December 23, 2024

Part One: Lee Drummond is an expert on lobbying, influence, and money in politics, and a senior fellow in the program on political reform at New America. He joins us to talk about the results of the voter study group he was part of. What divides the political parties, the shifts between 2012-1016, and where are the parties headed?

Part Two: Scott Allard on his new book, “Places in Need: The Changing Geography of Poverty.” How poverty is growing, where it is spreading, and how ill equipped we are to deal with it.

Scott is a professor at the Daniel J. Evans School of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Washington, with expertise in poverty and inequality, social welfare policy, and urban policy.