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 May 23, 2020
loved the Billy Porter interview!

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Opinion writer Jonathan Capehart talks with newsmakers who challenge your ideas on politics, and explore how race, religion, age, gender and cultural identity are redrawing the lines that both divide and unite America. "Capehart" is a podcast from Washington Post Opinions, with conversations adapted from Washington Post Live events.

Episode Date
Jon Bon Jovi on a new Hulu docuseries and the 40th anniversary of his band's debut album
Apr 25, 2024
Best Of: Colin Jost on his journey to SNL and the power of comedy
Apr 11, 2024
Alex Edelman on ‘Just for Us’ and the state of Jewish comedy
Apr 04, 2024
Adam Bry on the future of drones at home and in the battlefield
Mar 28, 2024
Regina King on bringing groundbreaking lawmaker Shirley Chisholm to the big screen
Mar 21, 2024
Julio Torres on his surrealist take on the U.S. immigration system, ‘Problemista’
Mar 14, 2024
Rep. Ro Khanna on why he’s calling for a permanent cease-fire in the Israel-Gaza war
Mar 08, 2024
Jeffrey Wright on ‘American Fiction,’ identity and ‘improving discourse’ regarding race in the U.S.
Feb 29, 2024
A’ja Wilson on inspiring the next generation with ‘Dear Black Girls’
Feb 22, 2024
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston on the ‘catastrophe’ of U.S. immigration policy
Feb 15, 2024
Post Opinions: The Disorienting Feeling of Being American Amid the Israel-Gaza War
Feb 08, 2024
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor on the journey from ‘Caste’ to ‘Origin’
Feb 02, 2024
Michele Norris shines light on ’Our Hidden Conversations’
Jan 25, 2024
David Oyelowo on bringing the first Black deputy U.S. marshal west of the Mississippi River to life
Jan 18, 2024
Justin Pearson on continuing the legacy of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Jan 11, 2024
Best of: Colson Whitehead on ‘Crook Manifesto’ and his Harlem trilogy
Dec 28, 2023
Best of: How Ruth E. Carter brings Black style to the big screen
Dec 21, 2023
Michelle Ebanks is forging the Apollo Theater’s next act
Dec 14, 2023
Adrienne Warren and Marissa Jo Cerar dig into ‘Black Cake’
Dec 07, 2023
Lily Gladstone and Erica Tremblay on their ‘love letter’ to Native communities
Nov 30, 2023
Best of: Ned Blackhawk on ‘The Rediscovery of America’
Nov 23, 2023
The Empty Grave of Comrade Bishop: ‘Somebody knows’
Nov 19, 2023
Tzipi Livni and Rula Jebreal share their perspectives on the Israel-Gaza war
Nov 14, 2023
Rob Rubba on charting Oyster Oyster’s sustainable path
Nov 09, 2023
Rep. Goldman on his first term in the House, and being in Israel on Oct. 7
Nov 03, 2023
Jada Pinkett Smith corrects the record
Oct 19, 2023
Raoul Peck turns his lens on the land dispossession of Black owners
Oct 12, 2023
Drew Gilpin Faust on her mid-century path to civil rights activism
Oct 05, 2023
Samantha Power on climate change’s disproportionate impact on women
Sep 28, 2023
Michele Norris on the importance of ‘Your Mama’s Kitchen’
Sep 14, 2023
Best of: Mark Whitaker on 1966 – the year Black Power challenged the civil rights movement
Sep 07, 2023
Best of: Chasten Buttigieg has something to say about coming out and acceptance
Aug 31, 2023
Best of: Maya Moore Irons and Jonathan Irons on ‘Love & Justice’
Aug 24, 2023
Pete Berg on the Sackler family and his new series, ‘Painkiller’
Aug 17, 2023
Alicia Roth Weigel on new documentary about intersex community
Aug 11, 2023
Paul Ortiz on Florida’s efforts to curtail the teaching of Black history
Aug 03, 2023
Christine Emba and Richard Reeves explore masculinity and modern men
Jul 27, 2023
Colson Whitehead on ‘Crook Manifesto’ and his Harlem trilogy
Jul 20, 2023
Lisa Jackson on Apple’s response to the Supreme Court’s affirmative action decision
Jul 13, 2023
How Ruth E. Carter brings Black style to the big screen
Jul 06, 2023
Assistant HHS Secretary Rachel Levine on disparate health outcomes in Black and Brown communities
Jun 29, 2023
Gov. Roy Cooper on fighting for abortion rights in North Carolina
