GasLink pipeline and advocating […]
The price of a seat on the Supreme Court
Douglas Keith, counsel at The Brennan Center, talks about the money behind the battle of Kavanaugh’s nomination, where almost $10 million has been spent already. He has investigated where the […]
Bannon: Legislatures trying to limit the power of the court
Emboldened by President Trumps attacks on the judicial branch of the government, state legislatures are molding unprecedented laws to limit the power of the courts. Alicia Bannon, Senior Counsel in […]
When is a country ban a ban on religion?
With claims of “national security”, President Trump has banned people from entering the U.S. based on religious beliefs. Coined a “Blessed Ban” by Muslim extremists, this ban has become a […]
Adam Gitlin on “Voter fraud” myth
President Trump promised last week to start an investigation into voter fraud, based largely on his unsubstantiated claims of “millions” of bad ballots in the 2016 presidential election. Jan Miyasaki […]
Bipartisanship in prison reform
How do we break the country’s love affair with incarceration? Prison reform is a growing interest for both Democrats and Republicans now – but how much common ground is there? Is there a bridge between Republicans wanting to spend less money and Democrats wanting better care and less incarceration? Today Carousel Bayrd talks with Lauren-Brooke Eisen from the Brennan Center on bipartisanship in prison reform.
