Senior politics reporter Jane Coaston joins Dara and Matt to debate the “identity politics” backlash and the prospects for pluralism.
References and further reading:
Bari Weiss' piece on the 'intellectual dark web'
Conor Friedersdorf's piece on how the left fuels the right's bigotry
A new era of cannabis research
Are baby bonds a good investment?
Alexa, is Amazon a monopoly?
Is homelessness a crime?
Abortion and the erosion of privacy
What is “fetal personhood”?
A safety net’s poverty trap
Let’s fix child care together
Bringing back the SAT
The AI election
The case for banning...millionaires?
How racism ages Black people
Skipping the broom
Eviction: the scarlet E
Let’s fix retirement together
How to be a (realistic) climate optimist
How celebrity fandom explains Trump
Why we can’t stop talking about Harvard
Are unions making a comeback?
Why are so many kids missing school?
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