What does it mean to be a liberal, and how has the meaning of the word evolved over time? Bob asks CUNY Grad Center Professor of History Helena Rosenblatt, author of THE LOST HISTORY OF LIBERALISM: From Ancient Rome to the Twenty-First Century.

What does it mean to be a liberal, and how has the meaning of the word evolved over time? Bob asks CUNY Grad Center Professor of History Helena Rosenblatt, author of THE LOST HISTORY OF LIBERALISM: From Ancient Rome to the Twenty-First Century.

Carol Anderson, professor and chair of African-American studies at Emory University, talks with Bob about her new book “ONE PERSON, NO VOTE: How Voter Suppression is Destroying Our Democracy.”

Carol Anderson, professor and chair of African-American studies at Emory University, talks with Bob about her new book “ONE PERSON, NO VOTE: How Voter Suppression is Destroying Our Democracy.”

Record numbers of women are running for office this year. Debbie Walsh, director of the Center for Women and Politics at the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University talks with Bob about the changing political landscape.

Record numbers of women are running for office this year. Debbie Walsh, director of the Center for Women and Politics at the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University talks with Bob about the changing political landscape.

Bob talks with Barry LePatner about infrastructure, the environment, and how we went from a country of norms and principles regardless of which party was in power, to the polarized nation we live in today.

Bob talks with Barry LePatner about infrastructure, the environment, and how we went from a country of norms and principles regardless of which party was in power, to the polarized nation we live in today.

Amy Siskind has written a book called “The List: A Week-By-Week Reckoning of Trump’s First Year,” and tells Bob Herbert how she hopes this record will help lead us back to normalcy in the future.

Amy Siskind has written a book called “The List: A Week-By-Week Reckoning of Trump’s First Year,” and tells Bob Herbert how she hopes this record will help lead us back to normalcy in the future.