Emily Bazelon, staff writer at the New York Times Magazine, joins the Democracy in Crisis podcast to discuss her latest piece called “Department of Justification,” which discussed the long-shared vision of Steve Bannon, Stephen Miller and Jeff Sessions. Then Kate D. Griffiths joins in to discuss the International Women’s Strike.
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Letter: Joe Flynn responds to Democracy in Crisis column about brother, Michael Flynn
Ed. Note: Joe Flynn, the brother of former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, wrote this letter in response to a Democracy in Crisis story “Flynn’s transformation from ‘Water Brother’ to hardliner” by Baynard Woods. Democracy in Crisis verified the identity of the author but chose not to edit the letter. Baynard: I hope this finds […]
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Democracy in Crisis Podcast: Private prisons in the Trump era
Private prisons in the Trump era and getting (legally) stoned to cover the recent Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), those are the topics on deck for the latest Democracy in Crisis podcast. Last month, Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a memo supporting the federal government’s continuing use of private prisons, rescinding an Obama administration directive […]
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Chuck Grassley calls out Chief Justice Roberts on Senate Floor
Sen. Chuck Grassley took the Senate floor to call out Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday. “The chief justice is part of the problem,” Iowa’s senior senator said. Ten days before the late Atonin Scalia died in February, Roberts made a speech in which he decried the Senate confirmations, saying, “The process is […]
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Clinton returns to Iowa City to speak at the IMU
Hillary Clinton will visit Iowa City again next week, this time speaking at the Iowa Memorial Union in Iowa City on Thursday, Jan. 21. Doors open at 5 p.m. and the event starts at 7:30 p.m. in the Main Lounge of the IMU. Earlier in the day, the former secretary of state will appear at […]
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Meet Clarabelle, the Iowa City dog who’s met ten presidential candidates
Every election cycle has its heroes: those characters who emerge from our nation’s folds to push the political conversation. If 2008 had Joe the Plumber and 2012 brought us entire binders full of women, in 2016 we are lucky enough to have Clarabelle the Dog, an Iowa City resident who’s already met ten presidential candidates […]
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Clinton on Sanders’ surge: ‘I’m not nervous at all’
Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday morning that she’s “not nervous” about the recent gains by her opponent in Iowa. She was asked on NBC’s Today show about Bernie Sanders’ surge as indicated by several recent polls. “I’m working hard, and I intend to keep working as hard as I can until the last vote or […]
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UI alum makes waves at Paris climate talks
Forty-five thousand individual participants and 150 countries gathered at the United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP21, earlier this month in Paris. Among them was UI alum Marcelo Mena-Carrasco, a climate negotiator representing Chile as its Undersecretary of the Environment. “For a moment I felt that my presence at the COP21 was a culmination of […]
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Clinton draws crowd in Iowa City, applauds SCOTUS Gay Marriage ruling
Surrounded by fans and supporters, Hillary Clinton got up close and personal at the Iowa City Public Library on Tuesday, July 7…
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There’s something skunky about medical marijuana in Iowa
When Gov. Terry Branstad signed a bill on May 30 allowing some Iowans to posses cannabidiol oil, an orally-taken cannabis extract that lacks the intoxication effects normally associated marijuana, Iowa joined a list of 33 other states in allowing some form of medical marijuana regulation. Critics have since argued that Iowa’s law is too narrow […]
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Rand Paul to visit Iowa City
Officials announced Tuesday that U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky), a potential Republican frontrunner for the 2016 presidential election, will visit Iowa City on Tuesday, Aug. 5 to headline a fundraising event in support of Dr. Mariannette Miller-Meeks’ congressional campaign. Having snagged the Republican nomination for Iowa’s U.S. House 2nd district in June, Miller-Meeks will take […]
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The war on drugs: A new direction?
When Kanye West said George Bush doesn’t care about black people, a lot of people probably thought he had a point. The former president was under heat for his handling of Hurricane Katrina’s destruction of New Orleans. But long before that, some Republicans had earned the reputation from their opposition to the civil rights movement […]