Jun 22, 2023
Best of: Demetre Daskalakis on the quest for an HIV vaccine
Jun 15, 2023
Carlos Simon on composing music to honor George Floyd’s life
Jun 08, 2023
Keith Ellison reflects on the third anniversary of George Floyd’s murder
Jun 01, 2023
White House domestic policy adviser Susan Rice’s exit interview
May 25, 2023
Oscar Munoz’s ‘quintessentially American’ story - that started in Mexico
May 18, 2023
Chasten Buttigieg has something to say about coming out and acceptance
May 11, 2023
Kristina Ishmael on digital barriers to equitable education
May 04, 2023
Ned Blackhawk on ‘The Rediscovery of America’
Apr 27, 2023
Joan Biskupic on the rise of the Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority
Apr 20, 2023
Best of: Nikki Giovanni is against banning any book
Apr 13, 2023
Mickalene Thomas on Black women’s place in the western art canon
Apr 06, 2023
Anna Deavere Smith and Arne Duncan on their new opera ‘The Walkers’
Mar 30, 2023
Richard Parsons pushes to make asset management more equitable
Mar 23, 2023
Elizabeth Way and Elena Romero on how hip-hop transformed fashion
Mar 16, 2023
Demetre Daskalakis on the quest for an HIV vaccine
Mar 09, 2023
Mitch Landrieu’s plan to bring manufacturing back to the United States
Mar 02, 2023
Mayor Levar Stoney on preserving history while tearing down Confederate statues
Feb 23, 2023
Vanita Gupta on police reform, accountability and culture
Feb 14, 2023
Mark Whitaker on 1966 – the year Black Power challenged the civil rights movement
Feb 08, 2023
Maya Moore Irons and Jonathan Irons on ‘Love & Justice’
Jan 31, 2023
Best of: Wes Moore on becoming Maryland’s first African American governor
Jan 24, 2023
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins on ‘Kindred’ and reexamining American slavery through science fiction
Jan 18, 2023
Bill Nighy on ‘Living,’ mortality and ‘Love Actually’
Jan 10, 2023
Best of: Michael R. Jackson’s ‘big, Black and queer’ musical, ‘A Strange Loop’
Jan 03, 2023
Best of: Inside the personal and political life of Democratic strategist Lis Smith
Dec 27, 2022
Elegance Bratton on the masculinity of forgiveness
Dec 20, 2022
Cherry Jones and Vera Farmiga on ‘Five Days at Memorial’
Dec 13, 2022
Wes Moore on becoming Maryland’s first African American governor
Dec 06, 2022
Best of: Michael Fanone’s battle for accountability for Jan. 6
Nov 29, 2022
Linda Thomas-Greenfield’s journey from the segregated South to the United Nations
Nov 22, 2022
Matthew F. Delmont on Black Americans fighting for ‘double victory’ in WWII
Nov 15, 2022
Wendell Pierce puts ‘Death of A Salesman’ in a whole new light
Nov 08, 2022
Rahul Gupta on fentanyl and the nightmare of synthetic drugs
Nov 01, 2022
Michael Fanone’s battle for accountability for Jan. 6
Oct 25, 2022
Sen. Gary Peters on what’s at stake this midterm season
Oct 18, 2022
Nikki Giovanni is against banning any book
Oct 11, 2022
Nina Totenberg and Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s decades-long friendship
Oct 04, 2022
Steve Phillips on ‘How We Win the Civil War’
Sep 27, 2022
Ibram X. Kendi encourages kids to ask difficult questions about U.S. history
Sep 20, 2022
From ‘Pose’ to ‘Loot,’ Michaela Jaé Rodriguez explains who she’s always been
Sep 13, 2022
Billy Porter’s unstoppable journey
Sep 06, 2022
Lena Waithe and Rishi Rajani give an insider’s view of representation in Hollywood
Aug 30, 2022
Katy Tur on the promise and peril of a family in breaking news journalism
Aug 23, 2022
Jason Kander opens up about politics, PTSD, masculinity and ‘Invisible Storm’
Aug 16, 2022
The Midwest mayor fighting gun violence and defending abortion
Aug 09, 2022
Heather McGhee on how to move past racist ‘zero sum politics’ and prosper together
Aug 02, 2022
Inside the personal and political life of Democratic strategist Lis Smith
Jul 26, 2022
Tonya Lewis Lee on ‘Aftershock’ and America’s Black maternal mortality crisis
Jul 19, 2022
Vanita Gupta on the future of policing and American democracy
Jul 12, 2022
Danyel Smith’s ‘Very Personal History’ gives Black women of pop music their due
Jul 05, 2022
