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Hispanic voters: America’s political future
April 10, 2022 – Latinos are the fastest-growing segment of the American population and could steer its political future, picking those who control the U.S. House, Senate, and presidency.


“As long as we have this black-white dichotomy between the parties the real battleground is going to be over Hispanics,” says M.V. “Trey” Hood, a political scientist with the University of Georgia.

The Politics of Ketanji
First Black Female Court Nominee on the ‘Defensive’
March 20, 2022 – First Black female U.S. Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson will face criticism this week from Senate Republicans for serving as a public defender.

“You’ve got a few guys up there running for president in 2024,” USA Today Supreme Court Correspondent John Fritze says. “They care about firing up the Trump base of the party.”

Rom Com to Rebellion, Irish Film Part of America
March 6, 2022 – Decades of Irish movies focus on the theme of the island’s violent struggle to free itself from British rule.

“Happiness is not really a prevailing characteristic of the Irish,” says Irish Studies Professor Socky O’Sullivan. “We tend to actually celebrate our troubles.”

The Politics of the U.S. Intelligence
Radical Break from Past Strategies Stumps Russians

March 6, 2022 – Twenty years after colossal blunders claiming Iraq weapons of mass destruction and failing to intercept the 911 hijackers, U.S. Intelligence agencies are being praised for exposing Russian plans to invade the Ukraine.

“Someone decided to make a pretty radical break from what has been the practice for decades,” former New York Times national security reporter Scott Shane said. “What they did at each stage is they put the intelligence out.”

The Politics of the Putin
Could His Ukraine Bullying Backfire?

February 27, 2022 – Russia may capture the Ukraine capital, but the well-armed opponent could become Vladimir Putin’s Afghanistan.

“He’s asking for trouble,” former longtime Russian correspondent Will Englund says. “You’ll have a guerilla war.”

The Politics of the Robert T. Lincoln
Lincoln Son Close to Three Presidential Assassinations

February 20, 2022 – Our President’s Day edition focuses on how Abraham Lincoln’s son, Robert T., detested politics after his father’s assassination.

“The Republican Party tried five times to run him for president,” Robert T.’s biographer Jason Emerson says. “He said ‘To me the presidency is nothing but a gilded prison.’”