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.)
Coronavirus & Elections: John Nichols; plus Melina Abdullah on Black Lives Matter & the Coronavirus
Black Lives Matter in the Age of Coronavirus: Melina Abdullah
Coronavirus Politics: Harold Meyerson & Jeet Heer; Plus Adam Hochschild: "Rebel Cinderella"
Life After Super Tuesday: Harold Meyerson and Joan Walsh, plus D.D. Guttenplan on Bernie
What Bernie Has Already Won: Bob Borosage, plus Joan Walsh on Warren, & John Sayles
How to Fight Trump in the Red States: Jane Kleeb, plus Amy Wilentz: Don Junior Writes a Best-Seller
Bernie After New Hampshire: Harold Meyerson, plus Rick Hasen on election meltdowns
Life After Iowa: Harold Meyerson, plus Taylor Branch on MLK from Selma to Memphis
Dems are Winning Impeachment Politics: Meyerson; Coronavirus: Wasserstrom; The NFL & Trump: Lipsyte
Impeachment & Empiricism: Harold Meyerson; Report from Haiti: Amy Wilentz
Bernie v. Eliz. Warren w/Meyerson; Hong Kong Report w/Wasserstrom; "Born Slippy"-Tom Lutz
Trump, Iran, & the Democrats w/ Nichols; Politics in OC w/Arellano; plus Australia on Fire
Trump in 2020: Harold Meyerson; plus McKibben on Climate and Perlstein on Impeachment
2020 will Bring a Historic Defeat for the GOP: Stan Greenberg, plus Stacey Abrams
Does impeachment help the Democratic candidates? Harold Meyerson- plus Azadeh Moaveni on ISIS
Lessons for 2020 from the Dems' Victories in Virginia: Joan Walsh, plus Trump and War Criminals
Bernie talks politics-with John Nichols; plus Scorsese's "The Irishman": John Powers
Drafting Articles of Impeachment: for Trump, & Nixon: Rick Perlstein; plus John Powers: John LeCarre
Impeachment & the Democrats w/Meyerson; Sherrod Brown on Politics; Against Biden w/Guttenplan
Impeachment Day One w/Nichols; Deportation w/Hochschild; "The Great Eastern" w/Rodman
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