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February 2020

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• Black Swans February 28, 2020

  Making sense&nbsp;of a looming pandemic and a puzzling Democratic&nbsp;primary. (episode)

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  • Epidemic Voyeurs No More February 28, 2020

    Usually Americans observe outbreaks from afar. This time,&nbsp;they may get an up-close look.&nbsp;

  • Certainty in Our Uncertain World February 28, 2020

    Pundits make broad predictions about what will be.&nbsp;Why do we listen?

  • A New Theory of Swing Voters February 28, 2020

    What if they're not just&nbsp;switching between Republican and Democrat?

• MSNBC Is Being Very, Very Calm About Bernie Sanders February 26, 2020

  CJR's Jon Allsop on the latest friction between MSNBC and the Sanders campaign.&nbsp; (episode)

• Money, Power, Glory February 21, 2020

  How Bloomberg News is covering its owner's candidacy; politics in the influencer age; Citizens United ten years out; and fudging the past at the National Archives. (episode)

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  • Bloomberg on Bloomberg February 21, 2020

    Michael Bloomberg's candidacy has become&nbsp;a hot topic&nbsp;for publications of all stripes, with one notable exception: Bloomberg News.

  • Mike Bloomberg's Dank Meme Stash February 21, 2020

    What Bloomberg's bucks buy online.&nbsp;

  • Super PACalooza and the Legacy of Citizens United February 21, 2020

    Just about every Democratic candidate wants to overturn Citizens United. But the numbers tell a different story.

  • The Vanishing National Archives February 21, 2020

    How the Trump administration is disappearing and altering historical documents &mdash; and why it matters.

• Corporations Were Always People February 19, 2020

  Ten years ago Citizens United declared that corporations are people and that their money is speech. A historian tells us actually, it was ever thus.&nbsp; (episode)

• Norm! February 14, 2020

  Another affront to executive norms, a new level of secrecy for CBP, and the 32-year story of one family's new life in America.&nbsp; (episode)

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  • A Role in Stone February 14, 2020

    What is the&nbsp;meaning of justice when the scales can be so easily tipped?

  • Goodbye Sweet Norms February 14, 2020

    The president should not decide who to prosecute or protect.

  • CBP's New Secrecy Protections February 14, 2020

    Customs and Border Patrol builds a new bulwark against disclosure and transparency.

  • A Family in Migration February 14, 2020

    Telling the 30-year story of&nbsp;family's new life in America.

• OTM Presents: U.S. of Anxiety's "40 Acres in Mississippi" February 12, 2020

  Our WNYC colleagues fact-check a family legend about "40 acres and a mule," and find&nbsp;a story about the promise and peril of the American Dream at the end of Reconstruction.&nbsp; (episode)

• Picture-Perfect Democracy February 7, 2020

  The history of the American primary; the first town to vote; and New Hampshire reporters do some self-reflection. (episode)

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  • A Primer on Primaries February 7, 2020

    A look at the history and evolution of the American primary system.

  • The First Town to Vote February 7, 2020

    Picking apart the myth&nbsp;of Dixville Notch's "picture-perfect" democracy.

  • The Privilege of Being First February 7, 2020

    It's hard to be truly "objective" about the New Hampshire primary as a New Hampshire reporter.&nbsp;&nbsp;

• How Rush Limbaugh Paved The Way For Trump February 6, 2020

  And transformed the GOP. (episode)