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.
Stacey Abrams: The Fight for Georgia
Mike Davis: Trump voters; Gregg Gonsalves: Vaccine profits; Ella Taylor: 'The Crown'
Trump’s Tactics: Harold Meyerson; BLM Victories: Jody Armour; “Collective”: Ella Taylor
Election day: What happened? Harold Meyerson, Joan Walsh; 'Queen's Gambit': Ella Taylor
White Voters and Joe Biden: Harold Meyerson; The Chicago 7: Lee Weiner; Borat: Ella Taylor
Disputed elections: Eric Foner; David Byrne's utopia: Ella Taylor
The fight for voting by mail: Pramila Jayapal; "Trial of the Chicago 7": Ella Taylor
The VP Debate: Harold Meyerson; Politics: Sherrod Brown; Covid-19: Ella Taylor; John Lennon tribute
Republicans Needed this Debate like a Hole in the Head: Harold Meyerson, plus Ella Taylor on TV
The Supreme Court & Biden: Harold Meyerson; Refugees; David Nasaw; 'Hacking Your Mind': Ella Taylor
Chris Hayes: Fear and Hope; Manuel Pastor: Covid and Inequality; Ella Taylor: Russian hackers
Rick Perlstein: From Reagan to Trump; Katie Porter on the postal service, Ella Taylor: '60s TV
White Backlash Politics: Harold Meyerson; Black Lives Matter: Jody Armour; Cuban doc: Ella Taylor
Republicans! Harold Meyerson; Trump Kids: Amy Wilentz; Deportation Doc: Ella Taylor
The DNC and the GOP: Harold Meyerson; Melina Abdullah: the LAPD; Ella Taylor: “The 24th”
Naomi Klein: Black Lives Matter & the Pandemic, Gregg Gonsalves: Vaccine Politics; Ella Taylor
Trump, Biden & 'Populism': Tom Frank; Mike Davis: LA in the '60s; Ella Taylor on TV
Portland and protest: David Cole, plus Ella Taylor on TV and Mike Davis on LA in the Sixties
Fascism comes to Portland: Harold Meyerson; Disarm the police; Guttenplan; Ella Taylor on TV
Defund the LAPD--Kelly Lytle Hernandez; BLM is everywhere, Amy Wilentz on Ivanka and Ella Taylor
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