Every Monday on The Assignment, host Audie Cornish explores the animating forces of American politics. It’s not about the horserace, it’s about... more
What can we learn from the first great rap battle of the streaming age? Like the ones that came before,... more
Vice President Kamala Harris thinks about everything as a lawyer first. That's an observation CNN Senior Reporter Edward-Isaac Dovere has... more
Bad trips, anti-drug PSAs, and the crackdown under the Controlled Substances Act of 1970 helped stigmatize psychedelics in the U.S.... more
When Mike Johnson worked with Democrats to pass Ukraine war funding, he knew it would enrage the extreme right-wing and... more
Pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses have been met with suspensions, expulsions, and arrests. This week, Audie talks with two people... more
Jon Favreau and Jon Lovett were speechwriters in the Obama White House who, along with Tommy Vietor, decided to venture... more
And does Country need Beyoncé? The likely answer to both of those questions is no. But the discussion Beyoncé sparked seems to... more
While the political world fixates on Donald Trump’s Manhattan criminal trial, the Supreme Court is weighing two decisions that could... more
This week, the Supreme Court ruled that Idaho could temporarily enforce a law that would ban providing gender-affirming care to minors. That... more
When Arizona’s Supreme Court upheld an 1864 law reinstating a near-total ban on abortion, it took most of the country... more
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