What do we mean by “states‘ rights”? Mises scholar, Wanjiru Njoya, takes us through the discussion to show us how different people have tried to define and explain that term.
Amanda Holmes reads Thom Gunn’s “Lament.” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.org. If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman.
This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch.
James is joined once again by Gillian Brockell to discuss the use of private jets to rendition migrants to Africa, safety on ICE Air flights, and commercial airlines who fly for ICE.
Israel rejected a statement from a group of 25 countries that called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and criticised the Israeli government’s system for delivering aid there.
We are joined by Amba Kak and Sarah Myers West — co-directors of the AI Now Institute — to discuss their excellent new Landscape Report on Artificial Power. We discuss Trump’s AI Action Day and his administration’s use of AI as an alibi to justify further consolidating wealth and power into a few hands, while making vague promises about economic growth and technological progress, without actually delivering any material benefits to everyday people. We then get into the AI Now Institute’s Roadmap for Action which lays out a bold, urgent, and practical policy agenda for creating and enforcing regulations on AI.
••• Artificial Power: 2025 Landscape Report | AI Now Institute https://ainowinstitute.org/publications/research/ai-now-2025-landscape-report
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A statement by many foreign ministers has condemned what it calls the "drip feeding" of aid to Palestinians in Gaza. Also: a stolen 16th century painting is returned to an Italian museum.
Judge in Louisville sentences former officer involved in Breonna Taylor raid to 33 months in prison. Harvard argued in federal court that the Trump administration violated the Constitution by cutting more than 2-billion-dollars in federal funding. Actor Malcolm Jamal Warner dead of apparent drowning at 54.
CBS News Correspondent Jennifer Keiper with tonight's World News Roundup.
It is a pivotal moment in Ukraine as Kyiv announced it will hold another round of peace talks with Russia on Wednesday. It's the first such meeting in seven weeks and comes as NATO leaders try to answer Ukraine’s desperate call for more weapons after Moscow launched one of its largest-ever aerial assaults. Nick Schifrin reports. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders