• Inside China's citizen spy network
    Jun 6 2024

    In China, Big Brother is most definitely watching. Estimates show up to 16 million Chinese citizens -- from university students to taxi drivers -- are political informants for the government.

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    48 mins
  • 'We are underreacting to how serious this moment is'
    Jun 5 2024

    Many Republicans in Congress are dodging the question of whether they’ll accept this year’s election results. What’s at stake in 2024 if only one party will accept defeat?

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    47 mins
  • How women became America's safety net
    Jun 4 2024

    Other countries have social safety nets. The U.S. has women. In the new book "Holding it Together: How Women Became America's Safety Net," sociologist Jessica Calarco says it’s time that changed.

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    48 mins
  • The power of solitude
    Jun 3 2024

    Being alone often gets a bad rap. But research shows alone time can actually boost overall well-being, increasing our emotional regulation, contentment and creativity.

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    47 mins
  • How Democrats can win back the working class
    May 31 2024

    Democrats are losing working-class voters at an alarming rate, despite the popularity of President Biden’s policies. A roundtable of working-class voters share what Democrats can do to win them back.

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    47 mins
  • The Jackpod: Stop it now, Joe
    May 31 2024

    On Point news analyst Jack Beatty lays out the ways that President Biden’s Gaza policy has been, what New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof calls, “a moral, practical and political failure.”

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    39 mins
  • Big changes and big problems at the U.S. Postal Service
    May 30 2024

    Missing packages. Undelivered letters. If you've been having problems with your mail lately, you're not alone. The USPS is rolling out big changes across the country, from Richmond, Virginia to Santa Clara, California.

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    48 mins
  • A post-mortem on Oregon’s drug decriminalization efforts
    May 29 2024

    Oregon made history in 2020 when it became the first state in the nation to decriminalize small amounts of hard drugs like cocaine, heroin and meth. But last month – the state repealed it. What happened?

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    48 mins