On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

Shame is a powerful feeling that can keep behavior in check. So what happens when political leaders feel no shame at all?

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An electric vehicle battery that charges almost as fast as it takes to fill a tank of gas. And it might soon be available almost everywhere except the United States. How China's superfast-charging electric vehicles are leaving American EV’s in the dust.

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An electric vehicle battery that charges almost as fast as it takes to fill a tank of gas. And it might soon be available almost everywhere except the United States. How China's superfast-charging electric vehicles are leaving American EV’s in the dust.

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Shia fundamentalism has come to define Iran’s place in the Middle East and the world. And that wasn’t an accident. How Iranian leaders use Shia Islam to exert their power.

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On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on how the U.S. Congress serves the financial interests of itself through insider trading.

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