In early American history, government positions were available to the highest bidder, and often doled out as favors from elected officials. Corruption was rampant. The gutting of the civil service in 2024 has parallels to Andrew Jackson's own firing of thousands of federal workers, and his instituting of the "Spoils System." Aired March 8th, 2025.
Since entering office, Donald Trump has insisted the U.S. should take ownership of the Gaza Strip and the Panama Canal, tried to Greenland from Denmark and pitched Canada to join the U.S. as the 51st state. Would it be so simple? Aired February 9th.
In the 80s and 90s, anti-abortion violence skyrocketed at clinics across the country. In response, President Bill Clinton signed the Freedom to Access Clinic Entrances (FACE Act) to prohibit people from using force and intimidation to attack abortion providers and patients. President Trump pardoned 23 people convicted on FACE Act violations and instructed his DOJ to stop prosecuting FACE Act violations. Aired January 26, 2025.
Just days before becoming president again, Donald Trump released $TRUMP coin, a "meme coin" on the cryptocurrency block chain Solana. It increased his wealth on paper despite the fact that he has not yet sold his shares. And Donald Trump is not the only one to launch a crypto scam around inauguration. Aired January 26th.
An in-depth timeline of how hundreds of thousands of Palestinians made refuge in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, including explicit instructions from the IDF for Palestinians to head to Rafah, only for Benjamin Netanyahu to deem Rafah the IDF's next target.
In the lead-up to the Nov. 5 presidential election, Rachel Maddow joined Velshi to share a special report on the impacts of abortion bans in America on women’s healthcare at large.
An in-depth look at Haiti's history as an independent nation and America's role in exploiting the island and its people in light of the government's collapse this year. Aired March 17, 2024.
Following the historic prisoner deal that released two American journalists, a former Marine and a Russian political leader from wrongful detainment in Russia, a look at the entire story and just how the deal was made.
An in-depth look at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's spending in American elections: who benefits, and who is targeted by, AIPAC's political war chest. Aired December 2023