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Prices Spiking, Options Shrinking. We’re at a Tipping Point for Oil & Gas

Gas prices are rising and the options for policy makers are few and getting fewer, but there are some good ones. Let’s be clear. The US barely uses Russian oil (most of which goes to...
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Win the War. Invest in Peace. The Conversation We Need to Be Having Now

In the middle of a brutal assault, it's difficult to talk about demilitarization. And so, it was with trepidation that I recently convened a conversation about exactly that. One of my guests, Anastasiya Leukhina, a...

Russia: A Nation of Informers. Texas Too?

Subscribe to our podcast to listen on your favorite podcast platform.The Russian invasion of Ukraine has a lot of people thinking about authoritarianism. It’s sometimes described as strongman rule, but it’s not exactly that....

Inflating Hopes & Dreams in Manchin Country?

Subscribe to our podcast to listen on your favorite podcast platform.Something exciting is happening in McDowell County, West Virginia. There, in what used to be coal country, the American Federation of Teachers is leading...
F-Word: From SCOTUS to Shireen: Linda Sarsour: Same Extremism. Same Threat.

From SCOTUS to Shireen: Linda Sarsour: Same Extremism. Same Threat.

Subscribe to our podcast to listen on your favorite podcast platform.I don't know about you but so many things seem to be happening all at once in our world right now that it feels...

Extreme Supremes Have Something Against Bodies

Subscribe to our podcast to listen on your favorite podcast platform.“Tribal governments can do what states and the federal government cannot.” That comment, from Wes Martel of the Greater Yellowstone Coalition gave me comfort...
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Democracy is Under Siege in Small Town USA

Subscribe to our podcast to listen on your favorite podcast platform.Can a racist coup happen in America? I was in Wilmington, North Carolina on the day the congressional hearings into the events of January...

A.M. Homes’ The Unfolding: On War and Also Walking Away

Subscribe to our podcast to listen on your favorite podcast platform.This summer we learned that the largest-ever political donation — $1.6b in shares of an about-to-be-sold business — was given to a non-profit set...
Election Deniers Aren't Born, They're Bred

Election Deniers Aren’t Born, They’re Bred

Subscribe to our podcast to listen on your favorite podcast platform.Here’s a term that’s messing with our thinking: election denier. As the midterm race enters its final weeks, that phrase is turning up in...

Democrats Miss the Message

Subscribe to our podcast to listen on your favorite podcast platform.Win, lose or draw, the allure of the “white working class voter” never dulls for big D Democrats.Whatever happens in election season, the party’s...

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