Introducing 'Constitutional'
Introducing 'Constitutional'
Preview The Washington Post's newest podcast, a narrative series about the revolutionary figures who shaped America's st... Read more
29 Jun 2017
•
4mins
Framed
Framed
In the premier episode of “Constitutional,” we go back in time to that hot Philadelphia summer in 1787 when a group of r... Read more
24 Jul 2017
•
1hr 3mins
Ancestry
Ancestry
In 1879, a case involving Chief Standing Bear came before a Nebraska courtroom and demanded an answer to the question: A... Read more
7 Aug 2017
•
40mins
Nationality
Nationality
What makes someone American? A landmark Supreme Court case in 1898, involving a child born in San Francisco to Chinese i... Read more
14 Aug 2017
•
47mins
Race
Race
As powerful as it was to change the Constitution after the Civil War, and enshrine racial equality into our governing do... Read more
21 Aug 2017
•
51mins
Gender
Gender
From the American Revolution through today, women have been leading a long-burning rebellion to gain rights not original... Read more
28 Aug 2017
•
48mins
Senate and states
Senate and states
When the United States changed its process for electing senators, did that lead to a decline in state power? Or did it i... Read more
11 Sep 2017
•
45mins
Congress and citizens
Congress and citizens
Is it a feature or a bug of the amendment process that an idea of James Madison's, more than 200 years ago, could be rec... Read more
25 Sep 2017
•
38mins
Fair trials
Fair trials
In 1963, the Supreme Court ruled in Gideon v. Wainwright that states must offer a defense attorney to all poor people ac... Read more
9 Oct 2017
•
46mins
Fair punishment
Fair punishment
"There is so much feeling of racial injustice around the issue of punishment. And you have to understand that those feel... Read more
23 Oct 2017
•
51mins