National
Is America becoming a mafia state?
Increasingly the United States runs the risk of looking and behaving like a mafia state. This is a sign of the times under the ...
7 years ago
Now is the time for Americans to redefine patriotism
Increasing evidence of Russian infiltration in the GOP, the NRA, and the American Right, provides an opportunity to unshackle ourselves from outdated definitions of patriotism
8 years ago
Time for Americans to take a break?
A recent study estimates that 36 percent of U.S. workers suffer from work-related stress that costs businesses $30 billion a year in lost workdays.
8 years ago
The biodiversity of heat-loving bacteria in Yellowstone rivals a rainforest
Blue, dark peach, bright red, orange — thermophilic organisms make the hot springs so colorful you’ll want to grab your selfie st ...
8 years ago
Listen 4:29Washington’s wildfire whipped up dangerous ‘weather’
Wildfires can create atmosphere changes around them — making raging infernos even more unpredictable and dangerous. Western Wash ...
8 years ago
Listen 6:53How campaign strategists use voter information
Earlier this week, New Jersey joined Pennsylvania, Delaware and numerous other states in refusing to provide the Trump administration’ ...
8 years ago
Science and the Fourth of July
Happy Birthday, America! From the very beginning, science has shaped this country. Many of the Founding Fathers — Madison, Jefferson, W ...
Air Date: June 30, 2017
Listen 48:33Risk of employer retaliation must be removed for workers who claim discrimination
In February 2017, Susan Fowler, an engineer, left her job at Uber and wrote a blog post ...
8 years ago
Promoting civility in Washington in the age of Trump
President Trump said all the right things after five people were shot by a gunman at a GOP baseball practice in Alexandria, Virginia, las ...
8 years ago
SCOTUS just confirmed a First Amendment right to offensive trademarks
The word police just got put on notice: Your power to arrest, detain, and shame people who don’t share your view of “offens ...
8 years ago
Dark money is compromising American democracy
If Donald Trump, his family and associates are hopelessly compromised by foreign influence and “dark money” — beholden to Russian o ...
8 years ago
Greg Gianforte and the need for civic education
Public schools have to teach a better way of behaving in public. Alas, in recent years, there’s very little about preparing them to ...
8 years ago
U.S. incarceration rates too high, too lengthy, too arbitrary
I know not whether laws be right,Or whether laws be wrong,All that we know who lie in jail,Is th ...
8 years ago
Notre Dame commencement protesters chose the wrong time and place
When I heard that a group of disgruntled Notre Dame students marched out of the graduation ceremonies in less-than-silent protest this we ...
8 years ago
The good, the bad, and the ugly of free speech
Free speech is easy to support when you like what’s being said, but that’s not how the First Amendment works. This is somethi ...
8 years ago