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).
Amy Littlefield on the fight for Abortion Rights, plus Chesa Boudin on Progressive Prosecutors
Rebecca Solnit on How People Change and Why We Care; plus Eric Foner on 1776 and 2022
David Nasaw on Biden’s disgraceful Ukrainian refugee policy and Katha Pollitt on what abortion opponents are really thinking
Jane McAlevey on Amazon Workers' Next Big Battles and Margo Jefferson on "Constructing a Nervous System"
Gustavo Arellano on The Sheriff vs. Black L.A., and Michele Goodwin on Ketanji Brown Jackson
How the Ukraine War Could End: Anatol Lieven; Plus E.J. Dionne & Miles Rapoport: 100% Voting
Joan Walsh on Ginni Thomas, and Astra Taylor on Abolishing Student Debt
Fighting about the Constitution: Fishkin & Forbath, plus P.E. Moskowitz on antidepressants
What The Media Should Be Doing During Wartime; plus Hoberman on Comics As Propaganda
Jamie Raskin: Why It's Been So Hard to Nail Trump; plus Michael Kazin on the Democrats
Putin’s War: What is to be Done? Katrina vanden Heuvel, plus Elie Mystal on the constitution
Canadian Truckers: a Working Class Protest? Jeet Heer, plus Amy Wilentz on Paul Farmer
Will Trump’s candidates lose in November? John Nichols; Hunter S. Thompson: Peter Richardson
Biden and the Border: Ahilan Arulanantham, plus Amy Wilentz on Haiti
The Progressives’ Agenda: What’s Left? Ro Khanna, plus Katha Pollitt on Sex
Our Coronavirus Criminals: John Nichols; plus Eric Foner on Slaveholders in Congress
California Dems’ Big Moves on Health Care: Sasha Abramsky; Ellen Schrecker on the ’60s
Beto Can Win: Steve Phillips; plus Dave Lindorff on Atom Spies
Omicron: A Kinder, Gentler Covid? Mike Davis, plus John Nichols on Jan. 6
Remembering Rennie Davis, Remembering Joan Didion
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