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The Democrats' messaging problem, and how to fix it

From infrastructure to child care, Democrats are pushing for issues with broad public support. So why do so many Americans believe our country is headed in the wrong direction?

47:22Jan 21, 2022

Web Extra: A survivor discovers her brain injury, and takes her power back

'That was the day that I took some of my power back. He didn't own me anymore.'

10:26Jan 20, 2022

First Person: 'The shame did not belong to me. The shame belonged on him'

The suffering caused by domestic violence is emotional, spiritual and physical. But there's one aspect of that suffering that is almost invisible: brain injury. Survivor Freya Doe shares her story....

13:15Jan 20, 2022

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An 'invisible epidemic': Survivors of domestic violence on living with traumatic brain injury

An 'invisible epidemic' is causing suffering in millions of women. It affects memory, concentration, balance. We discuss traumatic brain injuries in survivors of domestic violence.

47:17Jan 20, 2022

An unidentified student is administered a test by a Wild Health nurse during a COVID-19 testing day at Brandeis Elementary School on August 17, 2021 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Jon Cherry/Getty Images)

Making sense of the COVID strategy in America's schools

The White House promises schools 10 million COVID tests every month. But some medical experts say testing in schools may hurt more than help. Health experts join us to make...

47:19Jan 19, 2022

Dan Bongino, a conservative commentator, is photographed in Stuart, Florida on Thursday, March 18, 2021. (Photo by Calla Kessler for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Far-right radio and the fight for American democracy

Hard-right talk radio and podcasts have influence and reach. For their audiences, the Jan. 6 insurrection was just the beginning. We explore what far-right radio and podcasts are telling Americans...

47:34Jan 18, 2022

In this 1960 file photo, Martin Luther King Jr. speaks in Atlanta. (AP Photo, File)

Exploring the history and future of Atlanta's civil rights legacy

Atlanta has been the cradle of civil rights leadership in the past. But what about its future? We explore Atlanta's legacy, and future leadership in the pursuit of civil rights.

47:12Jan 17, 2022

Attorney Waverly Harkins takes a cell phone photograph of the expanded view of newly proposed congressional boundaries between Hinds and Madison counties following a meeting of the Joint Congressional Redistricting and Legislative Reapportionment Committees at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

How redistricting is changing America's voting maps

Redistricting. The process of creating maps to determine who represents you at the state and federal level. Independent commissions were supposed to take the politics out of this process. We...

46:41Jan 14, 2022

Health care workers Henry Paul, from left, Ray Akindele, Wilta Brutus and Leslie Powers process COVID-19 rapid antigen tests. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

A scientist's rapid COVID tests never made it to the public. Here's how that shaped the pandemic

In March 2020, an MIT scientist developed a cheap, rapid COVID test -- giving results in just 15 minutes. It could have been a game changer early in the pandemic,...

47:32Jan 13, 2022

Elizabeth Holmes, the founder and former CEO of blood testing and life sciences company Theranos, arrives for the first day of jury selection in her fraud trial, outside Federal Court in San Jose, California, on Aug. 31, 2021. (Nick Otto/AFP/Getty Images)

The Elizabeth Holmes trial: Fraud, funding and a reckoning for Silicon Valley

Elizabeth Holmes became a tech billionaire through fraud. Now, she faces years in prison. Will Silicon Valley’s ‘fake it till you make it’ culture face an overall reckoning?

47:27Jan 12, 2022

Linsey Jones, a medical assistant working at a drive-up COVID-19 testing clinic, wears an N95 mask, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022, in Puyallup, Wash., south of Seattle. People using the facility, which is being run by the Pierce County Dept. of Emergency Management, faced waits of several hours Tuesday for testing. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Making sense of the COVID pandemic's omicron phase

You've heard the headlines about record-breaking omicron cases. But are case number the wrong way to look at COVID?

47:24Jan 11, 2022

An American flag flutters in the wind over the charred remains of vehicles and a home destroyed by wildfires Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022, in Superior, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

First Person: 2 Colorado residents on how Western wildfires have shaped their lives

Are cities in the West prepared for a perpetual fire season? 2 Colorado residents share how Western wildfires in Superior, CO and Louisville, CO have shaped their lives.

07:56Jan 10, 2022

A fire still burns in a home destroyed by the Marshall Wildfire in Louisville, Colo., on Dec. 31, 2021. (Jack Dempsey/AP)

How cities in the West can prepare for the Western wildfire threat

Wildfires aren't just in the wilderness anymore. We discuss resilience, retrofit and the urgent need for new regulations as fires threaten Western American cities.

47:33Jan 10, 2022

A voter casts his ballot in Georgia's 6th Congressional District special election at a polling site in Sandy Springs, Ga., Tuesday, June 20, 2017. (David Goldman/AP)

Voting access and the future of American election reform

Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer is pushing election reform – no matter what it takes. Some members of the GOP has other plans. What does that mean for American democracy?

