5 on 45 Podcast

Protestors rally outside the Capitol urging Florida lawmakers to reform gun laws, in the wake of last week's mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in Tallahassee, Florida, U.S., February 21, 2018. REUTERS/Colin Hackley - RC1822B86400

Is culture war getting in the way of solving gun violence?

E.J. Dionne, Jr.

Thursday, February 22, 2018

A lady shops at Aldi, a retail grocery store chain in Wheaton, Illinois, U.S., April 13, 2017. REUTERS/Nandita Bose - RC15AC295520

Trump should increase SNAP benefits, not cut them

Friday, February 16, 2018

(L-R) German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the President of the European Council Donald Tusk and US President Donald Trump discuss at the beginning of the third working session of the G20 meeting in Hamburg, Germany, July 8, 2017. REUTERS/Ian Langsdon/POOL - RC1E53396C80

What to expect at the Munich Security Conference

Thursday, February 15, 2018

Workers are seen during the construction of the LG Electronics washing machine plant in Clarksville, Tennessee, U.S. January 18, 2018. Picture taken January 18, 2018. REUTERS/David Lawder - RC1577C29450

Trump’s infrastructure plan is a missed opportunity

Thursday, February 15, 2018

Police officers stand in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., January 19, 2018. REUTERS/Eric Thayer - RC1AECFD3360

Will partisan gerrymandering survive the Supreme Court?

Russell Wheeler

Friday, February 9, 2018

An unarmed AGM-86B Air-Launched Cruise Missile is released from a B-52H Stratofortress over the Utah Test and Training Range during a Nuclear Weapons System Evaluation Program sortie, 80miles west of Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S., September 22, 2014. Picture taken September 22, 2014. To Match Special Report USA-NUCLEAR/MODERNIZE Air Force/Staff Sgt. Roidan Carlson/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC135B6E2810

Are Trump’s nuclear ambitions feasible?

Friday, February 9, 2018

Newly hired employees take a break from training to pose for a group photo at the chains soon-to-open 54th outlet in Oakland, California ,U.S., January 24, 2018. Photo taken January 24, 2018. REUTERS/Ann Saphir - RC11E2847D80

Are wages really rising for American workers?

Tuesday, February 6, 2018

Congressman John Lewis and others march in Selma, AL.

Celebrating black history in the Trump era

Thursday, February 1, 2018

Trade ministers and delegates from the remaining members of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) attend the TPP Ministerial Meeting during the APEC 2017 in Da Nang, Vietnam November 9, 2017. REUTERS/Na Son Nguyen/Pool - RC1F97906930

Has the U.S. lost its way on trade?

Wednesday, January 24, 2018

People walk during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland January 23, 2018 REUTERS/Denis Balibouse - RC19239702F0

Will Trump be ignored at Davos?

Douglas A. Rediker

Tuesday, January 23, 2018

US Congress

What the shutdown revealed about America’s broken politics

Alice M. Rivlin

Tuesday, January 23, 2018

The U.S. Capitol building is seen from behind trees.

The government shutdown is over—for now

Molly E. Reynolds

Monday, January 22, 2018

The Capitol Hill dome is seen the day after the State of the Union address to Congress in Washington, January 28, 2010. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) - GM1E61T04SE01

Will Congress avoid a government shutdown, again?

Molly E. Reynolds

Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Registered Nurse Rebecca Moak poses for a photo in trauma center of the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi October 4, 2013. Mississippi is one of at least 20 states that has decided not to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, better known as "Obamacare". REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman (UNITED STATES - Tags: HEALTH POLITICS BUSINESS) - TM4E9A416PD01

Medicaid job requirements would hurt America’s most vulnerable

Wednesday, January 17, 2018

People hold conversations through the U.S. Mexico border wall at Border Field State Park in San Diego, California, U.S., November 18, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake - RC1318FF90D0

The motivation behind Trump’s immigration policy

Wednesday, January 10, 2018