Israel’s new far-right government, headed, again, by Benjamin Netanyahu, is working to undermine democracy for Israelis and advance Israel’s annexation of Palestinian land. Provocations by Israel in the West Bank have been followed by settler pogroms against Palestinian villages. Saree Makdisi provides comment and analysis of how Israel is “destroying the fantasies of liberal Zionism.”
Also: the worst thing that happened to Black History during Black History Month was not Ron DeSantis banning critical concepts and approaches - it was the College Board revising its new African American Studies curriculum to meet all of his demands. But now scholars in Black History, Black Studies and related fields are fighting back. Kimberlé Crenshaw will explain.
Plus: Walmart is the biggest employer in America, and the Walton family, the children of Walmart founder Sam Walton, is the richest family in the world. The company has raised wages and become more socially conscious-but it provides a case study of the limits of socially conscious capitalism. Rick Wartzman will explain – his new book on Walmart and its workers is titled “Still Broke.”
Trump and the Armed Mob: Harold Meyerson; Evangelicals and Jan. 6: Sarah Posner
The Hearings on Trump's Crimes: John Nichols; plus Joan Walsh on Sex Ed
Jan. 6 Revelations: Harold Meyerson; Voters and Progressive Prosecutors: Peter Dreier
LA Primaries: Harold Meyerson; Abortion: Katha Pollitt; 'Bad Mexicans': Kelly Lytle Hernandez
Cops in LA Politics: Harold Meyerson; Abortion rights: Katha Pollitt; "La Nijinska": Lynn Garafola
Abortion in the midterms: Harold Meyerson; Haiti in the NYTimes: Amy Wilentz; plus Hunter S Thompson
Harold Meyerson and John Nichols on the primaries, plus Chesa Boudin on Progressive DAs
Politics & Abortion Rights: Harold Meyerson & Amy Littlefield, plus Rebecca Solnit: People change
Democracy Summer: Harold Meyerson; Ukrainian Refugees: David Nasaw; Margo Jefferson's new memoir
Progressives in Primaries: Alan Minsky; Amazon Workers: Jane McAlevey; Happiness: Joshua Holland
Democrats: Michael Kazin: Ketanji Brown Jackson: Michele Goodwin; Cops & courts: Erwin Chemerinsky
Inflation Blame: Harold Meyerson; The Sheriff: Gustavo Arellano; Ukraine: Anatol Lieven
Amazon workers: Harold Meyerson; EJ Dionne & Miles Rapaport: Voting; Peter Dreier: Baseball
Biden's Budget w/out Build Back Better: Harold Meyerson; Student Debt: Astra Taylor
Biden's Tasks Now: Harold Meyerson; Confirmation Hearings: Fishkin & Forbath; Jan. 6: Jamie Raskin
Biden, Zelensky, & Putin: Harold Meyerson; plus Bhaskar Sunkara and Katha Pollitt
Elie Mystal: Blacks and the Constitution; plus Eric Foner on slaveholders in Congress, & Eyal Press
After Biden's State of the Union: Harold Meyerson; Katrina vanden Heuvel: Ukraine; plus Jeet Heer
Republicans and Ukraine: Harold Meyerson; Amy Wilentz on Paul Farmer; Ahilan A. on immigration
Ukraine and the Left: Harold Meyerson; Trump and the Republicans: John Nichols
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