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Episode 17: Abortion On Demand Listen now (46 min) | Feminist journalist Katha Pollitt explains why we should treat ending a pregnancy as normal

Mar 27

It's an opportunity for the former President to embrace his role as a right-wing Messiah

Mar 25

Analyzing the right's Second Amendment shell game after the tragic Covenant school shooting

Mar 29

The lives of of Constance Baker Motley, Shirley Chisholm, and Patsy Mink offer inspiration--and lessons for what it still takes to defeat racism and sexism

Mar 23

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Each one is more horrible than the last--and yet, each time, we fall into line. What could persuade us to say no?

Mar 21

A panel of historians talks about the situation on the ground where autocratic leaders hate free speech

Mar 8

Episode 16: The Sunlit Path of Racial Justice Listen now (48 min) | A conversation with historian Matthew Pratt Guterl about his new book, "Skinfolk: A Memoir"

Mar 6

As Women's History Month begins, let's start with the present

Mar 4

In 2019, the first Black woman and out lesbian to serve as mayor of Chicago could sell herself as a progressive. Yesterday, she couldn't. What changed?

Mar 1

Episode 15: Rumor Has It Listen now (47 min) | A conversation with historian Christopher Elias about his book, "Gossip Men: J. Edgar Hoover, Joe McCarthy, Roy Cohn, and the…

Feb 27

The crimes against Ukraine are unspeakable, but a year of war has also been a catastrophe for Russia

Feb 24

At a moment of tragedy and upheaval, sociologist Jeffrey Goldfarb found new colleagues and students on the internet

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