Raphael Warnock’s push for a new America
Jun 28, 2022
Robin Thede on comedically reflecting on Black America through ‘A Black Lady Sketch Show’
Jun 21, 2022
Michael R. Jackson’s ‘big, Black and queer’ musical, ‘A Strange Loop’
Jun 14, 2022
Eric Holder on the violent past and imperiled future of voting
Jun 07, 2022
Jeff Nussbaum on history’s ‘undelivered’ speeches
May 31, 2022
The ‘constant barrage of tragedy’ shaping Black America
May 24, 2022
“Broken Doors,” Episode 1
May 20, 2022
Illinois governor says ‘hell no’ to overturning Roe v. Wade
May 17, 2022
Danyel Smith’s ‘Very Personal History’ gives Black women of pop music their due
May 10, 2022
Four years in Jackie Robinson’s life
Apr 29, 2022
Janelle Monáe redefines the American Dream
Apr 26, 2022
Telling the full history of a Founding Father’s plantation
Apr 19, 2022
Harvey Fierstein on his memoir and LGBT kids today
Apr 12, 2022
The significance of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson
Apr 05, 2022
Mariama Diallo and Zoe Renee on the horror of microaggressions in ‘Master’
Mar 29, 2022
Wil Haygood on representation and ‘colorization’ in film
Mar 22, 2022
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on how sanctions work to isolate Russia
Mar 15, 2022
Congresswoman Stephanie Murphy on Russia, Jan. 6 and why she isn't seeking a fourth term
Mar 08, 2022
Rep. Joyce Beatty on the nomination of a Black woman to the Supreme Court
Mar 01, 2022
A conversation with Janai S. Nelson
Feb 22, 2022
Al Franken is 'the only former U.S. senator currently on tour'
Feb 15, 2022
Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn talks hard-fought success in 'Rise'
Feb 08, 2022
Is the U.S. on a path to civil war? This political scientist thinks so.
Feb 01, 2022
What happens if Russia invades Ukraine?
Jan 25, 2022
The Rev. Al Sharpton on voting rights and 'righteous troublemakers'
Jan 18, 2022
Jamie Raskin on 'Trauma, Truth and the Trials of American Democracy'
Jan 11, 2022
Carmelo Anthony shares his story in 'Where Tomorrows Aren't Promised'
Jan 04, 2022
A holiday message from Jonathan
Dec 28, 2021
'Citizen Ashe' traces the life and career of a tennis legend
Dec 21, 2021
Billy Porter on growing up Black and gay in America
Dec 14, 2021
Charles Blow's memoir is now an operatic masterpiece
Dec 07, 2021
Michael J. Fox gets personal about Parkinson's
Nov 30, 2021
Stevie Van Zandt's 'Unrequited Infatuations'
Nov 23, 2021
Billie Jean King writes her biography — again
Nov 16, 2021
Paris Hilton's fight against the 'troubled teen industry'
Nov 09, 2021
John Legend isn't just an artist. He's an activist.
Nov 02, 2021
A message from Jonathan
Sep 28, 2021
Explaining the debt ceiling in plain English
Sep 21, 2021
'The monuments were murder'
Sep 14, 2021
Rep. Andy Kim on anti-Asian hate
Sep 07, 2021
Sen. Jeff Merkley's decade-long push for filibuster reform
Aug 31, 2021
The Republican Party is still in thrall to Donald Trump. Its members could learn from Stuart Stevens
Aug 24, 2021
We need more honest teaching of America's painful history
Aug 17, 2021
Ibram X. Kendi explains why racist policies — not people — are the problem
Aug 10, 2021
Equity is about more than just hiring diverse employees
Aug 03, 2021
Texas state Rep. Senfronia Thompson explains why she joined the Austin walkout
Jul 27, 2021
Mitch Landrieu says when it comes to race, 'people are closing their eyes to basic history'
Jul 20, 2021
Robin DiAngelo explains why White progressives have such a hard time confronting racism
Jul 13, 2021
How Ty Seidule went from revering Robert E. Lee to being one of his fiercest detractors
Jul 06, 2021
Rashad Robinson is an intersectional leader fighting for equity and justice
Jun 29, 2021
Linda Thomas-Greenfield talks about Black Lives Matter and her experiences as a career diplomat
Jun 22, 2021
Lonnie Bunch contextualizes this fraught moment in America's racial narrative
Jun 15, 2021
HRC's Alphonso David on the fight for LGBTQ equality in 2021
Jun 08, 2021
Deon Jones protested George Floyd's murder. He's suing LAPD for shooting him with a rubber bullet.
