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Jonathan Metzl on what's driving polarization in a post-Trump America — and how to fix it Feb 09, 2021

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The "Dying of Whiteness" author talks about what he’s learning from new focus groups and why the 2019 Democratic victories in the Kentucky and Louisiana governor’s races "in the middle of Trumpism" provide a roadmap for bridging the divide.

'The Hate U Give’ author Angie Thomas on the importance of humanizing Black men Feb 02, 2021

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Writing in the wake of the death of George Floyd, Thomas said, “The weight and the responsibility…felt even greater.”

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Former white nationalist Derek Black puts the Jan. 6 insurrection into perspective Jan 26, 2021

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Derek Black, the godson of David Duke and the son of the creator of the website Stormfront, discusses the future of white nationalism in the context of recent events.

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A former White House social secretary shares how an inauguration should look behind the scenes Jan 19, 2021

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Capricia Penavic Marshall knows presidential transitions — at least in years anything close to normal. This hand-off is certainly not that, but let Marshall explain how it ought to unfold in all its process and pageantry.

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Laurence Tribe says Trump should be impeached again — even if a Senate conviction is unlikely Jan 12, 2021

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Tribe, a Harvard constitutional law professor, also discusses his former student Ted Cruz and explains why the push to use Section 3 of the 14th Amendment against Trump is an inadequate response to the violent insurrection he inspired.

Jon Ossoff and the Rev. Raphael Warnock on the issues that would drive them in the Senate Jan 04, 2021

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The Democratic candidates in Georgia are hoping to unseat Republican Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler. Late last year, Ossoff and Warnock were both guests on “Cape Up.” This episode reprises highlights from those conversations.

Jon Ossoff and the ‘movement energy’ he’s tapping in Georgia Dec 15, 2020

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Ossoff, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Georgia, talks about mobilizing voters in the Peach State and the high stakes of what he calls "the most important legislative election in the history of our state.

Symone Sanders has something to say — and now she’ll speak for Kamala Harris Dec 08, 2020

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Sanders, who will be Harris's senior adviser and chief spokeswoman, discusses working for the Bernie Sanders and then Biden campaigns and the incident that inspired the title of her book, “No, You Shut Up: Speaking Truth to Power and Reclaiming America.”

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No one gave Ritchie Torres a shot. He'll soon be the first gay, Afro-Latino member of Congress. Dec 01, 2020

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The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee didn’t support him. The local Democratic Party didn’t support him. AOC didn’t endorse him. So Ritchie Torres of the South Bronx will arrive in Washington as a free man politically.

Julián Castro, a 2020 presidential contender, on why Joe Biden beat him — and Trump Nov 24, 2020

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Castro, a housing and urban development secretary under Barack Obama and former mayor of San Antonio, also discusses the Latino vote in 2020 and the silence among Republicans as President Trump tries to "steal the election.”

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