Cities throughout America are Democratic, often raising minimum wages and strengthening rent control. However, in states where Republicans hold unchecked power, state governments are blocking cities from acting. Harold Meyerson reports on preemption and “pre-preemption.”
Plus: Standing Together, Israel’s biggest Jewish-Palestinian grassroots movement, is organizing against the war and for a Palestinian state. Sally Abed, one of the group’s founders, will explain their vision, their strategy, and their recent actions.
Also: from the archives, Gary Shteyngart talks about his novel "Super Sad True Love Story" --It’s about a world where the Bipartisan Party rules and where everybody gets their news either from Fox Liberty Prime or Fox Liberty Ultra. And then our hero Lenny meets Eunice. (recorded in July, 2011.)
Trump, Biden & 'Populism': Tom Frank; Mike Davis: LA in the '60s; Ella Taylor on TV
Portland and protest: David Cole, plus Ella Taylor on TV and Mike Davis on LA in the Sixties
Fascism comes to Portland: Harold Meyerson; Disarm the police; Guttenplan; Ella Taylor on TV
Defund the LAPD--Kelly Lytle Hernandez; BLM is everywhere, Amy Wilentz on Ivanka and Ella Taylor
Why the US is the world's sickest country: Meyerson; Virus-time TV: Taylor; Sandra Bland Remembered
The Coronavirus Spike: David Dayen; Michelle Goodwin: Racism in Mpls.; Ella Taylor: "Babylon Berlin"
Trump After Tulsa: Meyerson; The Police vs. The People: Kelley; Bad Cop Movies: Taylor
The People vs. The Police: Armour; Ivanka Watch: Wilentz; Spike Lee's "Da Five Bloods": Taylor
Not About Trump, About Us w/Lithwick; America in Revolt w/Mystal; Criterion Virus-time TV w/Taylor
Protest, Police, Martial Law & Trump w/Meyerson; "Reaganland" w/Perlstein; Virus-Time TV w/Taylor
Tara Reade vs. the Evidence: Katha Pollitt; "Shirley": Ella Taylor; "Kochland": Christopher Leonard
The Labor Movement after the Virus: Harold Meyerson; plus Greil Marcus on The Great Gatsby
The Battle for the Soul of the Democratic Party: Nichols; Those Trump Kids: Wilentz; SCOTUS: Cohen
Coronavirus Updates: Mike Davis on the World; David Dayen on the USPS & Medicare; John Powers on TV
Joseph Stiglitz: The Virus & the Economy; plus Harold Meyerson and Katrina vanden Heuvel
Mike Davis: Coronavirus Around the World; plus Harold Meyerson and Barbara Ehrenreich
The Good News from Wisconsin: John Nichols; plus Harold Meyerson on Bernie and Biden
John Nichols: Wisconsin votes--or tries to; plus Bob Edelman on Cold War Sports and Laila Lalami
Republicans and the Virus Economy: Harold Meyerson; plus E.J. Dionne, Katha Pollitt & Gail Collins
What's Wrong in the Economic Stimulus: David Dayen, plus Paul Krugman and Rebecca Solnit
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