Why, America? with Leeja Miller

Trump Trial: Everything You Need To Know (Week One)

This week marked the start of the first criminal trial for any former US president in history. I'll break down the Stormy Daniels hush money case, what the charges are, what to expect during this trial, and what happened during the first week of the Trump trial.
 
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From the Archive: How Reagan Ruined Everything

From trickle down Reaganomics to union busting to decimating the middle class and more, Ronald Reagan is responsible for many of the shifts that occurred at the end of the 20th century that caused the major inequalities we see in America today.
 

Stop Trying to Predict the 2024 Election

The latest presidential polls, it turns out, are pretty useless. It's impossible to tell who's going to win this far in advance. Let's talk about how to interpret presidential polls, why they're wrong, and what to pay attention to instead.
 
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From the Archive: Why the US is Still Segregated

Every single city in the United States is still largely segregated by race. But this isn't just because of coincidence or personal preference. It is because of a systematic, government-sanctioned process over the course of the 20th century that forced Black Americans into low quality, over-crowded housing, and barred them from receiving financing or assistance to buy the few homes that were available to them. We can still see the effects of this state-sanctioned segregation to this day. Let's learn about this in the context of the important Supreme Court decision Shelley v. Kraemer.
 
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Our Collective Distraction is Bad for Democracy

We are all distracted by celebrity gossip and social media. Turns out that studies show that makes us less likely to participate in democracy. Will our collective distraction be our undoing?
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From the Archive: Our Food Is Killing Us

Food in the US is literally making us sick, and that's due in part to lax regulations around the chemicals that we allow to be sprayed on our foods and ingested into our bodies. The biggest culprit? Round Up, a glyphosate based herbicide that farmers use to drench corn, soybeans, sugar, and more, making its way into our bodies, our livestock, our water supply, and yes even into our breast milk. Let's discuss!

Children Aren't Entertainment

Quiet On Set depicts the abuses happening at Nickelodeon during the 90s and early 2000s and begs the question whether children should ever be used as entertainment--do they know what they're consenting to? What laws protect them? And how do we protect kids from being exploited by their parents for content?
 
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From the Archive: THIS is Why Americans Are so Obsessed With Guns

FROM THE ARCHIVE: Why are Americans so obsessed with guns?? Honestly the answer might surprise you (though nothing surprises me anymore). The gun control debate and gun control news in America has been nothing but bad, and there's no end in sight.

AI is Bad for Democracy

Nearly half the world is going to the polls this year. And AI deepfakes and chat bots have gotten more sophisticated than ever before. This is already having deep consequences for democracy around the world.
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From the Archive: WTF Is The Espionage Act?

FROM THE ARCHIVE: Jack Douglas Teixeira has been charged with violating the Espionage Act after he leaked upwards of 100 classified documents to a discord server. The Espionage Act has a long and controversial history over the last century and has been used against the leaker of the Pentagon Papers, against whistleblowers like Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden, and even against Donald Trump. Let's learn about this wild law.
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