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

Background Briefing: August 13, 2023

Trump Faces Jeopardy From Reconstruction Era Laws We begin with laws from the 1870s Reconstruction era being applied to Trump’s prosecution with the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871 included in Jack Smith’s January 6 indictments and two prominent conservative law...

Background Briefing: August 10, 2023

  A More Optimistic Electoral Landscape Ahead For 2024 as Reproductive Rights Trump Anti “Wokeness” We begin with encouraging signs that a solid majority of the American electorate is motivated to vote to protect reproductive rights the Supreme Court...

Background Briefing: August 9, 2023

  A Resounding Defeat of an Anti-Abortion Power Grab in Ohio We begin with the resounding 57% to 43% defeat of a Republican power grab in Ohio to block an anti-abortion referendum that is bound to win as others have recently in Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan,...

Background Briefing: August 8, 2023

  The Power Grab by Ohio Republicans Behind Today’s Election We begin with the important vote today in Ohio to stop a cynical Republican power grab aimed at heading off a November referendum for abortion rights that has majority support which the...

Background Briefing: August 7, 2023

Have Putin and Xi Handed a Strategic Opportunity to the West We begin with the possibility that Putin’s disastrous invasion and Xi’s mismanagement of the pandemic have opened a narrow window of strategic opportunity for the West. Joining us is Mathew...