Anastasia Edel, author of ‘Russia: Putin’s Playground: Empire, Revolution, and the New Tsar,’ has critiqued the Trump administration’s inhumane immigration policies and warns that Americans should be on guard against what could come next.
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Fighting Anti-Semitism and Immigration Detentions
Sophie Ellman-Golan, a co-organizer of the Women’s March, now helps lead Never Again Action, a Jewish political action group that’s vowed to hold the U.S. government accountable for the detention and deportation machine and for condoning the rise of
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High-Tech Dystopia and Utopia
Techno-political thriller writer and humanitarian aid worker Malka Older discusses the challenges of the cyber age.
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Charitarian Patriotism
Investor, philanthropist, and Patriotic Millionaires founding member Lawrence Benenson discusses solutions to pressing American political and economic inequity.
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Libel and the Presidency
ABC News Chief Legal Affairs Anchor Dan Abrams discusses his new book ‘Theodore Roosevelt for the Defense: The Courtroom Battle to Save His Legacy’ and how it resonates today.
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Statecraft of Peace
Newly inaugurated Quincy Institute co-founders Trita Parsi and Stephen Wertheim discuss their mission to stop endless war and militarism.
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The Hacked States of America
Netflix’s ‘The Great Hack’ director Karim Amer discusses how stolen personal data are manipulated to advance demagoguery and disinformation.
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Safeguarding Press Integrity for 2020
Center for Public Integrity CEO Susan Smith Richardson discusses the importance of local communities in national coverage of the Trump administration’s corruption and the 2020 campaign.
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High Crimes With Impunity
Constitutional scholar Frank Bowman III discusses his new book High Crimes and Misdemeanors: A History of Impeachment for the Age of Trump.
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A Popular Electoral College?
Republican political strategist Ed Lopez discusses the federalist argument for the National Popular Vote.