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.)
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
Filibuster reform: Harold Meyerson; Haitian refugees: Amy Wilentz; 'The Stone Face': Adam Shatz
The California recall: Harold Meyerson; plus Alan Minsky on the legacy of Occupy Wall Street
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