This Wednesday, the California Coastal Commission will vote publicly on whether to fire its Executive Director–the culmination of a months-long power struggle over an agency that determines the fate of coastal developments worth multiple billions of dollars. We’ll ask Sierra Club California Director Kathryn Phillips why it’s happening. Plus: A major victory for the movement … Continued


The week before the Iowa caucus, Robert Reich called Hillary Clinton “the most qualified candidate for president of the political system we now have,” and Bernie Sanders “the most qualified candidate to create the political system we should have.” He joins us for a sweeping conversation about the limits of America’s political system, and whether … Continued


Ted Cruz takes first place in the Republican caucus; Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton end in a statistical dead heat. We’ll talk to Ruth Coniff, who’s been covering the campaign from on the ground, Isaiah Poole, who’s following it from Washington, and Craig Holman, who’s tracking the money behind the campaigns. Plus: John Burris joins … Continued


The first presidential contest of the year takes place tonight in Iowa, where voters will file into roughly 2,000 caucus precincts just as a blizzard descends on the state. We get the view from on the ground, and discuss why the candidate with the most votes doesn’t necessarily win. Plus: the conventional wisdom on how … Continued