Civil Justice Needs Federal Leadership
The United States needs federal leadership to ensure that it has a civil justice system that works for all Americans.
How Big Pharma Reaps Profits While Hurting Everyday Americans
The pharmaceutical industry leverages Washington’s culture of corruption to increase profits while everyday Americans suffer from high drug prices.
How Private Prisons Are Profiting Under the Trump Administration
The private prison industry is benefiting from Trump administration policies to expand detention and increase profits.
The Time Has Come for Progressives To Support Self-Determination for Puerto Rico
The recent upheaval in Puerto Rico demonstrates that now, more than ever, progressives must incorporate Puerto Rican self-determination into policy and political agendas.
Systematic Inequality and American Democracy
While the nation has undoubtedly made progress, entrenched structural racism continues to corrupt American democracy and preserve racial inequality.
Predatory For-Profit Colleges Benefit From Washington’s Culture of Corruption
Predatory for-profit colleges are getting a boost from President Trump’s culture of corruption. With help from high-placed insiders and campaign donations, bad actors are poised to harm vulnerable students once again.
How to Fix Gerrymandering
Implementing voter-determined districts is a sensible way to end partisan gerrymandering and ensure fair representation.
No Exoneration: Ned Price on Mueller’s Congressional Testimony
Ned Price—a director at National Security Action and an NBC national security analyst—joins Ed and Daniella to discuss special counsel Robert Mueller's testimony before the House Judiciary and Intelligence committees.
Corruption Consultants
Special-interest groups have used states’ tradition as “laboratories of democracy” to implement damaging and regressive policies at the behest of corporate clients and wealthy donors.
Steve Scully: An Interview With ‘The Most Patient Man on Television’
This week, Daniella sits down in C-SPAN Political Director Steve Scully to discuss how he has adapted to the changing relationship between the free press in the White House since President Trump took office.
Ari Berman: A Green Light to Gerrymander
Daniella and Ed chat with Mother Jones Senior Reporter Ari Berman this week about gerrymandering, the 2020 census, and the state of voting rights in the United States.
Florida’s Modern-Day Poll Tax
Florida officials are rejecting the will of the people in order to suppress the vote.
States of Change
As the demographics of the United States have changed since 1980, so have the coalitions that make up both the Republican and Democratic parties.
Gov. Roy Cooper and Navigating a Divided Government
Daniella and Ed sit down this week with North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper and discuss his successful efforts navigating the divided North Carolina government.
To Impeach or Not To Impeach—That Is the Question
This week, Daniella and Ed sit down with Jesse Lee, senior adviser for Communications at CAP, and discuss the stream of corruption scandals within the Trump administration as well as the merits of impeachment.