How Do We Begin to Grade 2021?

Political scientist Christina Greer joins us to help grade some of the big political moments of 2021.

Voting Rights: The Continued Fight Over Access to Elections

Keeping an eye on restrictive voting legislation in the 2022 session is Mother Jones reporter Ari Berman who explains how a 2013 Supreme Court decision set the course for this continued fight for equitable voting rights.  

Self-Managed Abortions and the Fight for Abortion Rights

A November 2021 study published in The Lancet found that self-managed abortions are about as safe and effective as surgical abortions. We speak with Mary Ziegler, law professor at Florida Sate University, about how the fight over abortion rights could shift to self-managed abortions in the coming year.

Former Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs on His New Memoir, His Tenure, and What’s Next

Former Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs, known widely as the guy who did the largest guaranteed income program, talks about his new memoir, “The Deeper the Roots: A Memoir of Hope and Home.” 

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