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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos rescinded the Obama-era guidelines for how colleges investigate sexual misconduct complaints, saying she wanted to ensure equal justice to both the victim and the accused. Her decision was praised by those who believed the Obama rules denied the due process rights of the accused. However critics argue that the new directive will effectively silence assault victims by making it more difficult for them to come forward. This hour, we’ll discuss the Department of Education changes to how colleges handle sexual assault complaints and the effect it will have on victims and the accused. Marty’s guests are JEANNIE SUK GERSEN, Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, and NEENA CHAUDHRY, director of education and senior counsel at the National Women’s Law Center.

Guests: Alexis Madrigal, April Glaser, Alexandra Petri

As the probe into Russian election meddling continues, we are learning more about social media’s role in disseminating misinformation during the 2016 Presidential election has emerged.  There are also problems beyond the election as well. Google’s news algorithm recently spread fake news following the Las Vegas shooting which identified a false suspect. Today on the show, we’ll talk about the role that Facebook, Twitter, and Google play in how Americans get their information and misinformation. We’ll also explore what they should, and shouldn’t, do in order to protect the public from fabrications, pranks, conspiracy theories, hoaxes, and propaganda. We’ll be joined by ALEXIS MADRIGAL of The Atlantic and APRIL GLASER of Slate. Then, we’ll talk about the love-hate relationship that journalists have with Twitter when we’re joined by humor columnist ALEXANDRA PETRI of The Washington Post.

Guests: Jenna Johnson, Amilcar Antonio Barreto

What did President Trump mean when he said that Puerto Rico has “thrown our budget out of whack?” The remark potentially refers to the debt crisis that has been facing the island for years now, and their inability to declare bankruptcy. Their financial difficulties are going to be even more amplified during the rebuilding effort following Hurricane Maria. Today on the show, we’ll talk about the root causes of Puerto Rico’s economic troubles, and look back at how it’s been affected by their history as an American territory without statehood has affected this. We’re joined by AMILCAR ANTONIO BARRETO, associate professor of cultures, societies, and global studies at Northeastern University. But first, we’ll get the latest news about Puerto Rico following the President’s visit when we speak to JENNA JOHNSON of The Washington Post.

Guest: Julie Lythcott-Haims

Growing up as the only child of an African American father and a white British mother in small, mostly white American town was extremely isolating for JULIE LYTHCOTT-HAIMS. With her dark skin and afro, she looked different than her classmates. Even her family’s upper-middle class privilege set her apart from her less affluent peers. In this hour, Marty talks with Lythcott-Haimsabout her life growing up as a biracial woman navigating American racism, and about her new book, Real American: A Memoir.

Guests: Casey Morell, Frida Ghitis, Dannagal Young

The carnage that occurred Sunday night in Las Vegas was the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history. As the nation struggles to understand the unfathomable horror of the incident, there are many questions have that remerged each time an event like this occurs. Today, we’ll talk about how we are processing the shooting, the responsibility of the press in covering the event as well as the shooter himself, what defines “terrorism,” and potential solutions for preventing this in the future. We’ll be joined by FRIDA GHITIS, world affairs columnist for CNN, World Politics Review and the Miami Herald, and by DANNAGAL YOUNG, Associate professor of communication at the University of Delaware. But first, we’ll get the latest from Las Vegas with CASEY MORELL, producer at KNPR in Nevada gives us an update on the Las Vegas shooting.

Guests: Binyamin Appelbaum, Michael Knoll

The Trump administration announced the outline of their tax reform plan last week. While many details have not been released, their blueprint includes reducing the corporate rate from 35% to 20%, eliminating the Estate Tax and the Alternative Minimum Tax, reducing the number tax brackets, and increasing the standard deduction. Critics say the plan is a boon for wealthy Americans, but the White House says it mostly benefits the middle class. In this hour, we’ll examine Trump’s tax plan, look at who it will help and who it will hurt, and how it will affect the economy.  Marty’s guests are MICHAEL KNOLL, law professor and co-director of the Center for Tax Law and Policy at the University of Pennsylvania, and BINYAMIN APPELBAUM, Washington correspondent for The New York Times.

Guests: Jesse Washington, Rich Lowry, Richard Allen Smith

This Sunday, millions of Americans will be tuning in to watch football, but the National Anthem may end up being the main event for many of these games. Since President Trump called players who kneel during the National Anthem “sons of bitches,” adding that team owners should fire them, the national debate over the appropriateness of protesting the Anthem, and the flag. Initially intended to bring attention to police brutality of the African-American community, now the conversation has now shifted to patriotism, as well as the right to protest and free speech. Today on the show, we’ll discuss all of this with JESSE WASHINGTON, senior writer for ESPN’s The Undefeated, and with RICH LOWRY, editor of National Review. We’ll also hear from RICHARD ALLEN SMITH, a veteran and one of the authors of an open letter in support of Colin Kaepernick.

Guest: Salman Rushdie

SALMAN RUSHDIE’s new novel, The Golden House, involves a mysterious and wealthy immigrant family who moves into a pricey neighborhood in Manhattan. A young filmmaker gets drawn into the family’s secrets, which they had hoped to leave behind in India. The story begins with Obama’s inauguration and ends with the election of a character Rushdie calls The Joker. Rushdie says he wrote the book because he wanted to explore identity and what it means to be an American in the age of Trump.  Rushdie comes in to talk with Marty about his new novel, free speech, censorship and politics.

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