Solving It

Attorney Philip K. Howard offers four ways to fix a broken legal system. Legal scholar and activist Lawrence Lessig says the campaign funding process weakens democracy and issues a bipartisan call for change. Health advocate Rebecca Onie describes how our healthcare system can be restructured to prevent — and not just treat — illness. Lawyer Bryan Stevenson shares some hard truths about how America's criminal justice system works against the poor and people of color. He argues that these issues are wrapped up in America's unexamined history.

Learn more or listen again to this week's episode,which originally aired on March 8, 2014.

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