To normalize the horrific, it takes lots of people going along. From the history of leaders lying, the current regime has learned that spewing new lies many times a day works to make reality conform t

Locking people up and deporting immigrants is on the rise. The adults face punishment (as if that works) and their children hide from the judgement and stigma of other kids and school administrators.

Remember when we could count on the Washington Post to boldly take the lead on political corruption? And can you imagine a newspaper turning down a really big ad buy? Welcome to Trumpworld 2.0. As Com

We think of it as pure fun but the reality is great pressure and there are overtraining injuries. Coaches often lack crucial training. Non-athlete kids feeling less-than. And since kids dont have a v

There are two petrostate oligarchies linking up and gravely threatening what had been a rock solid alliance: Europe and the US. The traditionally shared moral universe of Europe and the rest of the F

Kicking out troublemakers. It backfires. It certainly increases the likelihood of negative outcomes. And it is not applied equally. In this discussion author and researcher Aaron Kupnik talks about hi

In being careful to avoid a monarchy or dictatorship, Americas founders adamantly insisted on each government agency being independent. The Federal Communications Commission act of 1934 was created t

You may have noticed a continuing trend of Democratic candidates sheepishly rushing to some imaginary center, and how well that hasnt worked! On this show, Richard Eskow, former head writer for the B

There are reasons all autocrats need to erase history. Among the flood of executive orders is something called Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling. In other words: erasing history he doe

The politicization of the FBI and police is hardly new. The foundation of the law is protecting property not people. Enforcing a racial caste system. Himself a former FBI agent, our guest Mike German