On this episode of American Prestige, Danny and Derek bring you stories from around the globe. This week: Iran warns of an imminent response to Israel bombing the IR’s embassy in Syria (0:31); Gaza ceasefire talks remain tenuous (6:15) while the IDF’s “withdrawal” has not yet enabled sufficient aid to enter the Strip (10:47); in Myanmar, rebels seize a key border town (15:27); battlefield dynamic shifts in Sudan with a supply of Iranian drones (19:00); in Ukraine, Russia strikes destroy a major power plant (21:17) and the Ukrainian parliament passes a new conscription law (23:17); international fallout ensues after the Ecuadorian goernment raids the Mexican embassy in Quito (25:36); a New Cold War update featuring Biden hosting Japanese PM Kishida and Philippine president Marcos Jr. (29:28); and in climate news, March continues a 10-month streak of the hottest respective month ever recorded (32:43).
Can the Democrats hold the Senate? John Nichols; Plus David Nasaw on Ken Burns's "Holocaust"
Bhaskar Sunkara: Bernie in 2024? plus Chris Lehmann on the Brooks Brothers Riot
Sarah Posner on the Conservative Takeover of the Southern Baptists, plus Amy Wilentz on Jared
Amy Littlefield on How Abortion Rights Triumphed in Kansas, plus Barbara Ehrenreich Remembered
Chris Lehmann on GOP Plans for 2023, Patrick Leahy on Jan. 6
The Mar-a-Lago Raid and the Democrats, plus ‘Dirty Work’ John Nichols on Trump, and Eyal Press on bad jobs
Abortion Rights Victories in Red States, plus the Crisis in Haiti
Liz Cheney in the Wyoming Primaries and White Supremacy in Southern California
Pramila Jayapal, from Banker to Organizer, plus Eric Foner on the Right to Vote
Katha Pollitt on Advice for Men and J. Hoberman on Film in the Age of Reagan
Daniel Squadron on How Trump’s Fake Electors Scheme Could Become Law, plus Amy Wilentz on Ivana
John Nichols on the 'Stop the Steal' rally, plus Rebecca Solnit and Thelma Young Lutunatabua on Climate Change
David Cole on What To Do About the Supreme Court, and Sarah Posner on School Prayer
Michele Goodwin on the end of abortion and Anatol Lieven on Ukraine
Sarah Posner on White Evangelicals and the Jan. 6 Insurrection, plus Joan Walsh on Sex Ed
John Nichols on January 6 and Peter Dreier on Progressive Prosecutors
John Nichols on Crime and the Democrats, plus Sarah Posner on Sex and the Southern Baptists
Katha Pollitt on How to Protect Abortion Rights and Kelly Lytle Hernandez on “Bad Mexicans”
John Nichols on Politics in 2024; Amy Wilentz on Reparations for Haiti
John Nichols on Progressives in the Primaries, plus Lynn Garafola on 'La Nijinska'
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