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

Background Briefing: March 5, 2020

  Elizabeth Warren’s Withdrawal From the Presidential Race We begin with Elizabeth Warren’s withdrawal from the Democratic presidential race today and speak with one of her supporters, Moira Donegan, a millennial feminist writer who is a columnist for The...

Background Briefing: March 4, 2020

  Biden’s Dramatic Super Tuesday Turnaround We begin with the surprise turnaround of the Biden campaign after Saturday’s resounding but not unexpected victory in South Carolina to Super Tuesday victories across the country picking up wins in Texas, North...

Background Briefing: March 3, 2020

  Trump Trolls the Democrats For Ganging Up on Bernie Wev begin with this big day of Super Tuesday primary voting in which more than a third of the delegates needed to reach the 1,991 threshold for the Democratic presidential nomination are up for grabs....

Background Briefing: March 2, 2020

  Trump’s Afghan Peace Deal Blows Up Two Days After it is Signed We begin with the Taliban resuming their war against the Afghan Army just days after agreeing to a peace deal with the United States signed in Doha on Saturday. In spite of Secretary of State...

Background Briefing: March 1, 2020

  A Crisis Trump Waited a Month to Deal With We begin with an analysis of the Trump Administration’s response to the growing coronavirus crisis made worst by budget cuts and the purging of professionals in the government to be replaced by amateurish appointees...