A DAILY PUBLIC RADIO PROGRAM FEATURING NEWS ANALYSIS OF THE DAY'S TOP ISSUES

Background Briefing: May 28, 2020

  Investigating Police Crime We begin with the response to what was seen on television, a white policeman murdering a black man before our eyes with demonstrations and protests in Minneapolis degenerating into burning and looting. Philip Stinson, a Professor in...

Background Briefing: May 27, 2020

  Can the Republicans Get Away With Unpopular Programs While Ignoring Popular Demands? We begin with an analysis of why the Republicans are determined to enact unpopular measures like more tax cuts for the rich, immunity for big corporations, bankrupting the Post...

Background Briefing: May 26, 2020

  Our “Bone Spur” President Trolls a Marine Captain on Memorial Day and Promotes a Vile Conspiracy Theory We begin with Trump’s Memorial Day weekend twitter storm of insults and conspiracy theories in which the “bone spur” president...

Background Briefing: May 25, 2020

As Tribal Divisions Intensify, We Look More and More Like a Failed State We begin on this Memorial Day with Lucian Truscott, a journalist and author who is the son of a U.S. Army Colonel and grandson of a famous American general and a graduate of West Point who has...

Background Briefing: May 24, 2020

  Questioning Trump’s Sanity and Half the Country’s Too We begin with an article in The Atlantic warning of a coming mental health crisis as the coronavirus has laid bare the failings of American heath care and public health. Dr. Allen Frances, a...