Should Bernie Sanders run in the Democratic primaries in 2024? Bhaskar Sunkara, President of The Nation, says “yes” IF Biden doesn’t. Sanders transformed American politics and, Bhaskar argues, he remains a uniquely important figure for Democrats and the left.
Plus: can Republicans win control of the Senate? Trump’s candidates are the GOP’s biggest problem, starting in Pennsylvania, Arizona, Georgia, and Wisconsin. The Nation’s National Affairs Correspondent, John Nichols has our analysis.
Also: 20 years before the January 6 attack on the capitol, a Republican mob attacked a central hub of government operations claiming the vote count in the presidential election that year was fraudulent, trying to reverse the results. That was the “Brooks Brothers Riot” in Miami, a Republican effort long before Trump. The Nation’s DC Bureau Chief, Chris Lehmann reviews that history.
Palestinians v. Israel: Rachel Kushner; Booming Cal.: Harold Meyerson: 'Underground RR": Ella Taylor
Senator Mazie Hirono on politics; Harold Meyerson: Eli Broad; Ella Taylor: “Exterminate the Brutes”
Biden's 100 Days: Harold Meyerson; Amy Wilentz: Hunter Biden; Ella Taylor: The Oscars
The George Floyd Verdicts: Jody Armour, Harold Meyerson; Earth Day Action: Mark Hertsgaard
Why the Union lost at Amazon: Harold Meyerson; Breyer Retire: Joan Walsh; 'Our Towns': Ella Taylor
Global Corporate Taxes: Harold Meyerson; LA’s Homeless: Ananya Roy; Ella Taylor on film
Biden's Infrastructure Plan: Harold Meyerson; Covid & Big Pharma: Gregg Gonsalves; TV: Ella Taylor
Biden’s next big thing: Harold Meyerson; Michelle’s memoir: Amy Wilentz; Q-Anon: Ella Taylor
Bernie & Biden's covid relief bill: Harold Meyerson; BLM & the LAPD: Carol Sobel; TV: Ella Taylor
Biden's Triumph: Harold Meyerson; Parents in Prison: Chesa Boudin; 'Night of the Kings': Ella Taylor
Biden & Unions: Harold Meyerson; Trumpers & Us: Katha Pollitt; Will Smith on Netflix: Eric Foner
Biden's Pandemic Relief Bill: Meyerson; Trump's future: Perlstein; TV this week: Taylor
Biden & the economy: Meyerson; UCLA & the LAPD: Hernandez & Speed; TV this week: Taylor
Impeachment: Harold Meyerson; the Progressive Agenda: Alan Minsky; 'The Maurianian': Ella Taylor
Pandemic Aid: Harold Meyerson; plus Barbara Ransby, Ella Taylor--& Remembering Rennie Davis
Biden's First Week: Harold Meyerson; The Insurrectionists: Gary Younge; "White Tiger": Ella Taylor
Returning to Normal: Harold Meyerson; Progressives and Biden: Alan Minsky; 'Assassins': Ella Taylor
Impeachment: Harold Meyerson; History: Eric Foner; “MLK/JFK”: Ella Taylor; Trump & Golf: Bob Lipsyte
The Trump mob at the capitol: Harold Meyerson; Gregg Gonsalves on Vaccines; Ella Taylor on TV
White Voters in 2020: Joan Walsh; Trump Kids in 2020: Amy Wilentz; Films in 2020: Ella Taylor
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