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Joan Walsh on the Georgia runoff and Nelson Lichtenstein on the UC strike
On this episode of the Start Making Sense podcast, Nation correspondent, Joan Walsh, comments on Democratic incumbent, Senator Raphael Warnock beatin…
3 years, 8 months ago
Beverly Gage on J. Edgar Hoover, plus Erwin Chemerinsky on Originalism
We know a lot about the bad things J. Edgar Hoover did, but it turns out there’s a lot we didn’t know. Historian Beverly Gage joins the podcast to ex…
3 years, 8 months ago
The Undocumented Can Work Jobs at the U. of Calif., and Latinas Are Fighting Toxic Pollution
Hundreds of thousands of young immigrants brought here by their undocumented parents since 2007 are not eligible for DACA. But now they may be eligib…
3 years, 9 months ago
Joan Walsh on the Georgia Runoff; Gustavo Arellano on the LA Vote
The Georgia Senate runoff campaign has begun--Joan Walsh has just returned from Atlanta, and explains why Trump’s candidate Herschel Walker seems lik…
3 years, 9 months ago
The Nation and the Midterms: D.D. Guttenplan, Elie Mystal, Joan Walsh, John Nichols, and Chris Lehmann
The Nation's political writers analyze the good, the bad, and the ugly in the midterms, and find keys to building a winning coalition for 2024.
Our Sp…
3 years, 9 months ago
How We Win the Midterms: Steve Phillips; plus Black Landowners in North Carolina: Cameron Oglesby
How can we save democracy from white nationalism and right-wing authoritarianism? Steve Phillips argues we need to organize and turn out the millions…
3 years, 9 months ago
Stacey Abrams Explains her Work; We Remember Mike Davis
Stacey Abrams, running for governor in Georgia, is behind in the polls of likely voters, which the pollsters define as people who vote regularly, esp…
3 years, 10 months ago
Chris Lehmann on Republican Plans for 2023, plus Adam Hochschild on Repression in WWI America
What will Republicans do if they win control of the House in the midterms? Now they’ve said something about that, officially: they call it their “Com…
3 years, 10 months ago
John Nichols on Democrats and Marijuana, plus Greil Marcus on Bob Dylan
Joe Biden has just made marijuana legalization a campaign issue--the Democrats should run with it, says John Nichols.
Also: Greil Marcus talks about B…
3 years, 10 months ago
Nurses on Strike, plus Women Lawyers who Challenged Trump: Bryce Covert on hospitals, plus Dahlia Litwick on the Courts
Nurses have taken the lead in the wave of this year’s labor activism. The largest private-sector nurses’ strike in American history took place recent…
3 years, 10 months ago