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Anti-gerrymandering activists gather on the steps of the Supreme Court in March 2018 as the justices prepare to hear a case challenging Maryland’s congressional map. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Who’s afraid of political gerrymandering?

By Jason Dick, Simone Pathé and Stephanie Akin
Posted May 8, 2019 at 2:22pm
Penny Lane, director of the documentary film "Hail Satan?" is interviewed for an episode of the Political Theater podcast in the CQ Roll Call podcast studio in Washington, D.C., on April 17, 2019 (Thomas McKinless/CQ Roll Call).

Movie Night: “Hail Satan?”

By Jason Dick
Posted May 6, 2019 at 6:57am
Sens. Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Kamala Harris, D-Calif., both candidates for the 2020 presidential race, got their chance to question Attorney General William Barr about the Mueller report. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

No holds Barr as Democrats grill attorney general

By Jason Dick, Niels Lesniewski and Toula Vlahou
Posted May 1, 2019 at 6:12pm
Political Theater host Jason Dick discusses the documentary "Knock Down the House" with director Rachel Lears, middle, and Amy Vilela. (Nathan Ouellette/CQ Roll Call)

Movie Night: “Knock Down the House”

By Jason Dick and Toula Vlahou
Posted April 30, 2019 at 5:58pm
Former Vice President Joe Biden, right, and Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., left, (seen here at a swearing-in ceremony in the Capitol's Old Senate Chamber, January 03, 2017, with Harris' husband Douglas Emhoff) are vying for the Democratic presidential nomination. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Why a crowded 2020 ‘knife fight’ is good for Democrats

By Jason Dick and Toula Vlahou
Posted April 24, 2019 at 2:05pm
Ernest "Fritz" Hollings, then-governor of South Carolina, campaigns with John Kennedy during the 1960 presidential campaign and helped JFK win South Carolina and six other southern states. Before he left office, Hollings would reverse himself on segregation and call for integration. He went on to serve in the Senate from 1966 until 2005. (CQ Roll Call file photo). 

When Fritz Hollings ‘made the turn’ as a Southern politician

By Jason Dick
Posted April 16, 2019 at 5:51pm
Jonathan Van Ness from the Netflix series ‘Queer Eye,’ takes a selfie with a fan in the Capitol after meeting with Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on Thursday, April 4, 2019. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Why ‘Queer Eye’ stormed Capitol Hill

By Jason Dick and Jennifer Shutt
Posted April 10, 2019 at 2:50pm
The Senate changed its rules, again, and the result will be less debate on judicial and executive nominees. The result could have ramifications for civil discourse. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Why we should care that the Senate will debate less

By Jason Dick and Niels Lesniewski
Posted April 3, 2019 at 4:30pm
President Donald Trump alongside Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., left, and Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., has been trumpeting the Mueller report. But will it matter to voters in 2020. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Will Mueller matter in 2020?

By Jason Dick
Posted March 27, 2019 at 4:01pm
Ben Masters, director of "The River and the Wall," right, discusses his movie about the Rio Grande and the immigration and border issues around it with Political Theater Podcast host Jason Dick. (Nathan Ouellette/CQ Roll Call)

‘The River and the Wall,’ a journey down the wall’s path

By Jason Dick
Posted March 20, 2019 at 1:40pm