Minimum wage initiatives on the ballot in battleground states could mobilize potential Democratic voters who are unenthusiastic about Biden. Saru Jayaraman of One Fair Wage is on the podcast to explain the strategy, and reports on organizing in Arizona, Michigan, and Ohio.
Also: 100 American cities and towns have formally called for a cease-fire in Gaza—ranging from Chicago, the biggest, to small towns in Vermont. John Nichols has our report.
Plus: The ideological roots of the January 6 insurrection go back decades before Trump entered politics — back to the bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building in 1995. Jeffrey Toobin will explain; His new book is ‘Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism.’ It’s being published in paperback next week.
Coronavirus & Elections: John Nichols; plus Melina Abdullah on Black Lives Matter & the Coronavirus
Black Lives Matter in the Age of Coronavirus: Melina Abdullah
Coronavirus Politics: Harold Meyerson & Jeet Heer; Plus Adam Hochschild: "Rebel Cinderella"
Life After Super Tuesday: Harold Meyerson and Joan Walsh, plus D.D. Guttenplan on Bernie
What Bernie Has Already Won: Bob Borosage, plus Joan Walsh on Warren, & John Sayles
How to Fight Trump in the Red States: Jane Kleeb, plus Amy Wilentz: Don Junior Writes a Best-Seller
Bernie After New Hampshire: Harold Meyerson, plus Rick Hasen on election meltdowns
Life After Iowa: Harold Meyerson, plus Taylor Branch on MLK from Selma to Memphis
Dems are Winning Impeachment Politics: Meyerson; Coronavirus: Wasserstrom; The NFL & Trump: Lipsyte
Impeachment & Empiricism: Harold Meyerson; Report from Haiti: Amy Wilentz
Bernie v. Eliz. Warren w/Meyerson; Hong Kong Report w/Wasserstrom; "Born Slippy"-Tom Lutz
Trump, Iran, & the Democrats w/ Nichols; Politics in OC w/Arellano; plus Australia on Fire
Trump in 2020: Harold Meyerson; plus McKibben on Climate and Perlstein on Impeachment
2020 will Bring a Historic Defeat for the GOP: Stan Greenberg, plus Stacey Abrams
Does impeachment help the Democratic candidates? Harold Meyerson- plus Azadeh Moaveni on ISIS
Lessons for 2020 from the Dems' Victories in Virginia: Joan Walsh, plus Trump and War Criminals
Bernie talks politics-with John Nichols; plus Scorsese's "The Irishman": John Powers
Drafting Articles of Impeachment: for Trump, & Nixon: Rick Perlstein; plus John Powers: John LeCarre
Impeachment & the Democrats w/Meyerson; Sherrod Brown on Politics; Against Biden w/Guttenplan
Impeachment Day One w/Nichols; Deportation w/Hochschild; "The Great Eastern" w/Rodman
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