The #metoo hashtag took off in October 2017. This week, Diane asks where the movement is headed next.
David Frum was one of the earliest and most vocal critics of Donald Trump. A prominent conservative voice, he now says that the Trump presidency is a symptom of larger issues that threaten to slowly erode our democracy. Then, the #MeToo movement started as a catharsis of women telling their own personal stories. Can it turn into something more? Diane asks where the movement is headed and what it will take to bring about change.
Doctor Francis Collins is stepping down as director of the National Institutes of Health after 12 years. He reflects on his legacy and his agency's efforts in the fight against COVID-19.
Congress expert Norman Ornstein on what the debate over the debt limit says about dysfunction in Congress, and his ideas for how to fix it.
Trump impeachment witness Fiona Hill on what her own background says about this political moment, and why she thinks the greatest threat to American democracy now comes from within.
Cities and states across the country are exploring reparations programs for Black Americans, but not all reparations advocates think it's the right approach. Diane talks to Mayor Daniel Biss of Evanston, Ill., and William Darity, Jr., and Kirsten Mullen, the co-authors of the book, "From Here to Equality: Reparations for Black Americans in the Twenty-First Century”
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