47:14Jan 7, 2022

FILE - Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., speaks during the House select committee hearing on the Jan. 6 attack on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 27, 2021. The House Oversight Committee is demanding the Justice Department provide answers about whether Biden administration officials have any plans to procure the drug used in federal executions despite an ongoing moratorium on capital punishment. The demand was made late Wednesday, Dec. 16, in a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland by Raskin and Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass. (AP Photo/ Andrew Harnik, Pool, File)

Jamie Raskin on surviving tragedy, and his refusal to let America lose its democracy

In December 2020, Representative Jamie Raskin lost his son. A few days later, he watched in horror as America almost lost its democracy.

47:20Jan 6, 2022

A group of West Virginians bundled against the cold wait by the entrance to the yacht club where Senator Joe Manchin (R-WV) lives. (Joy Asico/AP Images for CPD Action)

What West Virginians need from Biden's social spending plan

Senator Joe Manchin torpedoed the Biden administration's social spending plan, for now. But West Virginians want answers. We learn what West Virginians need, and what their senator is willing to...

47:15Jan 5, 2022

A woman shops at the Dollar Tree store in Alhambra, California, December 10, 2021. The store is known for its $1 items, but due to inflation, prices to $1.25. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)

From inflation to rate hikes: The Money Ladies' guide to the 2022 economy

Inflation, rate hikes, tax credits and more. Michelle Singletary and Rana Foroohar guide us through what's to come in 2022.

47:34Jan 4, 2022

Seeking information flyers produced by the FBI are photographed on Dec. 20, 2021. The Justice Department has undertaken the largest investigation in its history with the probe into rioters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

Inside the DOJ's Jan. 6 investigation

More than 700 people have been arrested in connection with the January 6th Capitol attack. Many of those defendants are using the same defense — that Donald Trump invited them...

46:56Jan 3, 2022

Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and former Secretary of State Colin Powell. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

From unknown successes to personal disillusionment: What the public doesn't know about Colin Powell

Colin Powell served America at its highest levels. Joint Chiefs Chairman. Secretary of State. A man both celebrated and tarnished by war. We look back on his life and legacy...

47:25Dec 31, 2021

A LulaRoe clothing sales business inside an apartment. (Jeremy Drey/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images)

Multi-level marketing companies and the disinformation they sell

Multi-level marketing distributors claim to sell life-changing products. They’re also selling something else -- misleading product claims and disinformation.

46:37Dec 30, 2021

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The Democrats' messaging problem, and how to fix it

Web Extra: A survivor discovers her brain injury, and takes her power back

First Person: 'The shame did not belong to me. The shame belonged on him'

An 'invisible epidemic': Survivors of domestic violence on living with traumatic brain injury

Making sense of the COVID strategy in America's schools

Far-right radio and the fight for American democracy

Exploring the history and future of Atlanta's civil rights legacy

How redistricting is changing America's voting maps

A scientist's rapid COVID tests never made it to the public. Here's how that shaped the pandemic

The Elizabeth Holmes trial: Fraud, funding and a reckoning for Silicon Valley

Making sense of the COVID pandemic's omicron phase

First Person: 2 Colorado residents on how Western wildfires have shaped their lives

How cities in the West can prepare for the Western wildfire threat

Voting access and the future of American election reform

Jamie Raskin on surviving tragedy, and his refusal to let America lose its democracy

What West Virginians need from Biden's social spending plan

From inflation to rate hikes: The Money Ladies' guide to the 2022 economy

Inside the DOJ's Jan. 6 investigation

From unknown successes to personal disillusionment: What the public doesn't know about Colin Powell

Multi-level marketing companies and the disinformation they sell

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The Democrats' messaging problem, and how to fix it

Web Extra: A survivor discovers her brain injury, and takes her power back

First Person: 'The shame did not belong to me. The shame belonged on him'

An 'invisible epidemic': Survivors of domestic violence on living with traumatic brain injury

Making sense of the COVID strategy in America's schools

Far-right radio and the fight for American democracy

Exploring the history and future of Atlanta's civil rights legacy

How redistricting is changing America's voting maps

A scientist's rapid COVID tests never made it to the public. Here's how that shaped the pandemic

The Elizabeth Holmes trial: Fraud, funding and a reckoning for Silicon Valley

Making sense of the COVID pandemic's omicron phase

First Person: 2 Colorado residents on how Western wildfires have shaped their lives

How cities in the West can prepare for the Western wildfire threat

Voting access and the future of American election reform

Jamie Raskin on surviving tragedy, and his refusal to let America lose its democracy

What West Virginians need from Biden's social spending plan

From inflation to rate hikes: The Money Ladies' guide to the 2022 economy

Inside the DOJ's Jan. 6 investigation

From unknown successes to personal disillusionment: What the public doesn't know about Colin Powell

Multi-level marketing companies and the disinformation they sell