House Republicans are refusing to raise the debt limit, threatening that the US will default on its bond payments. But the Constitution has the solution for President Biden – that’s what historian Eric Foner says. He joins the podcast to shed light on a little-known section of the 14th Amendment.
Next: Republicans continue to work to limit teaching about Black Americans’ place in our history. Meanwhile, the 1619 Project, the book offering what the authors call “a new origin story” about the United States, was released as a docuseries on Hulu. Martha Jones, a historian at Johns Hopkins University, and one of the contributors, talks about the battle, the book, and the larger project.
Also: we’re still thinking about Victor Navasky, who died on Jan. 23. He was editor or publisher of The Nation for 27 years, starting in 1978, and author of several books, including one about his life in magazines, titled “A Matter of Opinion.” We’ll listen to our conversation about that book, recorded in 2006.
Plus: Oliver Sacks was a professor of neurology at the NYU School of Medicine, and wrote widely about the brain; the NY Times called him "the poet of laureate of medicine." We revisit an interview with him about tripping in Topanga – and his book "Hallucinations" – recorded in 2012, he died three years later.
How progressives won - in Chicago and Wisconsin: Harold Meyerson and John Nichols; plus Chris Lehmann on Trump
Low-Wage Workers' Victory in LA: Harold Meyerson; the Minor League Baseball Union: Kelly Candaele and Peter Dreier; Women v. Trump: Dahlia Lithwick
Billionaires and banks: Harold Meyerson; Women in 2023: Katha Pollitt; Vietnam Era Protest: Christian Appy
Banks and Democrats: Harold Meyerson; Masks and Covid: Gregg Gonsalves; Wisconsin votes: John Nichols
The Kamala Conundrum: Harold Meyerson; Covid: Gregg Gonsalves; The Oscars: John Powers
Palestinians and Liberal Zionism: Saree Makdisi; Black Studies: Kimberlé Crenshaw; Walmart: Rick Wartzman
Israel & American Jews: Harold Meyerson; Wisconsin & Politics: John Nichols; Blacks & the Constitution: Elie Mystal
The 1619 Project on Hulu: Robin Kelley; 'The Crown' on Netflix: Gary Younge; The Supremes: Erwin Chemerinsky
Biden and the crazies in the GOP-Harold Meyerson, Chris Lehmann; "The Warmth of Other Suns"-Isabel Wilkerson
Red States and Green Energy: Harold Meyerson; Kyrsten Sinema and Ruben Gallego: Steve Phillips; UBI and LA: Sasha Abramsky
Bernie's Priorities: Harold Meyerson; UC Strike, Cont.: Nelson Lichtenstein; Abortion Voters: John Nichols; Happy in Denmark: Joshua Holland
Unions at Yale and UPS: Harold Meyerson; Coups in the US: Fintan O'Toole; "She Said": Katha Pollitt
The House Republican Mess: Harold Meyerson; plus Nelson Lichtenstein on the UC Strike Victory and Andrew Bacevich on "The Long War"
Best of 2022: Elie Mystal on the Constitution, Kelly Lytle Hernandez on 'Bad Mexicans,' Beverly Gage on the FBI
UC Strike Settlement? Nelson Lichtenstein; the WWI Xmas Truce: Adam Hochschild; Bob Dylan's Xmas: Sean Wilentz
Homelessness in LA: Harold Meyerson; On Strike at the U of Cal: Nelson Lichtenstein; plus Beverly Gage on J. Edgar Hoover
After Georgia: Harold Meyerson and Joan Walsh; the UC Strike: Nelson Lichtenstein
After DACA: Ahilan Arulanantham; Hoover's FBI: Beverly Gage; LA’s Grassroots Activists: Eliza Moreno
The U. of Calif. T.A. Strike: Harold Meyerson; plus Father Greg Boyle on Homeboy Industries
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