The new mayor in LA, Karen Bass, the former community organizer and former head of the Congressional Black caucus, LA’s first woman mayor, was sworn in on Sunday, and her first act was to declare a state of emergency to address homelessness. Harold Meyerson comments.
plus: In the biggest strike in the nation this year, the strike by University of California graduate student employees, one group of strikers—the postdocs--settled, and another agreed to go into mediation—the Teaching Assistants, who are refusing to grade final exams for tens of thousands of students. Nelson Lichtenstein has our report.
Also: We know a lot about the bad things J. Edgar Hoover did, but it turns out there’s a lot we didn’t know. Historian Beverly Gage explains; Her new book is “G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover & the Making of the American Century.”
Mike Davis: Covid-19; Amy Wilentz: Trump Kids; Ella Taylor: le Carré on film
LA's Progressive DA: Jody Armour; Supremes & Trump: David Cole; "Coded Bias": Ella Taylor
Georgia Voters: Harold Meyerson; Trump Kids: Amy Wilentz; ‘Small Axe’: Ella Taylor
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
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