Pints and Policy

The U.S. is practically the only developed country that does not guaranty access to paid family leave. After 25 years since the Family Medical Leave act was implemented, is it time to take the next step? Jordan LaPier sits down with BPC Senior Policy Analyst to discuss.

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Turkey expert Nick Danforth joins Jordan to explain how three threads of the story of ongoing turmoil in Turkey—currency troubles, U.S. sanctions, and the charges against an American pastor under house arrest—are woven together to create a vexing situation with no easy solutions.

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With less than 100 days to go until the midterm elections, how ready are we to run a safe and secure election? Matt Weil from BPC's Democracy Project joins Jordan LaPier and Ashley Swearingen to explore the latest. 

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Theresa Cardinal Brown, director of immigration and cross-border policy, and Laura Hall, senior manager at BPC Action, join host Jordan LaPier to unpack the results of a national survey conducted by Luntz Global for BPC and BPC Action on Americans' attitudes on immigration.

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Senior Policy Analyst Tim Shaw returns to the program to break down the recent Social Security Trustees' Report and explain why, when it comes to Social Security's long-term health, no news is bad news.

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A growing body of research shows that housing insecurity helps drive poorer health outcomes. BPC's Jake Varn and Andy Winkler discuss a new report that recommends ways federal agencies can better coordinate to bridge the gap between health policy and housing policy.

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Host Jordan LaPier talks with senior policy analyst Tim Swope about the scope of the nation's opioid crisis, how it's affecting people and communities, and what Congress and the Trump administration are doing to solve it.

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Policy analyst Jessica Michek joins host Jordan LaPier to explain the role of Congress in authorizing military action in the context of the ongoing fight against ISIS and the recent airstrikes in Syria.

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This week the Congressional Budget Office released new projections that federal budget deficits are expected to exceed $1 trillion by 2020. What does this mean and how did we get here? Jordan LaPier discusses all this and more with BPC senior policy analyst Tim Shaw.

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A recent Trump administration report pointed to federal prison data to suggest that immigrants commit crimes at higher rates than native-born Americans. BPC policy analyst Cris Ramon joins Jordan to unpack the report, fill in some of the gaps, and provide a surprising history of how we got here.

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