5 on 45 Podcast

Trump with demo wall

What’s wrong with Trump’s plan to send troops to the border

Thursday, April 5, 2018

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on stage during a town hall.

Facebook’s data breach and the future of consumer privacy

Nicol Turner Lee

Thursday, March 29, 2018

marijuana flags

Are marijuana pop-ups legal in DC?

Tuesday, March 27, 2018

US-Russia relations are on a “downward spiral”

Alina Polyakova

Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Betsy DeVos testifies before the Senate Health, Education and Labor Committee confirmation hearing to be next Secretary of Education on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 17, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas - RC1D5B7B0CF0

The spending bill is a rebuke of DeVos’ priorities

Elizabeth Mann Levesque

Friday, March 23, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump, flanked by Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson, ?Vice President Mike Pence?, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, delivers remarks before signing a memorandum on intellectual property tariffs on high-tech goods from China, at the White House in Washington, U.S. March 22, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC1C7F5614B0

Can the US actually win a trade war?

Thursday, March 22, 2018

People walk on Wall Street in front of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., February 6, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid - RC192578E210

How the Senate banking bill changes Dodd-Frank

Thursday, March 15, 2018

U.S. Democratic congressional candidate Conor Lamb is greeted by supporters during his election night rally in Pennsylvania's 18th U.S. Congressional district special election against Republican candidate and State Rep. Rick Saccone, in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, March 13, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid - RC190011A7B0

What we learned from Pennsylvania’s special election

Wednesday, March 14, 2018

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks to the media at the U.S. State Department after being fired by President Donald Trump in Washington, U.S. March 13, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis - HP1EE3D1FTZ4O

Tillerson’s out—now what?

Tuesday, March 13, 2018

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) arrives to talk to the media following the Republicans weekly policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 12, 2017.

How a new resolution will affect U.S. troops in Yemen

Molly E. Reynolds and Scott R. Anderson

Friday, March 9, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump, flanked by U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, reads a directive to impose tariffs on imported solar panels before signing it in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S. January 23, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC1AEA9A36A0

Will Trump’s tariffs lead to trade war?

Joshua P. Meltzer

Thursday, March 8, 2018

Political campaign signs stand outside a polling station in Austin, Texas, United States March 5, 2018 ahead of the first statewide U.S. primary, which will be held in Texas. REUTERS/Jon Herskovitz - RC15436EB9B0

Takeaways from the Texas primaries

Wednesday, March 7, 2018

Chairman, CEO and President of Nucor John Ferriola and U.S. Steel CEO Dave Burritt flank U.S. President Donald Trump as he announces that the United States will impose tariffs of 25 percent on steel imports and 10 percent on imported aluminum during a meeting at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 1, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RC1A1B5AE7E0

Why Trump’s new steel and aluminum tariffs are controversial

Thursday, March 1, 2018

Students arrive for class at Mahnomen Elementary School in Mahnomen, Minnesota

How to make schools safe without arming teachers

Thursday, March 1, 2018

Students who walked out of their Montgomery County, Maryland, schools protest against gun violence in front of the White House in Washington, U.S., February 21, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RC164B322F90

How a new generation of activists could shape US politics

William H. Frey

Wednesday, February 28, 2018