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.

Why do unwarranted police shootings of black males continue to happen? What can be done to stop them? Bob Herbert asks these questions of his guest, Jonathan Abady, a veteran civil rights lawyer who represented the family of 12-year-old Tamir Rice.

In good times and in bad, homelessness is the problem that always seems to be with us. Why is this problem so persistent? Bob Herbert asks this of his guests Thomas J. Main and Dr. Ralph da Costa Nunez.

Bob Herbert welcomes Chris Whipple, author of “The Gatekeepers,” to discuss the position of the White House Chief of Staff, and share stories of about the chiefs of the modern era and the presidents they served.

Online shopping has come into its own and this is causing enormous disruptions in the traditional retail industry. Bob Herbert breaks down the impact with guest Mark Cohen, the director of Retail Studies at Columbia Business School.