Here's how a leftist, transgender, PhD dropout is winning over white supremacists and more on YouTube.
Guest: Micah Loewinger, producer at WNYC's On The Media.
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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - The Godfather of the Anti-Immigration Movement
How did a small-town eye doctor mastermind an anti-immigration movement premised on racism?
Guest: Hassan Ahmad, founder of the HMA Law Firm in Virginia. He is suing the University of Michigan to unseal the complete archives of the late John Tanton.
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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - Meet the EPA’s Ghost-Writer
A scientist on the outer fringes of his field has been patiently making the case that the U.S. government applies far too conservative controls on toxins in the environment. Now, he’s trying to implement his ideas at the EPA -- by writing a sweeping new rule that could make the agency unable to regulate pollution & other contaminants.
Guest: Susanne Rust, reporter for the Los Angeles Times.
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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - Mueller Speaks
Special Counsel Robert Mueller appeared determined to do two things in his House testimony on Wednesday: carry no water for partisans, and communicate the national security threat of Russia’s interference in U.S. elections.
Guest: Slate’s Dahlia Lithwick, who predicted the Mueller testimony would be a “game of chicken between chickens.”
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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - Puerto Ricans Are Fed Up
The protests in Puerto Rico are about so much more than nasty messages endorsed by the governor. The island’s political grievances were decades in the making -- and even if protesters get the governor to resign, there are more complicated power struggles ahead.
Guest: Natalia Rodríguez Medina, who has been covering Puerto Rico’s protests for Latino Rebels.
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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - How to Stop a Racist Politician
In 1990, David Duke ran for Senate in Louisiana, appalling the Republican establishment and freaking out the Democratic consultant-class. Duke didn’t win -- but he did well enough to feel emboldened, and a year later he launched a campaign for Louisiana governor. The coalition that formed to defeat Duke has some advice for anyone trying to squelch racist policies and rhetoric today.
Guest: Tim J. Wise, author of the books White Like Me: Reflections on Race From a Privileged Son and Dear White America: Letter to a New Minority.
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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - The Border Patrol’s Secretive Culture
“I’m 10-15.” That’s the border patrol code for “alien in custody.” It's also the name of a secret Facebook group where a number of Customs and Border Protection agents posted racist and sexist memes. What about this agency allows such rampant misconduct?
Guest: A.C. Thompson, reporter at ProPublica. Read his story on the secret Border Patrol Facebook group.
Podcast production by Mary Wilson, Jayson De Leon, and Ethan Brooks.
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Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - The End of an Era, and the Cult of the Constitution.
In a week marked by rising rancor, when racist rhetoric ricocheted out of the president’s twitter feed and into a chanting crowd at his reelection rally, the end of an era almost slid under the radar. Dahlia Lithwick reflects on the passing of Justice John Paul Stevens, and the more than symbolic shift from his jurisprudence, his character, to our current state of affairs at the high court and beyond. You can read more here. And Dahlia is joined by Professor Mary Anne Franks of the University of Miami Law School to talk about her book, “The Cult of the Constitution”, how growing up among christian fundamentalists helped her write a book about constitutional extremists, and why there’s still hope for America’s faulty founding document.
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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - Deutsche Bank Is Trying to Wash Its Hands of Trump
Deutsche Bank was the one lender that couldn’t quit Donald Trump. Now the bank holds the key to understanding President Trump’s finances.
Guest: David Enrich, finance editor for the New York Times.
Podcast production by Mary Wilson, Jayson De Leon, and Ethan Brooks
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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - How Trump Is Trying to Outsource His Border Crisis
It was all lined up just how President Trump wanted. A "safe-third-country" agreement with Guatemala was nearly complete, but over the weekend it fell apart. This is the second time the administration has tried to negotiate a safe-third-country agreement with a Central American country. Why is this the thing the Trump administration wants? And where does it leave those who are desperate and seeking asylum in America?
Guest: Jonathan Blitzer, staff writer at the New Yorker. Read his story on how the negotiations between the Trump administration and Guatemala fell apart.
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