Trump's immunity defense has been denied by the U.S. Federal Court of Appeals; the Republican-controlled House has failed to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas; and other GOP failures – Harold Meyerson comments.
Also: The case for disqualifying Trump as a candidate, based on the 14th Amendment banning those who have engaged in insurrection from holding public office. That case went before the Supreme Court this week. Princeton historian Sean Wilentz has our analysis.
Plus: The Nation’s annual Progressive Honor Roll features movement leaders who provide hope for 2024. John Nichols tells their stories.
What Dems Need Now: Harold Meyerson; plus Steve Phillips on Beto & Dave Lindorff on Atom Spies
Inflation & Joe Biden: Harold Meyerson; plus Mike Davis on Omicron & Martha Jones on 1619
Voting Rights after Jan. 6: Harold Meyerson, plus Eric Foner & Henry Louis Gates
2021: Gary Younge on the Insurrection, Mike Davis on the Pandemic, plus Rick Perlstein
Why Trump Won't be the Candidate: David Cay Johnston; plus Amy Wilentz & Tom Lutz
Bad news for Biden: Harold Meyerson; Alfred McCoy on Climate Change, Kristina Wong on Mask Making
Stacey Abrams: Harold Meyerson; Gary Younge on Josephine Baker, and Father Greg Boyle
Unions vs. Amazon: Harold Meyerson; Omicron & Inequality: Gregg Gonsalves; Beatles: Gustavo Arellano
Kyle Rittenhouse, Republicans, and Vigilantes: John Nichols, plus Eric Foner
Politics from Glasgow to Texas: Harold Meyerson, plus Rebecca Solnit on George Orwell
Build Back Better gets closer: Harold Meyerson; plus Francine Prose and Ella Taylor
Democrats in Defeat: Harold Meyerson; The Underground Railroad: Eric Foner
The threat from Manchin & Sinema: Harold Meyerson; Amy Wilentz on Haiti, Adam Shatz on Coltrane
Dems scale back big plans: Harold Meyerson; plus Dave Zirin on 'The Kaepernick Effect'
Winning in 2022: Harold Meyerson; Draft Resistance: Bruce Dancis; "Pauli Murray": Ella Taylor
Biden Backs the Left: Harold Meyerson, plus Melina Abdulla on the LAPD, & Louis Menand
Reconciliation: The Solution--Harold Meyerson, plus Carol Sobel on the LAPD, and Occupy at 10
Filibuster reform: Harold Meyerson; Haitian refugees: Amy Wilentz; 'The Stone Face': Adam Shatz
The California recall: Harold Meyerson; plus Alan Minsky on the legacy of Occupy Wall Street
Political Update: Harold Meyerson; Abortion in Texas: Rick Perlstein; 'Summer of Soul': John Powers
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