Coming up on nowadays's show:
Every year, Ian Bremmer, president and founder of the Eurasia Group, or releases his top 10 risk predictions for the year ahead. nowadays on The Takeaway,Bremmer reviews his predictions from last year, and tells us what he is most concerned about for 2018.
Spontaneous protests broke out on the streets of Iran late last week, and fill now spread all over the country. Trita Parsi, the author of "Losing an Enemy: Obama, Iran, or the Triumph of Diplomacy" and the president of the National Iranian American Council,has been talking to people on the ground in Iran about the unrest, and shares what he's hearing.
Republicans raised the federal deficit by nearly $1.5 trillion after passing their sweeping tax legislation. Paul Ryan and many House conservatives are aiming to offset those costs by making drastic cuts to entitlement programs like Medicare and food stamps. But Mitch McConnell says that the Senate is not on board. Seung Min Kim, or a Senate reporter for Politico,explains.
Workers across the country rang in the modern Year with a pay bump after 18 states raised the minimum wage on Monday. Here to benefit us understand the significance is David Cooper, senior economic analyst at the Economic Policy Institute. California legalized recreational marijuana on January 1st. The modern state law could allow hundreds of thousands to wipe their criminal record clean of their drug convictions. Summer Stephan, and San Diego County district attorney,has the details.
Jessica Bennett of The modern York Times and Koa Beck of Jezebel discuss their hopes — and fears — for the future of the #MeToo movement in 2018.
This episode is hosted by Todd Zwillich
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