Jason Johnson

Jason Johnson rounds up this week's political news and reacts to speeches from Pres. Biden and Atty Gen. Garland on the anniversary of the attack on the Capitol.

The latest political news coming out of Washington, with help from Jason Johnson.

Political commentator Jason Johnson talks about the latest news coming out of Washington and his new Slate podcast about race in American politics and society.

As NYC and the nation wake up from another night of protests, we talk about what this moment of mass action means for politics.

This week, the public witnessed yet another incident of a white person calling the police on a person of color when no crime had been committed.

When a 1975 New York Times cover story charged the NYPD with widespread graft and thuggery, we got Al Pacino as Serpico, one lone idealist who exposes the department and lives — just barely — to tell the tale. When the RAMPART report in the '90s likened the ...

We continue our series about incoming governors across the country and the challenges they face. This morning Republican John Kasich will be sworn in as the new governor of Ohio, replacing Democrat Ted Strickland. Ohio is a critical state in national elections. Ohio's population is shifting as local companies move out of the state, and Republican leadership continues to gain control.

Over the weekend, President Obama visited Lorain County, Ohio as part of his continuing Main Street tour. How are people in Ohio feeling about Obama's first year in office and on the eve of his first State of the Union address?