Randi Weingarten, president of the AFT, spent Thanksgiving weekend in Israel; she reports on meetings with shared society groups and peace movement leaders, and on the role of the US in bringing not just peace but equality and justice to Palestinians.
Also: Who was Bayard Rustin before the 1963 March on Washington? Gary Younge comments on the remarkable life of a gay Black pacifist and former communist, the subject of a new biopic on Netflix, ‘Rustin.’ Gary wrote “The Speech: The Story Behind Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Dream.”
Pat Robertson’s Terrible Legacy
Start Making Sense: The Far Right’s Takeover of Shasta County, plus the Enslaved Black Family: Sasha Abramsky on politics, Brenda Stevenson on history
Time of Monsters: Car Dealers Versus Electric Vehicles
Start Making Sense: D.D. Guttenplan on Biden and the Vision Thing; plus Disappearing Islands
Time of Monsters: How Ron DeSantis Botched His Launch
Edge of Sports: Shine On, Denver Nuggets
Start Making Sense: Is Planned Parenthood Too Cautious? Plus: Writing and Politics
Time Of Monsters: Biden, The Republicans, and The Debt Ceiling
Start Making Sense: Jeffrey Toobin on the Roots of Jan. 6; Adam Hochschild on Anti-Woke History
Time of Monsters: Slaying the Debt Ceiling Dragon
Start Making Sense: Bhaskar Sunkara on Biden in 2024, plus Josh Gondelman on the Writers Strike
Time of Monsters: Can the Corrupt Courts Be Fixed?
Start Making Sense: Impeach Clarence Thomas; plus Joe Biden, the GOP, and 'Freedom'
Edge of Sports: Lamar Jackson And The State of the Black Quarterback
Time of Monsters: A Corrupt Court Faces No Accountability
Start Making Sense: Anatol Lieven Reports from Ukraine, plus Amy Wilentz on Haiti
Time of Monsters: Tucker, Twitter and Taibbi
Edge of Sports: David Aldridge on The End of Dan Snyder
Start Making Sense: Rebecca Solnit on Climate Action, plus John Nichols on Abortion Politics
Time of Monsters: Resurgence In The Midwest
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