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The Song of the Summer 2020 is Likely to be a Sad One

To commemorate the beginning of summer, we take a look at the issues likely to dominate the headlines between now and Labor Day, from COVID to unrest in the streets, the economic crisis to potential cyberattacks, from foreign policy threats to the navel gazing of the narcissist-in-chief. We talk to Natasha Bertrand, national security correspondent for Politico, Chris Lu, former Cabinet Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Labor for President Obama and David Sanger of the New York Times to try to understand why the weeks just ahead are likely to be unsettling and for many Americans a deepening crisis. You won’t want to miss this insight-rich conversation.

Chris Lu

As election nears, Trump and Biden are campaigning again. Sort of.

This isn’t the first time in U.S. history that the presidential race has had a notable mismatch in approaches to campaigning, says Barbara Perry, director of presidential studies at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center.

Barbara Perry

Why Can’t Republicans Elect Women?

But a spate of congressional wins would almost surely mean that Trump, at the top of the ticket, had won as well. A man who has driven women voters away from the party in striking numbers would continue to define its goals and values. “Frankly, at this point, the Republicans are still able to win elections, even though they’re fielding such a paltry share of female candidates,” Jennifer Lawless, a political scientist at the University of Virginia, told me. “Unless there are electoral consequences, it doesn’t really seem likely that there’s going to be a fundamental shift.”

Jennifer Lawless

New polling shows Biden leading Trump in six crucial swing states

President #Trump’s first campaign rally fell short of expectations for the president's re-election campaign. To discuss the president's vulnerabilities going into the November election, we spoke to Chris Lu, he's a former Obama senior White House aide and is now a senior fellow at University of Virginia's Miller Center. #UNews See Less

Chris Lu

Unfit for Office - The Roundtable - Juneteenth

Bolton. DACA. LGBTQ+. Dem Leverage on Police Reform. Covid still dangerous. Today's pod guest-hosted by Chris Lu, fmr Obama Labor and WH official with Jennifer Haberkorn of The Los Angeles Times, Scott Wong, Senior Staff Writer for The Hill and Elliot Williams, CNN Legal Analyst who spent 8 years in the Obama Administration at DOJ and DHS.

Chris Lu

What Jean Kennedy Smith taught me about the 'Camelot' dynasty

As I headed for the door of Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith’s Sutton Place apartment in Manhattan, I turned back to thank her for granting me an hour-long interview about her mother Rose, whose biography I was writing in 2010. But before I could take my leave, the ambassador called to me, “Have you seen my hallway?” We had chatted in her tastefully appointed living room, but I hadn’t wandered down the long hall that seemed quite private.

Barbara Perry