Striking hotel workers have occupied Century Blvd., the approach to LAX, and are planning a posada, reenacting Mary and Joseph's search for lodging in Bethlehem, on Friday evening--Harold Meyerson comments.
Also: Randi Weingarten, president of the AFT, spent Thanksgiving weekend in Israel. She will report on meetings with shared society groups and peace movement leaders. She’ll also discuss the role of the US in moving toward not only peace but also toward equality and justice for Palestinians.
Plus: Who was Bayard Rustin before the 1963 March on Washington? Gary Younge will comment on the remarkable life of a gay Black pacifist, former communist, and subject of a new Netflix biopic, Rustin. Gary is the author of The Speech: The Story Behind Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dream.
Hope for Democrats: Ro Khanna; Amy Wilentz on Haiti & John Nichols on Trump & the Virus
Biden's Pick for the Supremes: Meyerson; Great Migration: Wilkerson; on Organizing: Jayapal
Breyer Will Retire: Harold Meyerson; Gustavo Arellano: the OC; & Ellen Schrecker: the '60s
What Dems Need Now: Harold Meyerson; plus Steve Phillips on Beto & Dave Lindorff on Atom Spies
Inflation & Joe Biden: Harold Meyerson; plus Mike Davis on Omicron & Martha Jones on 1619
Voting Rights after Jan. 6: Harold Meyerson, plus Eric Foner & Henry Louis Gates
2021: Gary Younge on the Insurrection, Mike Davis on the Pandemic, plus Rick Perlstein
Why Trump Won't be the Candidate: David Cay Johnston; plus Amy Wilentz & Tom Lutz
Bad news for Biden: Harold Meyerson; Alfred McCoy on Climate Change, Kristina Wong on Mask Making
Stacey Abrams: Harold Meyerson; Gary Younge on Josephine Baker, and Father Greg Boyle
Unions vs. Amazon: Harold Meyerson; Omicron & Inequality: Gregg Gonsalves; Beatles: Gustavo Arellano
Kyle Rittenhouse, Republicans, and Vigilantes: John Nichols, plus Eric Foner
Politics from Glasgow to Texas: Harold Meyerson, plus Rebecca Solnit on George Orwell
Build Back Better gets closer: Harold Meyerson; plus Francine Prose and Ella Taylor
Democrats in Defeat: Harold Meyerson; The Underground Railroad: Eric Foner
The threat from Manchin & Sinema: Harold Meyerson; Amy Wilentz on Haiti, Adam Shatz on Coltrane
Dems scale back big plans: Harold Meyerson; plus Dave Zirin on 'The Kaepernick Effect'
Winning in 2022: Harold Meyerson; Draft Resistance: Bruce Dancis; "Pauli Murray": Ella Taylor
Biden Backs the Left: Harold Meyerson, plus Melina Abdulla on the LAPD, & Louis Menand
Reconciliation: The Solution--Harold Meyerson, plus Carol Sobel on the LAPD, and Occupy at 10
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