To increase young voters' turnout, we need to appeal not only to abortion rights but also to economic issues, Harold Meyerson concludes after reading the polls.
Also: Ken Burns’ new documentary on PBS, “The US and the Holocaust,” searches for heroes and happy endings - but there aren't any, Historian David Nasaw argues.
Plus: "Bad Mexicans”—that's what the revolutionaries of 1910 were called as they fought on both sides of the US-Mexico border against the robber barons and their political allies. UCLA historian Kelly Lytle Hernandez tells that story, which is the subject of her new book--it's been long-listed for the National Book Award.
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
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
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