Pride and Prejudices

<p>"Rachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order" is the story of one of the most shocking decisions in American history: the executive order to target and round up innocent citizens, Japanese Americans, at the outbreak of World War II. This six-episode narrative podcast will examine and s ... Show More

<p>The youngest person in Congress, Representative Maxwell Alejandro Frost of the Florida 10th, says he’s "very pissed off" about the eight senators who agreed to a deal with the GOP to end the shutdown. He says that group – average age 69 – is behaving as though we’re not in a n ... Show More

<p>Last night felt like a make-or-break moment for Democrats, as voters handed decisive victories to the party, especially in New Jersey, Virginia, and New York City. The three candidates that won in those places (Mikie Sherrill, Abigail Spanberger, and Zohran Mamdani respectivel ... Show More

In a fiery prime-time speech, President Biden says Trump & MAGA Republicans represent extremism that "threatens the very foundations of our republic". That, as Trump reveals in an interview he's financially supporting some of the Capitol riot defendants and would pardon them if h ... Show More

As Americans celebrated Independence Day, Democrats scrambled after a pretty disastrous week for the party – and arguably US democracy. On Monday, the supreme court handed Donald Trump a victory by ruling that former presidents are entitled to some degree of immunity from crimina ... Show More

<p>We may be starting to see a seismic shift in how the Democratic Party publicly talks about whether President Joe Biden should remain the party’s presumptive nominee for president. On Tuesday, Texas Rep. Lloyd Doggett became the first sitting Democratic lawmaker to call for Bid ... Show More

<p>President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump agreed to two debates on Wednesday. In agreeing to the debates, Biden and Trump are bucking the nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates, which had been organizing debates since the 80s.U.S. Attorney General Merrick G ... Show More

President Biden’s choice for Attorney General, Merrick Garland, testified on Capitol Hill that he intends to prosecute white supremacists who participated in the Capitol Riots last month. He also had an emotional moment talking about his own family’s experience with anti-Semitism ... Show More

<p>President Biden issues an executive order temporarily closing the US-Mexico border to migrants. Tommy and Addisu Demissie discuss Democratic backlash to the action and why Republicans, despite having killed a bipartisan border bill, are claiming it’s too little, too late. Dona ... Show More

As Pride month comes to a close, President Biden has a chance to lead the most pro-LGBTQ administration ever... but politics may offer some hurdles. David Chalian explains the history of Pride month celebrations, this administration’s LGBTQ achievements so far, and how Senate pol ... Show More

In the month of September, 336,000 new jobs have been added. join. President Biden continues impact Americans lives by tackling issues like student debt relief and drug price negotiations while Trump’s legal struggles continue as former Trump executives reveal new intel on tax fr ... Show More