Jun 01, 2021
Keith Ellison reflects on the year since the murder of George Floyd
May 25, 2021
How Ty Seidule went from revering Robert E. Lee to being one of his fiercest detractors
May 18, 2021
Mayor Muriel Bowser discusses the future of Black Lives Matter Plaza and D.C. without Donald Trump
May 11, 2021
What do progressives think of Joe Biden now that he's president? Rep. Pramila Jayapal is happy.
May 04, 2021
Karol Mason on the killing of George Floyd and the issue we must address: 'The fear of Black people'
Apr 27, 2021
PwC's chair talks about the role U.S. business leaders should play in America's racial reckoning
Apr 20, 2021
Rebecca Carroll talks about her experience as a Black woman being raised by White parents
Apr 13, 2021
Heather McGhee explains how racism keeps everyone from having nice things
Apr 06, 2021
Sen. Jeff Merkley has been pushing for filibuster reform since 2011. This time, he might get it done
Mar 30, 2021
Rep. Andy Kim talks about the impact of anti-Asian hate: 'I wish I knew what to say to my kids'
Mar 23, 2021
Rep. Karen Bass believes now is the time for police reform: 'The stars are aligned right now'
Mar 16, 2021
Mae Jemison, the first Black woman in space, is still reaching for the stars
Mar 09, 2021
Charles Blow wants Black Americans to move back to the South to gain real political power
Mar 02, 2021
Lee Daniels and Andra Day on the hidden activist life of Billie Holiday
Feb 23, 2021
Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain on the 400-year story of Black people in America
Feb 16, 2021
Jonathan Metzl on what's driving polarization in a post-Trump America — and how to fix it
Feb 09, 2021
'The Hate U Give’ author Angie Thomas on the importance of humanizing Black men
Feb 02, 2021
Former white nationalist Derek Black puts the Jan. 6 insurrection into perspective
Jan 26, 2021
A former White House social secretary shares how an inauguration should look behind the scenes
Jan 19, 2021
Laurence Tribe says Trump should be impeached again — even if a Senate conviction is unlikely
Jan 12, 2021
Jon Ossoff and the Rev. Raphael Warnock on the issues that would drive them in the Senate
Jan 04, 2021
Jon Ossoff and the ‘movement energy’ he’s tapping in Georgia
Dec 15, 2020
Symone Sanders has something to say — and now she’ll speak for Kamala Harris
Dec 08, 2020
No one gave Ritchie Torres a shot. He'll soon be the first gay, Afro-Latino member of Congress.
Dec 01, 2020
Julián Castro, a 2020 presidential contender, on why Joe Biden beat him — and Trump
Nov 24, 2020
Ilhan Omar: 'Rift' between progressive, moderate Dems 'isn't as strong as it's being made out to be'
Nov 17, 2020
Raphael Warnock believes he'll win in Georgia. He tells us why.
Nov 10, 2020
Michael Steele, former RNC chairman: 'Donald Trump is the biggest block to the American Dream'
Nov 03, 2020
Caroline Rose Giuliani, daughter of Rudy, says Trump 'has this echo chamber of lies around him'
Oct 27, 2020
Brittney Cooper explains why Trump is polling historically well with Black men
Oct 20, 2020
MJ Hegar wants to bring Texas values to the Senate. She says John Cornyn lacks backbone and courage.
Oct 13, 2020
Sen. Chris Coons believes John McCain and John Lewis each left us an urgent message
Oct 06, 2020
The Rev. Al Sharpton discusses why it is imperative to 'Rise Up' in this moment
Sep 29, 2020
Stuart Stevens was an uncompromising Republican — until Donald Trump
Sep 22, 2020
Derek Black was groomed to be the new face of white nationalism. Now he's working against it.
Jul 28, 2020
Michelle Lujan Grisham on U.S. covid-19 response: 'Most outrageous environment I’ve ever worked in'
Jul 22, 2020
Tammy Duckworth: Trump ‘cares more about dead traitors than he does about our troops’
Jul 21, 2020
What Susan Rice thinks she could bring to a Biden administration
Jul 15, 2020
‘This election is a matter of life and death:’ Karen Bass talks race, covid-19 and the election
Jul 14, 2020
Kamala Harris: 'This is the time to act' on police reform — and those reforms need teeth
Jul 07, 2020
We aren't paying enough attention to the impact of the pandemic on the arts
Jun 30, 2020
'We're all struggling with this': The Army's top enlisted service member opens up about race
Jun 23, 2020
The author of ‘White Rage’ on the persistent pattern of punishing blacks for their resilience
Jun 16, 2020
Civil rights icon John Lewis is ‘deeply moved’ by today’s demonstrations
Jun 09, 2020
The author of ‘White Fragility’ doesn’t think ‘most white people care about racial injustice’
Jun 02, 2020
Why this candidate for West Virginia governor isn't even the focal point of his own campaign
May 26, 2020
Think no one can defeat Lindsey Graham? 'Watch me!' his Democratic opponent says.
