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Politics Brief — 88 episodes

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Florida Restores Voting Rights For 1.5 Million Ex-Felons

2

Election Results In New Jersey And Beyond

3

Get Out The Vote

4

Texas' Secret Resistance

5

Anger, Identity and Polarization

6

The Biases Around Women's Voices

7

Climate Change And The Midterms

8

The 2018 Culture War

9

The Wage Gap Issue

10

Who Does The House Of Representatives Represent?

11

A Pipeline In Pennsylvania

12

From The Brian Lehrer Show: Young Voters, Latino Voters

13

Breaking Down The Midterms

14

What Is Deep Canvassing?

15

30 Issues: The Border, the Caravan and Trump

16

White Supremacy Is Running for Office

17

How To Improve Our Election Systems

18

A Hot Congressional Race In New York

19

A Crisis Of Ethics In Washington

20

The Long Island Divide

21

How Our Elections Work

22

Saudi Arabia's Royal "Reformers"

23

Andy Borowitz's Take On Today's News

24

Trump's Curious Relationship With Saudi Arabia

25

The Women Bringing The Resistance To The Suburbs

26

The Booming Jobs Market

27

Dolly Parton's Take On The 19th Amendment

28

Senator Ben Sasse On Political Polarization

29

Are Our Elections Secure?

30

Marc Molinaro, Gubernatorial Candidate

31

The Democrats' Plan For Immigration Policy

32

Trump's Campaign Promises, Two Years Later

33

Black Women And The Democratic National Committee

34

The Future Of Affirmative Action

35

Sheldon Adelson's Big Influence

36

Campaign Workers Form A Union

37

Rebecca Traister On The Power Of Women's Anger

38

The Kavanaugh Cloture Vote

39

Some Immigrants Can Remain In The US

40

#MeToo In Albany

41

Trump's Big Inheritance

42

Trade Wars: A New Economic Order

43

The 90s Roots of Political Tribalism

44

The Future Of Campaign Finance

45

Trump And Healthcare

46

The Most Perfect Album

47

The Supreme Court And Partisanship

48

An Elite "Boys Club"

49

The Reproductive Health Act

50

Getting Young People To Vote, One Step At A Time

51

The United States of Anxiety Presents: The Pedestal

52

Trump At The United Nations General Assembly

53

The Man Running Against Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

54

The McDonald's #MeToo Movement

55

Jill Lepore On America

56

Next Steps in the Kavanaugh Hearings

57

Year Of The Woman

58

The United States of Anxiety Returns

59

The State Of The Subway

60

Revisiting Anita Hill's Testimony

61

Puerto Rico: Before And After The Storm

62

November In New York

63

The End Of Bipartisanship

64

Recap of the New York Primary Results

65

Voter Suppression And Democracy

66

New Hampshire's Hot Primary

67

Postcards To Voters

68

Civic Engagement On Your Block

69

A Century Of Free Speech

70

Cynthia Nixon: The Interview

71

Thursday's Primary: A Preview

72

Julia Salazar And The Democratic Socialists of America

73

Trump And The Economy

74

Democratic Candidates For New York Attorney General Spar In Final Debate

75

Friday Politics Roundup

76

The Supreme Court's Rightward Shift

77

Kathy Hochul, Incumbent Lieutenant Governor

78

Rev. Franklin Graham, Stalwart in Trump's Corner

79

Meet Jumaane Williams, Lieutenant Governor Hopeful

80

Political Campaigns and Childcare

81

Cynthia Nixon’s Hail Mary Hope

82

Grassroots Organizing and a Glimmer of Hope

83

Covering the Alt-Right

84

Help Us Report on Gender and Power

85

Indictment And Impeachment Demystified

86

Perception Versus Reality

87

Reforming the NYC Community Boards

88

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