Dorothy Wickenden

President Biden campaigned on the promise of undoing the draconian immigration policies of the Trump era. As the midterms approach, is it too late?

Neil Young and Joni Mitchell have removed their songs from the platform to protest the spread of misinformation about COVID-19. Do such boycotts affect how Spotify conducts its business?

Earlier this week, President Biden travelled to Georgia to emphasize that, as he put it, without the vote, “nothing is possible, but with it, everything is possible.”

The former Secretary of State left behind a record of public service that extends far beyond the infamous role that he played in legitimizing the Iraq War. 

Who is financing the most recent Presidential election audit in Phoenix, and what are they doing nationwide to undermine the electoral process in 2024?

Margaret Talbot joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss Barrett’s confirmation hearings, the fate of Roe v. Wade in the Supreme Court, and the battles over reproductive rights across the U.S.

“Polarization” doesn’t begin to describe the state of American politics. The dominant metaphor of our time is warfare, and it was on full display during the first Presidential debate.

As COVID-19 infections surged in meat-processing plants, Trump used executive orders to strip away worker protections—and to benefit one of his biggest donors. 

How to think about the Supreme Court's decision on the Keystone XL pipeline, Joe Biden's task force on climate change, and other potentially hopeful news for environmentalists.

Benjamin Wallace-Wells on what a debate between David French of the National Review and the New York Post's Sohrab Ahmari reveals about the battle for the future of the Republican Party.

The actress talks about playing a sex worker in HBO’s porn-industry drama, and about how #MeToo highlighted the compromises that all women are asked to make.

The Colorado senator, one of more than twenty Democrats vying for the Party’s Presidential nomination, joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss the race, the Party, and the President.

Dorothy Wickenden talks with Robin Wrights about the Iranian perspective on the crisis in the Persian Gulf.

The New Yorker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning TV critic doesn’t just review shows; she’s making an argument about television as a medium that deserves respect on its own terms.  

Sarah Stillman joins Dorothy Wickenden to talk about how the deterrence policies of Republican and Democratic Presidents have failed, and what the Democratic candidates should be saying.

She has a bold plan to save the middle class. So why does she scare many Democrats?

Robert Stavins joins Dorothy Wickenden to talk about the changing politics of environmentalism and energy, and how the two parties are responding.

A leading feminist argues that women have been discouraged from showing anger—but that they need to express it if they want to create change.