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Why We Need the Utopian Imagination: Jeet Heer; plus George Sanchez on LA’s Boyle Heights
"Utopian" has been a term of abuse in politics for a long time now, synonymous with “irrational” and “impossible.” Instead, we are told, we should fo…
4 years, 10 months ago
The Attack on “Critical Race Theory”: Kimberlé Crenshaw; Plus David Talbot and Margaret Talbot on the Sixties
“Critical Race Theory” has been attacked on Fox News nearly 1300 times. It’s being banned from public schools and colleges in something like 15 Repu…
4 years, 10 months ago
It's Time to Mobilize for Voting Rights: John Nichols; plus David Kipen on a new Federal Writers Project
Voting rights suffered a defeat in the Senate this week, but really it's just the latest battle in a continuing struggle—and if anything, it clarifie…
4 years, 11 months ago
It’s Not Just Joe Manchin: Joan Walsh on ‘Moderate’ Democrats, plus Kai Bird on Jimmy Carter
Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema are not the only Democrats opposed to filibuster reform—Dianne Feinstein says she won’t vote for it, either. And there…
4 years, 11 months ago
What Does Joe Manchin Want? John Nichols on Filibuster Reform, plus Amy Wilentz on Israeli Politics
Republicans are not just making it harder to vote—they’re making it easier for judges and state legislatures to reverse the results of elections they…
4 years, 11 months ago
White Politics and Black History in Tulsa: David Perry on the Tulsa Race Massacre Commemoration, plus Katha Pollitt on Advice for Men
Joe Biden went to Tulsa on Tuesday to commemorate the fact that, one hundred years ago this week, in 1921, a white mob attacked an all-Black neighbor…
4 years, 11 months ago
Democrats, Israel, and Palestine: John Nichols, plus Robin D.G. Kelley on "Exterminate All the Brutes"
While Joe Biden has pledged an “ironclad commitment to Israel's security," many Democrats in Congress, and outside of Congress, have been moving away…
5 years ago
Palestinians' "Second Front': Saree Makdisi, plus Eric Foner on "The Underground Railroad"
Palestinians and Israel: Saree Makdisi talks about what Netanyahu has called “the second front”: Palestinian citizens of Israel, who are increasingly…
5 years ago
Palestinian Lives--and Deaths: Rachel Kushner on refugees and Adam Shatz on Edward Said
Conflict between Israel and Palestine has been escalating this week. For this podcast we have two segments about Palestinians; neither is about the …
5 years ago
Rapists, Misogynists, Creeps, and their Books: Katha Pollitt on Blake Bailey, plus Louis Menand on Cold War Culture
Blake Bailey’s new book about Philip Roth was taken out of print by the publisher after Bailey was accused of rape and attempted rape and “grooming” …
5 years ago