The #SistersInLaw meet this week to break down the recent challenges to abortion hitting the courts and the consequences if Roe vs. Wade is repealed. Then, they examine the Supreme Court case helping determine the future of concealed carry laws and the true meaning of the 2nd Amendment, and the way the term ‘pushy women’ is used in our culture and by the media.
Read MoreThe Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell (Ali Velshi) 11/5/2021
Read MoreJill Wine-Banks and Victor Shi are joined by business maven and founding partner of Elevation Partners, Roger McNamee, for a look at his experiences at Facebook, working with Mark Zuckerberg, and how social media networks challenge our rights and democratic values. Can we protect the vulnerable from their algorithms? And what needs to be done to get them working for everyone?
Read MoreThe #SistersInLaw meet this week to break down the latest developments in the trials of Kyle Rittenhouse and the importance of legal language in that case, some of the Charlottesville rioters, and the killers of Ahmaud Arbery. Then, they discuss how newly available vaccines for children can come up against parental rights, and the impact and importance of diversity in legal education.
Read MoreiGen Politics team Jill Wine-Banks and Victor Shi are joined by former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper to break down the importance of recent spy cases and the risks posed by the events on 1/6. Then, they discuss the need for diversity in our intelligence services and their role in protecting us, before emphasizing the need for public service and defense of the common good.
Read MoreAmerican Voices with Alicia Menendez 10/23/2021
Read MoreThe #SistersInLaw meet this week to explain the principles of prosecution, the oversight powers of Congress, and how they relate to January 6th. Then, they emphasize the power of Domestic Violence Awareness Month and its connection to the Petito case, before laying out the elements of fraud connected to Mimi Rocah’s case against the Trump National Golf Club in Westchester.
Read MoreThe Stephanie Miller Show 10/20/2021
Read MoreThe #MeToo movement blossomed in 2016. It marked a transformational moment for our country as both men and women, but mostly women, took to the streets to protest sexual assault and demand an end to the egregious treatment of women by men with more power than their victims. Since that movement started, our country has grown more united in our pursuit of rooting out sexual misconduct in the workplace. But has it been enough? Are women the only people affected by sexual misconduct? What happens when it happens to a man?
Read MoreAmerican Voices with Alicia Menendez 10/16/2021
Read MoreThe #SistersInLaw come together to look at the limits of executive privilege and the likelihood that Steve Bannon is arrested. They also discuss the steps the DOJ is taking to reform the criminal justice system by investigating police and prisons, before breaking down the recent arrest of the two spies in West Virginia and the legal differences between thinking about a crime and attempting it.
Read MoreThe Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell 10/13/2021
Read MoreiGen Politics team Jill Wine-Banks and Victor Shi are joined by President Biden’s former senior COVID advisor Andy Slavitt for an update on the Delta Variant’s effect on our pandemic response, the failures of the Trump administration in dealing with the COVID-19 outbreak responsibly, the importance of vaccines, and what it will take to get us back to normal. Are President Biden’s mandates effective? And is our country able to come together for the common good?
Read MoreAmerican Voices with Alicia Menendez 10/9/2021
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Read MoreThe #SistersInLaw meet this week to update you on the latest developments on the Texas Abortion Law and what the injunction on it might mean for its future. Then they lay out the case presented to congress by the Facebook whistleblower about the risks the company poses to the public, and discuss Merrick Garland’s decision to use the DOJ to protect school officials from violence.
Read MoreiGen Politics Jill Wine-Banks and Victor Shi are joined by former NSC Director for European Affairs and Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman to talk about his book, "Here, Right Matters: An American Story" and for an inside look at the deterioration of democracy and the Russian threat in Eastern Europe. They also dive into what it was like serving the country during the Trump administration, testifying against President Trump during his first impeachment, and what it takes to stand up and take action for what you believe.
Read MoreAmerican Voices with Alicia Menendez 10/3/2021
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