We talked with Brian Katulis, co-author of The Prosperity Agenda, about the top foreign policy challenges facing the next president.

Vicki Been, Executive Director of the Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy, talked with Errol about the local impact of the foreclosure crisis.

Civil rights attorney and candidate for Public Advocate Norman Siegel outlined the legal case that he and other supporters of term limits plan to make against Mayor Bloomberg and the City Council.

You wouldn't know it from the presidential debate, but the nuclear threat is alive and well, with thousands of weapons subject to deliberate or accidental firing. Errol talked with Joe Cirincione of the Ploughshares Fund, a peace organization, about what the next administration must do to make us safer.

Neal Rosenstein of the New York Public Interest Research Group talks with Errol about why the group gave the Board of Elections an "F" grade for purging thousands of voter registrations in possible violation of the law.

Broadcasting from Kingsborough Community College, we took a moment to talk with Comptroller Bill Thompson about his effort to block Mayor Bloomberg on the issue of term limits.

We talked with Eleanor Clift of Newsweek about the final debate between John McCain and Barack Obama.

We talked with James Bamford, author of The Shadow Factory: The Ultra-Secret NSA from 9/1 to the Eavesdropping on America. Click here to buy it.

We previewed the final presidential debate of 2008 with syndicated columnist Clarence Page.

Author Robert Kuttner joined us to talk about Obama's Challenge, his book that argues the economic crisis gives Barack Obama the opportunity to be a great president.

An estimated 30,000 people are held in custody every day, a result of our nation's tough post-9/11 immigration and border policies. Edward Alden, author of The Closing of the American Border, joined us to talk about it.

We talked with Joycelyn Elders, former Surgeon General, about women's reproductive health issues and why America needs a new approach to health and sex education.

A day after markets rallied, we talked with Jack Gage of Forbes Magazine about whether the bailout is working.

One of the leaders battling against Mayor Bloomberg's attempt to eliminate term limits is City Councilwoman Letitia James, who joined us.

We talked with Michael Isikoff, Newsweek Investigative Correspondent, about the Palin report. He wrote about it here.

We talked about the debate with New York Times columnist Bob Herbert. His latest column is here.

We talked about the economic crisis with David Cay Johnston, author of Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and Stick You with the Bill).

Stacey Artandi, the founder of SheZoom.com, talked about a poll asking who voters would choose in a presidential face-off between Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton.

Political commentator and author John Avlon, author of Independent Nation, joined us for a preview of the second presidential debate.

Fresh from a televised clash with a right-wing talk show host, Robert Kuttner joined us to talk about how a potential Barack Obama presidency might bring America through the economic crisis.

We talked with Jeff Chester, author of Digital Destiny: New Media and the Future of Democracy, available here. Jeff is Executive Director of the Center for Digital Democracy.

Prof. James K. Galbraith gave a skeptical appraisal of the federal bailout and explained why suddenly cutting government spending will only make things worse.

Myrna Pérez of the Brennan Center at NYU Law school, the author of a study on voter purges, explained how millions have been removed from the voter rolls, many illegally. To get the full report or an executive summary, click here.

We talked with Paul Jacobs of Citizens in Charge, who once ran U.S. Term Limits, about Mayor Bloomberg's attack on the city's term limits law.

For a look at the strategies Democrat Joe Biden and Republican Sarah Palin will be using in tonight's high-stakes debate, we turned to Emmy-award winning journalist and executive speech coach Steve Adubato.

Bob Gangi, president of the Correctional Association of New York, talked about his efforts to register thousands of ex-prisoners who may not know they have the right to vote.

Rounding out our look at the bailout, Congressman Charlie Rangel of Harlem described the debate and vote - and says spending $700 billion shouldn't stop the next president and Congress from investing in education, infrastructure and other basic needs.

Jim Horney, Director of Federal Fiscal Policy at the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, says the middle class and small businesses face "extreme hardship" if the bailout bill fails -- and that the true cost of the bill could be less than half of the $700 billion the politicians say they need.

Today's look at the economics of the bailout began with Ross Eisenbrey of the Economic Policy Institute explaining why the bailout is needed.