The Supreme Court has decided NOT to challenge rent control – a huge victory for the progressive renters' rights movements across the country. Also, the Supreme Court will leave in place the diversity-oriented admissions plan for Thomas Jefferson High School – Harold Meyerson comments.
Next: A political battle is underway in Los Angeles, where landlords, multi-millionaires, and the police are trying to defeat the leading progressive on the city council. Their key issues are protection for renters and new taxes on mansions. Peter Dreier has that story.
Plus: The latest US moves in Haiti are framed in democratic rhetoric but are deeply anti-democratic in their effect. Amy Wilentz is on the podcast to explain. She’s written two books about Haiti, most recently the award-winning Farewell Fred Voodoo.
Bernie on Socialism w/Meyerson; The Dems in CA w/David Dayen; The Indivisible Pledge w/Ezra Levin
Andrew Bacevich: The Middle East Conflicts Memorial; plus Katha Pollitt on Abortion & Men
Why Does the New York Times Hate Bernie? Amy Wilentz; plus Secrecy and the Mueller Report
Joe Biden has One Thing in Common with Donald Trump: Harold Meyerson; plus Laila Lalalami
Bill McKibben: Fear & Hope about Climate Change, plus Amy Wilentz on the Other Ruined Notre Dame
Is Joe Biden Necessary? Joan Walsh, plus Joshua Holland on Impeachment
John Nichols: The Lies of William Barr; Plus Michael Walzer on "Political Action"
SCOTUS & the Census w/ Meyerson; Stacey Abrams on Leading; Plus: Joan Walsh on Gillibrand
The Mueller Report w/ Nichols; Our Climate Moment w/McKibben; Plus: Gary Stewart on Girl Groups
Israeli Election w/ Meyerson; Eric Foner on Reconstruction; Plus: Laurie Winer on Stephen Miller
Republicans and Socialism w/Nichols; Zoë Carpenter on Plastic; Ben Ehrenreich on Climate & Commerce
The Mueller Report w/ Meyerson; 50th Anniv. of the Bed-In for Peace; Jane Mayer on Mike Pence
The Trouble with Beto: Harold Meyerson; College Scandal w/Wilentz; Adam Hochschild on Trump
Bill McKibben: Climate Victories--and Setbacks; plus Harm Reduction and the Opioid Epidemic
Michelle Goldberg: Trump marks the end of the Reagan era; plus Zornick: Warren & Walzer: Organizing
Naomi Klein: The Politics of the Green New Deal, plus Dahlia Lithwick on Trump's 'Emergency'
The Case for Universal Child Care: Katha Pollitt; plus David Klion on Bernie's New Foreign Policy
The Green New Deal in California: David Dayen; Plus, Isabel Wilkerson on 'The Warmth of Other Suns'
Trump's SOTU: Harold Meyerson; CA vs. Trump: Manuel Pastor; Trump & Climate: Elizabeth Kolbert
Trump & China: Jeff Wasserstrom; After the Shutdown/Harold Meyerson; Trump's Travel Ban/Abramsky
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