Richard Florida, founder of CityLab and author of recent book The New Urban Crisis, shares his thoughts on this pivotal moment for Seattle, and cities around the world.
In a live taping of Slate’s A-Word podcast, we speak with author Robin DiAngelo about her theory on the complicated role non-white should play in this work.
Cultures, countries and economies have been ravaged by COVID-19. America’s role in the world is different. What will travel look like in a post-Covid world? No one is better equipped to prepare us than travel guru Rick Steves.
The House Speaker sits down with PBS Newshour anchor, Judy Woodruff, for a conversation about this era of upheaval and what congress plans to do to tackle our many urgent issues.
America is faced with profound challenges. The former Secretary of Defense has a unique perspective on how to navigate this tough terrain with more than just military might.
When Alicia Garza wrote a love letter to Black people on Facebook she launched the now-famous hashtag #blacklivesmatter. But she wants us to understand, a hashtag is not a movement. Organizing for change comes from the grassroots, and is the key to a better future.
The authors of 'Four Hundred Souls' discuss their anthology, in which over 90 contributors explore the complicated history of the Black American experience.
While the North prevailed in the Civil War, ending slavery and giving the country a "new birth of freedom," Heather Cox Richardson argues in her new book, How the South Won the Civil War, that democracy's blood-soaked victory was ephemeral. The system, which had sustained the defeated South, continued, and inequality and subordination was woven into the nation's fabric and identity.
Senator Amy Klobuchar argues that huge corporate mergers of recent decades have rewarded the already rich and squeezed the middle-class. Now chair of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, she argues that regulation is needed to contain big tech companies' monopolistic growth and to ensure consumer protections against corporate consolidation.
Democratic Senator Jon Tester keeps winning in red Montana. When he's not in Washington he works full time on his farm. If Democrats want to pass an ambitious infrastructure bill paired with environmental priorities, they'll need to sway skeptics it will renew rural America.