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Martin Wolf: “The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism”

February 9, 2023 | Clip

A new book takes a look at the colliding interests of democracies and their economies. In “The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism,” Financial Times commentator Martin Wolf argues that this marriage has hit the rocks. He speaks with Walter Isaacson about…

United Nations Development Program

Journey to extremism in Africa: Pathways to recruitment and disengagement

February 7, 2023

The surge in violent extremism in sub-Saharan Africa undermines hard-won development gains and threatens to hold back progress for generations to come. The need to improve understanding of what drives violent extremism in Africa, and what can be done to…

Preserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect Union

Political violence is woven into America’s history

January 20, 2023 | Clip

“Mobs trying to overturn democratic elections are not necessarily new in American history, but it has happened enough that we have to realize it's a symbol of a problem with democracy,” says Columbia University Eric Foner. “Or, a problem with…

Preserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect Union

America’s long, bitter fight for equal voting rights

January 16, 2023 | Clip

Experts discuss the extraordinary tool of accountability voting can be. But for a long time in America, that right was only available to a select group of people—and this was by design. The ability to vote was and is one…

Preserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect Union

How the two major U.S. political parties formed

January 10, 2023 | Clip

President George Washington famously warned against forming political parties, cautioning the nation in his farewell speech as he left office. He predicted that they would sew divisions within America that foreign enemies could manipulate or take advantage of. Today, experts…

Arizona Horizons

2023 Arizona State of the State address and analysis

January 9, 2023 | Episode

Governor Katie Hobbs kicked off the legislative session today by giving her State-of-the-State address and Chuck Coughlin and Karl Gentles discus the speech.

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Two years later, what impact did the Jan. 6th attack have on U.S. democracy?

January 6, 2023 | Episode

On the two year anniversary of the January 6th insurrection, Yale historian Joanne Freeman reflects on the enduring legacy left behind by the attack on the Capitol, and what it means for our democracy now: "What the lying did, what…

WATCH LIVE: President Biden to award 12 Citizens Medals on Jan. 6 anniversary

January 6, 2023

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