There are substantially more Democratic voters than Republican voters in the United States and yet the GOP controls the White House, both houses of Congress, and most state legislatures and governorships. David Daley tells Bob Herbert how that came to be.

There are substantially more Democratic voters than Republican voters in the United States and yet the GOP controls the White House, both houses of Congress, and most state legislatures and governorships. David Daley tells Bob Herbert how that came to be.

America’s median household income has increased 3.2% over last year, but the median family income for blacks has decrease. Bob Herbert talks about this and other matters with guest Ron Daniels, a Distinguished Lecturer at CUNY’s York College.

America’s median household income has increased 3.2% over last year, but the median family income for blacks has decrease. Bob Herbert talks about this and other matters with guest Ron Daniels, a Distinguished Lecturer at CUNY’s York College.

Ari Berman, Senior Reporter for Mother Jones, and author of Give Us the Ballot, talks with Bob Herbert about the various tactics used to suppress voting in the United States, and the steps certain organizations are taking to make voting more accessible.

Ari Berman, Senior Reporter for Mother Jones, and author of Give Us the Ballot, talks with Bob Herbert about the various tactics used to suppress voting in the United States, and the steps certain organizations are taking to make voting more accessible.

Learning that you are HIV-positive is no longer a death sentence for most people in the United States. But guest Linda Villarosa explains the progress against HIV-AIDS has largely bypassed one group of Americans – gay and bisexual men who are black.

Many U.S. manufacturing jobs have been lost to globalization & technological advancements. Guest Louis Uchitelle says it’s too early to give up, stating in his book, “MAKING IT: Why Manufacturing Still Matters,” why a revival of the sector is essential.

Bob Herbert discusses American fascism, past and present, with Henry Scott Wallace, co-chair of the Wallace Global Fund, and grandson of Henry A. Wallace, who served as Vice President of the United States under Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Bob Herbert is joined by Kim Phillips-Fein, author of the new book, “FEAR CITY: New York’s Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics,” which revisits the the city in the 1970s and shows how profoundly it shaped today’s New York.