John Nichols reports on Monday’s Republican caucuses in Iowa, and explains why Iowa is the state with the biggest shift from blue to red between Obama in 2008 and Trump in 2020.
Also: The new film "American Fiction," starring Jeffrey Wright, takes up the question, do Black writers have to "write Black"? The film is based on the novel "Erasure" by Percival Everett, which is considerably wilder and more uncompromising than the film. John Powers comments—he’s critic at Large on NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross.
Plus: Fintan O’Toole’s personal history of Ireland since the fifties: how a country dominated by a corrupt Catholic church came to legalize gay marriage and abortion — by referendum. His much-honored ‘personal history’ of Ireland, titled “We Don’t Know Ourselves,” is out now in paperback. (Originally recorded in February, 2023.)
Trump in Court: Harold Meyerson; Israel in Gaza: Amy Wilentz; 'Corporate B.S.': Joan Walsh
Dread and Hope in 2024: Harold Meyerson; Political forecast: John Nichols; Bill Gates:Tim Schwab
End-of-year Giving: Katha Pollitt; the Xmas Truce of 1914: Adam Hochschild; Bob Dylan's Xmas: Sean Wilentz
Class struggle in 2023: Harold Meyerson; Hamas and rape: Katha Pollitt; schools and politics: Randi Weingarten; plus Arthur Danto on Las Vegas
The Palestinian Future: David Myers; Democrats are Sleepwalking toward disaster: Harold Meyerson; "Rebel Cinderella": Adam Hochschild
LA Hotel Workers Occupy LAX Approaches: Harold Meyerson; plus Randi Weingarten on Israel and Gary Younge on 'Rustin'
Trump's plans for 2025: Harold Meyerson; Gaza and us: D.D. Guttenplan; 'Slow Horses': John Powers
Biden after the Hostage Exchange: Harold Meyerson; the Israeli Left: Dahlia Scheindlin; "Dear California": David Kipen
Rachel Kushner on Palestinian refugees, Adam Shatz on Edward Said, Viet Nguyen on immigrants
This week's Democratic victories: John Nichols, Harold Meyerson; Gaza and history: Fintan O'Toole
UAW Makes History: Harold Meyerson; Hamas and history: D.D. Guttenplan; 'American Midnight": Adam Hochschild
Biden and Israel: Harold Meyerson; Israel and Hamas: Adam Shatz
Biden and Bibi, Israel and Hamas and Gaza: Harold Meyerson and Amy Wilentz
UAW victories at GM: Harold Meyerson; Public Power in Maine: Bill McKibben; "The Forgotten Girls": Katha Pollitt
Our Biggest Ever Healthcare Strike: Harold Meyerson; plus the 'Fabulous Failure' of Bill Clinton: Nelson Lichtenstein
Biden on the picket line: Harold Meyerson; plus Dahlia Lithwick on voting rights, and Adam Hochschild on guns
Is the UAW Asking for Too Much? Harold Meyerson; plus Astra Taylor on Insecurity and Amy Wilentz on Melania and Ivanka
Fast Food Workers Victory: Harold Meyerson; Haiti update: Amy Wilentz; Black Writing: Gary Younge
Biden's Bad Poll Numbers: Harold Meyerson, plus Marc Cooper on Chile and Heather Cox Richardson on Democracy
Labor's Big Win: Harold Meyerson; Growing up in the Sixties: Drew Faust
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