Mike Papantonio on the Apple scandal, Wayne Slater on Texas universities, Julia Bacha on her documentary 'My Neighbourhood' and Jim Graves on his race against Michele Bachmann.
Lisa Graves, the executive director of the Center for Media and Democracy gave her view on a demonstration in Washington against ALEC and the National Rifle Association’s push for self-defense laws that have allowed Trayvon Martin’s killer to go unpunished. Also, …
There are new signals coming from The Supreme Court that the entire health care law may be struck down this summer. We asked Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick: What could that mean for the future of health care in America? And how …
We got a firsthand account from inside the Supreme Court from the Center for American Progress’s Ian Millhiser. He was joined by Vince Chhabria, who clerked for US Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. We asked: What are the legal ramifications of …
All eyes are focused on the Supreme Court, as arguments are given for and against providing a universal health care system in this country. We simulated what’s going on inside the Supreme Court with UC Berkeley law professor and healthcare legal …
We sat down with Dr. Harry Edwards, a sociologist, author, scholar and longtime advocate for African American athletes, to put the Trayvon Martin murder into context and to discuss the state of racism for black men in America. Then we shifted …
Michael Mann author of “The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines” told us why the U.S. needs to invest even more in alternative energy solutions. Also up for the president, his health care law will …
We tackled the tragic death of Trayvon Martin, the Florida teen gunned down by a neighborhood watchman. Former Michigan Attorney General Jennifer Granholm provided her perspective on this important legal case that gets to the core of the problem of …
We brought you the latest results from Illinois with Democratic campaign veteran Donnie Fowler of Dogpatch Strategies, and Bay Area pollster David Mermin of Lake Research Partners. They helped dissect the map and discern key trends in the counties of Illinois. We …
We talked about the latest on the campaign trail with our political insiders: Chris Lehane, former White House press secretary for Vice President Al Gore, and Susan Kennedy, chief of staff for former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Reflecting on the …
Are Republican leaders attacking women’s rights to distract us from their lack of a jobs plan? Jennifer Granholm took on the latest battle in the “War on Women,” suggesting that this renewed focus on an “old, reliable issue” like women’s …
Jennifer Granholm and Ben Smith, Editor-in-Chief of BuzzFeed, discussed strategy by gay rights groups pushing a plank for gay marriage rights at the Democratic convention in North Carolina, and Obama’s stance over the duration of his presidency. Tracy Clark-Flory, staff …
The GOP race turns to Missouri, Illinois and Louisiana, and Chris Lehane, an opposition research expert in the Clinton White House and Dan Schnur, the director of the Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics at the University of Southern California and …
We tracked the latest election results from both Alabama and Mississippi, and we got analysis from Donnie Fowler, democratic strategist with Dogpatch Strategies. Michael Shure of “The Young Turks” on Current TV shed light on what’s happening on the ground in Montgomery. …
“The War Room” was joined by Dan Kammen, professor in the energy and resources group at UC Berkeley and Dan Weiss, director of climate strategy for the Center for American Progress. Swapping electoral politics for petropolitics, Jennifer engaged the two on the …
The White House has to be cheering the latest jobs numbers, which continue to show an improvement in the economy. We addressed the state of the economy and the language of the campaign trail with Thomas Frank, author of “Pity the …
It’s International Women’s Day, the perfect time to raise the question: why are the Republicans waging an assault on women’s reproductive rights?
With Kansas, Alabama, Mississippi and Hawaii up next week, we analyzed where the GOP race goes from here. Washington pollster Mark Mellman told us: What will the defining issues be in the general election against President Obama? Jennifer welcomed political operative Ron Klain, …
On tonight’s Super Tuesday-centered episode: We’re tracking the latest results and providing analysis of what’s happening inside the ten states holding Republican primaries.
Current TV’s David Shuster was in Columbus, Ohio tonight reporting from the ground. We also got in-depth analysis from Bill Press, along with Christine Pelosi’s thoughts on Super Tuesday’s ten GOP primaries. For Tennessee coverage we talked with Susan Richardson …
The pressure continued to build on Rush Limbaugh from both sponsors and Republican elected officials for his outrageous commentary about women and contraception. Bob Reich spoke about jobs, manufacturing and the pressures on the middle class in the context of …
Tricia Rose, Professor of Africana Studies; Brown University, spoke about women’s reproductive rights and the senate rejecting a measure that was proposed by Roy Blunt, which would have allowed employers to deny contraceptive coverage to women based on their religious beliefs. …
