Gavin Newsom, the Democrat Governor of California, has passed the state’s largest reproductive freedom bills and enshrined protections for LGBTQ+ youth in school. Charlie Kirk is a conservative influencer who is staunchly against LGBTQ+ rights and the separation of church and state. The two sat down in early March on Newsom’s podcast, “This Is Gavin […]
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Bosnia’s Separatist Leader, Explained
BPR staff writer Michelle Wang dives into the building tensions in Bosnia built on a complex history of ethnic discrimination in this BPR documentary, featuring exclusive interviews with regional experts, including Professors John Connelly, James Ker-Lindsay, and Richard Koci Hernandez.
I Love America and America Hates Me, Episode #2
Summary: In the second episode of “I Love America and America Hates Me”, Jordan and Patty discuss forms of proportional voting as alternatives to plurality voting and whether they produce electoral results more representative of the people’s will. Transcript & Sources Featured Image: The Hill
I Love America and America Hates Me, Episode #1
Jordan Murphy and Patty Yao, in the first episode of I Love America and America Hates Me, discuss how the United States’ first-past-the-post, winner-take-all-voting system disadvantages minority groups, exacerbates regionalism and partisanship, and creates “wasted vote” disillusionment with voters. Transcript & Sources Featured Image Source: Brookings Institute