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Headlines for March 29, 2017; House Probe into Trump Campaign Ties to Russia in Turmoil as Chair Nunes Rejects Calls to Step Down; Jared Kushner & Paul Manafort Sought for Questioning over Russia But Will It Be Behind Closed Doors?; Trump Dismantles U.S. Climate Rules, Virtually Ensuring U.S. Will Break Paris Accord Promises; As Trump Complains About Alleged Surveillance, Republicans Gut Internet Privacy Rules

Part 2 of our conversation with Rebecca Solnit, one of the nation’s most celebrated writers. She’s the author of more than 20 books, including, most recently, "The Mother of All Questions."

Anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Kathrada has died at the age of 87. He was a member of the African National Congress who spent 26 years in prison—18 of them on Robben Island along with Nelson Mandela.

Headlines for March 28, 2017; Local Lawmakers Fight Back Against AG Sessions's Threats to Cut Funding to Sanctuary Cities; ICE Retaliates Against Immigrants in Austin After Sheriff Limits Cooperation with Federal Agents; As ICE Retaliates Against Austin, Learn How New Haven Fought Back Against a 2007 ICE Crackdown; Immigrant Communities in Fear as Trump Ups ICE Raids Targeting Sanctuary Cities; Rebecca Solnit on Climate Change, Resistance, Misogyny and "The Mother of All Questions"

Headlines for March 27, 2017; After Republican Infighting Dooms GOP Healthcare Plan, Trump Vows to Let Obamacare "Explode"; Medicare for All? Sen. Bernie Sanders Poised to Push for Single Payer After GOP Plan Falls Apart; More Than 1,000 Civilians Reportedly Killed by U.S.-Led Airstrikes as Trump Expands War on Terror; Bill McKibben: Trump May Have Approved Keystone XL, But People Will Stop This Pipeline Again

Headlines for March 24, 2017; Will House Republicans "Jump Off the Cliff" and Cut Healthcare for 24 Million Americans?; Attorney for "Frozen Trucker": Neil Gorsuch May Have Been Most Hostile Judge I've Ever Encountered; Watch: Sen. Al Franken Grills Neil Gorsuch on Frozen Trucker Case in Extended Questioning; Florida's First Black State Attorney Faces Death Threats After Refusing Death Penalty for Cop Killer

Headlines for March 23, 2017; Jane Mayer on Robert Mercer & the Dark Money Behind Trump and Bannon; Dark Money Billionaires Push for Pro-Nuclear Radiation Climate Denier for White House Science Post; Dark Data: Trump Backers Bankroll Firm Developing Psychological Profiles of Every U.S. Voter

Headlines for March 22, 2017; A Driver Fled His Truck to Avoid Freezing to Death. Only One Judge Ruled Against Him: Neil Gorsuch; Neil Gorsuch, Backed by $10 Million in Dark Money, Refuses to Weigh In on Citizens United; Sen. Schumer Calls on Democrats to Boycott Neil Gorsuch Vote While Trump is Under FBI Investigation; Meet 2 U.S. Citizens Detained at Airports: A Police Chief and a Lawyer Who Sued Trump Administration

Headlines for March 21, 2017; Behind Neil Gorsuch's Rhetoric, His Record Suggests Aggressive Judge Wedded to Conservative Agenda; Inside How the Federalist Society & Koch Brothers Are Pushing for Trump to Reshape Federal Judiciary; FBI Head: Trump Campaign Under Investigation for Ties to Russia; No Evidence Obama Wiretapped Trump

Headlines for March 20, 2017; Zephyr Teachout: Supreme Court Pick Neil Gorsuch "Sides with Big Business, Big Donors & Big Bosses"; Ari Berman Reveals Neil Gorsuch Praised a Leading GOP Activist Behind Voter Suppression Efforts; College Classmate: Neil Gorsuch Attacked Anti-Apartheid & Civil Rights Protesters & Defended Contras; Amid Spike in Civilian Deaths from U.S. Strikes, Trump Requests Lifting Policy Limiting Casualties; Organizer: ICE Detention of Immigrant Rights Activists in VT is Clear Case of Political Retaliation

Headlines for March 17, 2017; Trump's Budget Director Mick Mulvaney Insists Cutting Meals for Poor Seniors is Compassionate; Ralph Nader Denounces Trump Budget as Corporatist, Militarist & Racist: "The Mask is Off"; Is Trump Counterterrorism Aide Sebastian Gorka a Sworn Member of Hungarian Nazi-Allied Group?

Headlines for March 16, 2017; In Stinging Blow to President, Hawaii & Maryland Judges Block Trump's Second Muslim Ban; Rep. Gutiérrez Speaks Out After Being Handcuffed for Demanding Answers on ICE Raids & Deportations; Complete Idiocy: Rep. Gutiérrez Slams Rep. King's Racist Tweet About "Somebody Else's Babies"; ACLU Lawyer Esha Bhandari on Your Rights If Border Agents Try to Seize Your Cellphone at the Border; In Historic Report, U.N. Agency Says Israel Is Imposing an "Apartheid Regime" on Palestinian People

Headlines for March 15, 2017; David Cay Johnston Speaks Out About Receiving & Revealing 2 Pages of Trump's 2005 Tax Returns; David Cay Johnston: How Trump Pays So Little in Taxes and Plans to Change Tax Law to Pay Even Less; Aid Worker Decries U.S.-Backed "Relentless War" in Yemen Causing Widespread Threat of Starvation; Trump Considers Slashing U.S. Funding to U.N. Amid Warnings of Worst Humanitarian Crisis Since WWII; Arkansas Rushes to Execute 8 Men Using Drug Linked to Painful, Botched Executions

We speak with the filmmakers behind " RISE ," a new Viceland series that examines indigenous resistance past and present.

Headlines for February 24, 2017; As Calls Grow to Impeach Trump, Former Nixon Counsel John Dean Sees "Echoes of Watergate"; John Dean: The Difference Between Trump & Nixon is Trump Says Publicly What Nixon Said on Wiretap; NFL Star Michael Bennett on Refusing to Go to Israel, Black Lives Matter & His Love for Angela Davis