Northeastern University neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett’s new book probes the mysterious workings of social reality and human reasoning.
Alexander Heffner
Alexander Heffner is host of The Open Mind on PBS and co-author of A Documentary History of the United States.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Don’t Believe the Social Media Hype
MIT’s Sinan Aral, author of The Hype Machine, considers how social media can have a more constructive impact on American society.
Posted inPolitics
En Route to Autocracy in America
Masha Gessen of the New Yorker concludes that United States is in the first stage of an autocratic transformation
Posted inPolitics
Data, Disinformation, and the Art of Skepticism
University of Washington biologist Carl Bergstrom wants Americans to recognize how public officials can twist facts, statistics, and undermine experts for political gain.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Reimagining Post-Pandemic America
Minister, activist, and Princeton University scholar Nyle Fort contemplates whether Americans can envision and create a environment where everyone thrives and flourishes.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Charting the Legacy of John Lewis
The Atlantic’s Adam Harris ponders the legacy of Congressman John Lewis, the Big Six civil rights leaders, and forging ahead with a new civil rights movement.
Posted inPolitics
Republicans Pummeled the Constitution Long Before Trump
Whitman College political scientist Jack Jackson discusses his book ‘Law Without Future: Anti-Constitutional Politics and the American Right’ and how authoritarianism seeped into the body politic.
Posted inCoronavirus
COVID Forces Hospitals to Rethink Emergency Treatment Strategies
Dr. Jeffrey Matthews, Department of Surgery Chair at University of Chicago Medicine, discusses how hospitals have responded to the pandemic.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Finding Hope in America’s Pandemic Dystopia
‘Humankind’ author and historian Rutger Bregman discusses hope for a pro-social society amid simultaneous American and global crises
Posted inPolitics
The Grand Coalition to Oust Donald Trump
Lincoln Project founder John Weaver explains why he believes that an ‘army of the decent’ can come together in November to elect Joe Biden.