194 Episodes

  1. When the Chanting Stops

    Published: 12/15/2022
  2. Pediatricians Caught in a Political Crossfire

    Published: 12/8/2022
  3. My Bread and Butter: The OnlyFans Economy

    Published: 12/1/2022
  4. Trauma, Trauma Everywhere

    Published: 11/23/2022
  5. Meet The Parents Taking Over School Boards

    Published: 11/17/2022
  6. Introducing: The Assignment

    Published: 11/4/2022
  7. Remembering Trayvon Martin

    Published: 2/23/2022
  8. How the King of Calypso Helped Change the World

    Published: 7/15/2021
  9. When Catwoman Met Lady Bird

    Published: 7/8/2021
  10. The Team That Took on a Senator

    Published: 7/1/2021
  11. A Gay Civil Rights Leader Pushed into the Shadows

    Published: 6/24/2021
  12. The Officer Who Didn't Stand By

    Published: 6/17/2021
  13. Fifteen-Year-Old Freedom Fighter

    Published: 6/10/2021
  14. Season 2: Rabble-Rousers and Truth-Tellers

    Published: 6/4/2021
  15. Lift Every Voice and Sing

    Published: 2/11/2021
  16. The Axe Files: Nikole Hannah-Jones

    Published: 12/31/2020
  17. Black to the Future

    Published: 11/19/2020
  18. Black Women Did That

    Published: 11/12/2020
  19. Blaxit

    Published: 10/29/2020
  20. Yes, Voter Suppression is Alive and Well

    Published: 10/22/2020

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Every Thursday on The Assignment, host Audie Cornish explores the animating forces of this extraordinary American political moment. It’s not about the horse race, it’s about the larger cultural ideas driving the conversation: the role of online influencers on the electorate, the intersection of pop culture and politics, and discussions with primary voices and thinkers who are shaping the political conversation.