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Panama Papers Highlight Secretive Banking on US Soil
Matthew Gardner, Executive Director of The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, an arm of Citizens for Tax Justice (a public interest research and advocacy organization focusing on tax policies and their impact), discusses his op-ed for CNN, which
'ISIS Needs to be Denied Theological Oxygen'
Fawaz Gerges, professor of international relations and contemporary Middle East studies at the London School of Economics and the author of ISIS: A History (Princeton University Press, 2016), says ISIS is a symptom of a breakdown of state institutions f
The Council Response to the Mayor's Budget
As the negotiating begins, New York City Councilmember Julissa Ferreras-Copeland (representing Queens district 21 and Finance Committee Chair) reviews the differences between the Council budget and the mayor's version of the City budget. Councilmember Fe
Sanders and Cruz Pull Double-Digit Victories in Wisconsin
Andrea Bernstein, Senior Editor for Politics & Policy for WNYC News, and Ken Vogel, chief investigative reporter at POLITICO, discuss the results of Wisconsin's presidential primary. Vogel's latest piece is about Trump's security force, which is diff
High Stakes: Mayor Of Atlantic City Resists State Takeover
Once a grand seaside destination, Atlantic City is almost completely out of money. "It used to be that more than 80 percent of our taxes came from casinos. Those days are long gone," said Mayor of Atlantic City, Don Guardian. Since 2010 Atlantic City has
A Panama Papers Primer
James Henry, investigative economist and lawyer and senior fellow at the Columbia University Center On Sustainable Investment and author of The Blood Bankers: Tales from the Global Underground Economy and the forthcoming The Pirate Bankers (Basic Books,
A Growing Sentiment: 'This Isn't the America I Grew Up In'
"This isn't the America I grew up in." That's something we're starting to hear more and more these days, and not just from older white Americans but from black Americans too, said Juan Williams. Williams, a Fox News political analyst and the author of We
Hot Debate: Should Corporations Get Government Subsidies?
Should corporate subsidies be eliminated? Here to debate: Jack Abramoff, former top DC lobbyist who served 43 months in prison for corruption and author of Capitol Punishment: The Hard Truth About Washington Corruption From America's Most Notorious Lobby
Speaking for Bernie
This conversation is part of a series of interviews with representatives of each of the 2016 candidates. Click here to see more. Robert Becker, Bernie 2016 deputy national field director, talks about the Sanders campaign. Cat (with a 'C') donated $5 to S
Kasich Supporters Speak Out
Listeners who are planning to vote for John Kasich in the New York primary call in to make their case. @BrianLehrer OH relatives: #Kasich is wolf in sheep's clothes balanced budget by cutting services; biz, estate taxes https://t.co/5lWAjMTBKp — KO'D (@K