May 19, 2020
Why Billy Porter says he can’t be a politician
May 15, 2020
The eerie similarities between the killings of Ahmaud Arbery and Trayvon Martin
May 12, 2020
‘Dying of whiteness’ during the coronavirus pandemic
May 05, 2020
Coronavirus is exploiting ‘the fissures of society,’ the Rev. William Barber says
Apr 28, 2020
How Michigan's governor and Chicago's mayor are battling coronavirus
Apr 24, 2020
America 'has been abused by this president,' former RNC chairman Michael Steele says
Apr 21, 2020
‘I was right’ about the G-spot, says Dr. Ruth
Apr 14, 2020
Coronavirus is a totally different disaster for philanthropies to handle
Apr 07, 2020
240,000 coronavirus deaths: ‘In what circle of hell is that a good outcome,’ asks Susan Rice
Apr 03, 2020
‘No such thing as social distancing’ when you’re incarcerated.'
Mar 31, 2020
An insight into Kamala Harris, a potential VP for Biden
Mar 24, 2020
Val Demings says the VP talk is 'such an honor'
Mar 17, 2020
Election forecaster Rachel Bitecofer explains "the reason Joe Biden is the nominee"
Mar 10, 2020
Chasten Buttigieg reflects on husband's presidential campaign
Mar 03, 2020
Why Pete Buttigieg thinks he's the one to beat Donald Trump
Feb 25, 2020
Richie Jackson on why being gay is a gift
Feb 18, 2020
Doug Jones's impeachment vote was more courageous than Romney's
Feb 12, 2020
Deval Patrick to Democrats: ‘Others have plans, I have results’
Feb 04, 2020
Jonathan Metzl on how white identity permeates policymaking outside of Washington
Jan 28, 2020
Rep. Swalwell on impeachment: ‘America won’t get a fair trial if witnesses don’t testify’
Jan 21, 2020
Why Silicon Valley’s congressman is all in for Bernie Sanders
Jan 14, 2020
Kevin Sheekey, Bloomberg campaign manager: 'We're running to replace the president'
Dec 17, 2019
Stacey Abrams: 'We can't simply win the race. We have to win the system.'
Dec 10, 2019
Starbucks COO Rosalind Brewer on race and leadership
Dec 03, 2019
Kamala Harris says Trump “has a reason to be afraid” of her
Nov 26, 2019
Pamela Newkirk on the failure of diversity initiatives and what we can do instead
Nov 19, 2019
Cory Booker explains why he's running for president
Nov 12, 2019
The unexpected life of Valerie Jarrett
Nov 05, 2019
Chef Jose Andres: 'Hunger is beyond politics'
Oct 29, 2019
Michael Steele to Democrats: 'Trust Nancy'
Oct 22, 2019
Cecile Richards's message to American women: 'Don’t wait.'
Oct 15, 2019
Heidi Heitkamp on Trump’s reckless strategies: ‘You cannot lead a party of one’
Oct 08, 2019
House Democrats finally catch up with Maxine Waters on impeachment
Oct 01, 2019
What does a journalist fear about Putin? ‘They’re the exact same things that scare me about Trump.’
Sep 24, 2019
Why Nancy Pelosi says it doesn’t matter whether Trump can be trusted
Sep 16, 2019
Biden responds to 'gaffes' criticism: 'What is it that I said wrong?'
Aug 30, 2019
From Stonewall to an openly gay presidential candidate
Jun 28, 2019
Voices: Passing the baton
Jun 06, 2019
Voices: The power of nonviolent resistance
May 30, 2019
Voices: How music propelled the civil rights movement
May 23, 2019
Voices: How segregationist George Wallace became a model for racial reconciliation
May 16, 2019
Voices: Women of the civil rights movement
May 09, 2019
Coming up on ‘Voices of the Movement’ …
May 02, 2019
Voices: The story of Bloody Sunday and today’s pilgrimage to Selma
Apr 25, 2019
Voices: How MLK's famous letter was smuggled out of jail
Apr 18, 2019
Voices: Children ‘stripped of innocence’
Apr 11, 2019
Voices of the Movement: The day Martin Luther King Jr. died
Apr 04, 2019
Coming soon: Voices of the Movement, a special project from Cape Up
Mar 25, 2019
Schumer’s push on voting rights: 'Wake up and smell the coffee, Chief Justice'
Mar 07, 2019
What Trump needs to learn about Frederick Douglass
Feb 28, 2019
How Derek Black went from being the golden boy of white nationalism to its outspoken critic
Feb 26, 2019
Why the most productive conversations around race, are probably the ones you never hear.
