On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

• The Trump administration’s real goal in Venezuela

  The U.S. is ready for war with Venezuela with more than a dozen warships and 15,000 troops now in the region. The Trump Administration says it’s about drugs, but some experts say that's a cover for something else.

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• Is education research actually helping teachers?

  A recent analysis finds the majority of presentations at a big annual education research conference were about things like “resistance,” “safe spaces,” and “identity." But many classroom teachers say they want to learn about student behavior, discipline and mental health. Could this gap be damaging American education?

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• Is hip-hop dying?

  Earlier this fall, there were no rap songs in the Billboard Top 40 for the first time since 1990. Is this just a blip in commercial popularity, or is it a sign that hip-hop is losing its grip on mainstream America?

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• The Jackpod: Rural ressentiment, or ‘the country strikes back’

  On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on the modern history of the multi-faceted divide between rural and urban America and why it threatens democracy.

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• Why a former federal judge calls Trump ‘uniquely dangerous’

  Mark Wolf spent four decades as a judge on the federal bench after being appointed by President Ronald Reagan. But Wolf recently resigned, citing the Trump administration’s “deeply disturbing assault" on the rule of law.

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