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Stephen Wertheim: America Was Never Exceptional But We Used to Think It Was

Posted September 20, 201701:02:09

Trump is normal in more ways than people care to admit, but he is different in that he parts from the bedrock ideology of American exceptionalism that...

An Olympic-Size Swindle in LA with Molly Lambert and Jules Boykoff

Posted September 15, 201700:36:31

The so-called Olympic spirit doesn’t match the reality of a highly-corporatized Games that often leaves taxpayers picking up the tab, engenders abusive...

Houston: A Segregated Disaster in a Segregated City

Posted September 13, 201702:04:27

This two-hour episode is a look at inequality in Houston from slavery to the present. First, Dan talks to Tyina Steptoe, historian at the University...