Feb 21, 2019
‘Go ahead and have the theater’: Rep. Karen Bass knows there’s no actual emergency
Feb 19, 2019
Jazz artist Wynton Marsalis says rap and hip-hop are 'more damaging than a statue of Robert E. Lee'
Feb 14, 2019
Meet the ‘Colored Girls,’ the hidden figures in American politics
Feb 12, 2019
Bryan Stevenson wants us to confront racial terrorism and then say, ‘Never again.’
Feb 07, 2019
The man who could be governor. Who is Justin Fairfax?
Feb 05, 2019
How the justice system criminalizes the poor — and funds itself in the process
Jan 29, 2019
‘We thought he was cute’: Remembering King with one of the 'Little Rock Nine'
Jan 21, 2019
Is Kamala Harris running for president?
Jan 15, 2019
Everyone’s talking about Beto and Biden. But here’s another ‘B’ you should know.
Jan 08, 2019
Chicago's forgotten gun violence victims: 'We've normalized hopelessness'
Jan 01, 2019
Mark Hamill on Luke’s fate, Trump vs. Vader and more
Dec 25, 2018
Is Mueller’s investigation nearing the ‘worst-case scenario’? Garrett Graff thinks so.
Dec 18, 2018
Senator Doug Jones says Mueller investigation 'has never been a witch hunt.'
Dec 11, 2018
How Derek Black went from being the golden boy of white nationalism to its outspoken critic
Dec 04, 2018
Chicago's forgotten gun violence victims: 'We've normalized hopelessness'
Nov 27, 2018
Lucy McBath: From ‘Cape Up’ to Congress
Nov 20, 2018
Michael Steele on why he remains in the Republican Party: ‘I’m not leaving. This is my house’
Nov 13, 2018
Trump is trying to scare us. Here's why he's failing.
Nov 06, 2018
Why Stacey Abrams could break Georgia's 'Gone with the Wind' stereotype
Oct 30, 2018
Eric Holder: ‘We have to take on this president. We have to take on this Republican Party.’
Oct 23, 2018
What Trump needs to learn about Frederick Douglass
Oct 16, 2018
We need to learn who we are before algorithms decide for us
Oct 09, 2018
How Republicans like Holly Harris are fighting for criminal justice reform
Oct 02, 2018
The 'courage, power and persistence' of Wendy Sherman
Sep 24, 2018
DNC Chairman Tom Perez says these midterm elections are the most important of our lifetime
Sep 18, 2018
Human Rights Campaign president: 'We are going to get our country back'
Sep 11, 2018
The biggest threat to democracy that nobody is talking about
Sep 04, 2018
Inside Andrew Gillum’s campaign to become Florida’s first black governor
Aug 28, 2018
'We think prison is the only way to hold people accountable when they break the law'
Aug 20, 2018
How Robert Runcie helped the Parkland generation find their voice
Aug 14, 2018
Arthur Brooks says contempt is not just bad for marriages. It kills politics and the country, too.
Aug 07, 2018
‘I am more forgiving’: When Alex Wagner learned the truth about her family’s history
Jul 31, 2018
‘It’s like he took a knee to Putin’: Mitch Landrieu on Helsinki, and the Democrats’ identity crisis
Jul 24, 2018
How your data is used by the police and where it goes wrong
Jul 17, 2018
David Miliband on immigration crisis: “What’s going on is dehumanization”
Jul 10, 2018
'Stop acting as though Trump is the first,' says the Rev. William Barber
Jul 03, 2018
Jeh Johnson speaks out on separating immigrant families: ‘It’s just something I couldn’t do’
Jun 26, 2018
Will lightning strike twice in the South? Andrew Gillum campaigns in Trump country
Jun 19, 2018
Tim Kaine calls out the 'glass jaws' and 'crybabies' of the Trump administration
Jun 12, 2018
Steve Phillips on why Democrats need to stop focusing on the white working class
Jun 05, 2018
Starbucks is closed to talk race. We're open to do the same.
May 29, 2018
Jazz artist Wynton Marsalis says rap and hip-hop are 'more damaging than a statue of Robert E. Lee'
May 22, 2018
How Jordan Klepper does satire in the age of Trump
May 15, 2018
Kevin de León: Meet the "unicorn" taking on Dianne Feinstein
May 08, 2018
‘I’m not convinced I’m dead’: Mark Hamill on Luke’s fate, Trump vs. Vader and more
May 04, 2018
Laugh it up fuzzball!
