The idea that a local sheriff is the supreme political authority is a dangerous fiction, yet the constitutional sheriff movement as a political ideology continues to gain ground. Jessica Pishko is the author of "The Highest Law in the Land."

The stated goal for school vouchers has been to provide educational equity. However, after years of implementation in other states, it's clear that vouchers are failing students and exacerbating income inequality. We now know that voucher programs hurt low-income students. But billionaires continue to push vouchers, especially in Texas.

The state of Texas is proposing to adopt a curriculum for Texas public schools that includes Christian-based religious references in K-5 education. A report finds the plan factually flawed and distorts the Bible.

State Representative Steve Allison lost in the Republican Primary to Marc LaHood, making the Alamo Heights area House District up for grabs. Laurel Jordan Swift is the Democrat in the race for District 121 that watchers say could be flipped blue on November 5th.

Barbara Jordan was a trailblazing American politician, civil rights leader, and the first Southern Black woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. Mary Ellen Curtin chronicles Jordan's life in her book, She Changed the Nation.

Nathan Buchanan is the Republican candidate for Bexar County sheriff and is challenging Democrat incumbent Sheriff Javier Salazar.

Lisa Phillips is speaking out about the sex abuse she experienced from Jeffrey Epstein. She is an advocate for women healing from abuse and trauma.

Intense political divide, debates about citizenship, fears of political violence, and a public unsure about whether the presidency can even work— these were some of the challenges that John Adams had to solve— and in the process he helped to create what we recognize as the power of the presidency and the creation of political norms.

CNN’s chief political correspondent Dana Bash joins us to discuss America’s deadliest presidential election—the election of 1872. Bash has co-authored a new book about the first run for the white house after the civil war that led to hundreds of dead and warfare in the streets. And the eerie parallels to today’s divided nation.

Along with his brother and friend, David Zucker directed and produced the 1980 movie ‘Airplane!’ which has become a classic in cinema. Zucker has also directed The Naked Gun series starring Leslie Nielson, and the later Scary Movies in the early 2000s.