May 01, 2018
Bryan Stevenson TL;DR
Apr 26, 2018
Bryan Stevenson wants us to confront racial terrorism and then say, ‘Never again.’
Apr 24, 2018
Robert Kagan on why Americans don't want the U.S. to be the leader of the free world
Apr 17, 2018
Loretta Lynch: "Attorney-client privilege is alive and well in this country."
Apr 10, 2018
"I just felt like something had died in all of us." John Lewis on the death of Martin Luther King
Apr 03, 2018
Police violence affects women of color just as much as men. Why don’t we hear about it?
Mar 27, 2018
Joanne Lipman: "It isn't just women leaning in, we need men to reach across the divide"
Mar 20, 2018
Sen. Chris Murphy on how Trump's meeting with Kim Jong Un could be a disaster for the United States
Mar 13, 2018
Eric Holder on running for president: ‘I think I’ve got the guts’
Mar 06, 2018
“We are invisible no matter what heights we’ve risen to”: April Ryan
Mar 01, 2018
Why the most productive conversations around race, are probably the ones you never hear.
Feb 27, 2018
Lonnie Bunch, founding director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture
Feb 22, 2018
‘Freedom of speech, but not freedom of action’: Two moms on raising black boys
Feb 20, 2018
Dr. Carla Hayden on being the first female African-American librarian of Congress
Feb 15, 2018
How the ‘home of American slavery’ became a ‘microcosm for the entire country’
Feb 13, 2018
Lucy McBath, who lost her son to gun violence, and DeJuan Patterson, who survived it
Feb 08, 2018
Tamron Hall on being unapologetically black
Feb 06, 2018
Broderick Johnson, former cabinet secretary and chair of My Brother's Keeper Alliance
Feb 01, 2018
Michael Steele's State of the Union
Jan 30, 2018
Michael Wolff in depth on his unprecedented access to Trump
Jan 23, 2018
Why Kim Jong Un is ‘very rational within his own context’
Jan 16, 2018
Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe reflects on his term in office
Jan 09, 2018
Dionne Warwick on her work in the fight against HIV/AIDS
Jan 02, 2018
Deborah Rutter on how the Kennedy Center is much more than "the honors"
Dec 26, 2017
Rep. Frederica Wilson on Sgt. La David Johnson
Dec 19, 2017
Dan Rather talks about politics and media
Dec 12, 2017
Ali Noorani of the National Immigration Forum talks about DACA
Dec 05, 2017
Hillary Clinton reflects with raw honesty on Trump and 2016
Nov 28, 2017
‘Hardball’ anchor Chris Matthews on what today’s politicians can learn from Bobby Kennedy
Nov 21, 2017
Russia, the Clinton campaign and Chardonnay: Donna Brazile unloads
Nov 14, 2017
Maya MacGuineas explains the difference between tax reform and tax cuts
Nov 07, 2017
Declaring opioids a public health emergency won't solve the crisis. Here's what will.
Oct 31, 2017
There’s a ‘poisonous dynamic among white people’ over who’s to blame for racism
Oct 24, 2017
Roberta Kaplan on fighting white supremacists in the U.S.
Oct 17, 2017
Stacey Abrams on running to be Georgia's first black female governor
Oct 10, 2017
Broderick Johnson returns to discuss My Brother's Keeper and race relations after Obama
Oct 03, 2017
Trita Parsi explains why pulling out of the nuclear deal with Iran would be harmful
Sep 26, 2017
Aggie Gund and Darren Walker on the Art For Justice Fund
Sep 19, 2017
Howard Dean on young voters: ‘These people are not Democrats’
Sep 12, 2017
Shai Akabas explains the debt ceiling in plain English
Sep 05, 2017
Dr. Carla Hayden on being the first female African-American librarian of Congress
Aug 29, 2017
Outtakes from a year of 'Cape Up' (including one conversation that went off the rails)
Aug 22, 2017
Vanita Gupta on the unabashed display of white supremacy in Charlottesville
Aug 15, 2017
Why Steve Bannon isn't going anywhere
Aug 08, 2017
R. Eric Thomas is the escape from politics that you need right now
Aug 01, 2017
Kamala Harris gets tough on the Russia probe (and ignores the mansplainers)
Jul 25, 2017
Cornell Belcher on the new swing voter
Jul 18, 2017
Sherrilyn Ifill exposes the absurdity of Trump’s election integrity commission
Jul 11, 2017
Fourth of July special: What we’ve learned about Trump from six months of interviews
Jul 04, 2017
Debunking the myths about Planned Parenthood with Cecile Richards
Jun 27, 2017
Debbie Dingell on the struggle to find a place in her own party
Jun 20, 2017
Valerie Jarrett on why she's still optimistic about the future
Jun 13, 2017
The real reason people say 'I'm not racist, but'
Jun 06, 2017
Actor Jesse Williams on race and cultural appropriation: 'Everybody's gonna copy you anyway'
May 30, 2017
"The monuments were murder": New Orleans mayor defends focus on removing confederate monuments
May 23, 2017
Senator Christopher Coons on why he prays for President Trump
May 16, 2017
Maxine Waters: Jeff Sessions believes “it’s his job to keep minorities in their place”
May 09, 2017
Richard Branson on Trump’s coal plans: ‘I can’t think of anything more stupid’
May 02, 2017
Author Eric Liu: The power of decentralized resistance
Apr 25, 2017
It’s not just Trump: With Brexit and France votes, Russia is cultivating the global right
Apr 18, 2017
Khalil Gibran Muhammad on how fear of Trump could become as dangerous as Trump himself
Apr 11, 2017
Congresswoman Karen Bass on why she feels like a political therapist
Apr 04, 2017
Does Estonia understand democracy better than any of us?
Mar 28, 2017
Joe Manchin on why he's still a Democrat
Mar 21, 2017
Tony Blinken: 'This administration has turned our traditional openness into weakness'
Mar 14, 2017
Matt Schlapp, chairman of the American Conservative Union
Mar 07, 2017
Professor Daina Ramey Berry
Feb 28, 2017
Keith Ellison: The Democratic Party isn't only for Democrats
Feb 21, 2017
Tom Perez on why the Democratic party needs a dramatic culture shift
Feb 14, 2017
Laurence Tribe on why the judiciary is "our last best hope"
Feb 07, 2017
Lena Epstein: "I am a Jewish, millennial female, who is supporting Trump."
Jan 31, 2017
Arthur Brooks explains how dignity links Trump and Obama
Jan 24, 2017
A Donald Trump survival guide -- from the mouths of Obama officials
Jan 17, 2017
April Ryan on racial invisibility
Jan 10, 2017
When cabinet members need to reach the president, this is the man they talk to first
Jan 03, 2017
Former Obama official on the Trump cabinet picks that are actually good hires
Dec 26, 2016
How Valerie Jarrett became Obama's most trusted adviser, and outlasted all her predecessors
Dec 20, 2016
A call to arms from Attorney General Loretta Lynch
Dec 13, 2016
Ambassador Susan Rice on the challenges of national security
Dec 05, 2016
Here's how to preserve the Kennedy ideal in Trump's America, from a Kennedy
Nov 29, 2016
Michael Steele, Part 2: What Republicans need to do about all "the KKK stuff"
Nov 22, 2016
Michael Steele, Part 1: "Donald Trump is the freest president we've had in a generation"
Nov 15, 2016
Final election predictions, with Dr. Larry Sabato and his Crystal Ball
Nov 08, 2016
The everyday trauma of being a black man in America
Oct 31, 2016
Export-Import Bank chief Fred Hochberg on jobs, 'good feet' and congressional hurdles
Oct 25, 2016
Knight Foundation president: We're in the biggest disruption to information since the printing press
Oct 18, 2016
This is the perfect escape from the insanity of our politics today. Meet Franklin Sirmans.
Oct 11, 2016
Rob Reiner: We are living 'All in the Family' and Trump is Archie Bunker
Oct 04, 2016
If you still hate Clinton and Trump after the debate, here's Evan McMullin
Sep 27, 2016
Lonnie Bunch: Even if you're white, "the story of slavery is still your story"
Sep 23, 2016
Dr. Anthony Fauci: Forced to rob cancer research to pay for Zika vaccine push
Sep 20, 2016
Nancy Pelosi: Never bogged down
Sep 13, 2016
Debbie Wasserman Schultz: Doing what needed to be done
Sep 06, 2016
Darren Walker: Using privilege to fight privilege
Aug 30, 2016
Wendy Sherman: The world can't believe Donald Trump
Aug 23, 2016
Michael Steele is no 'Pied Piper.'
Aug 16, 2016
Preview: The mic check
Aug 11, 2016
Elizabeth Way and Elena Romero on how hip-hop transformed fashion
Dec 31, 1969
Wes Moore on becoming Maryland’s first African American governor
Dec 31, 1969