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Ivanka, Jared, Don Junior, & Eric on Jan. 6: Amy Wilentz on the Insurrection, plus Tom Lutz
Revelations about the January 6 insurrection include striking new information about the Trump kids that day: Who did what, and also who didn’t do any…
4 years, 8 months ago
Why Trump Won’t Be the Candidate in 2024: David Cay Johnston; Foner & Gates on DuBois
Trump is going to be indicted for racketeering and fraud, because of his financial crimes, and that will prevent him from being the Republican candid…
4 years, 8 months ago
U.S. vs. China vs. Climate Change: Alfred McCoy, plus Kristina Wong on Mutual Aid
How will global warming change the world’s systems of power? Alfred McCoy argues that American global hegemony will end around 2030, replaced by Chin…
4 years, 8 months ago
Omicron and Inequality: Gregg Gonsalves; plus Gary Younge on Josephine Baker
The new Omicron variant of Covid-19: Gregg Gonsalves argues that it serves as a reminder of how little we're doing on pandemic prevention. We need go…
4 years, 8 months ago
White Vigilantes and Black Protest: John Nichols on Kyle Rittenhouse; Eric Foner on Housing
We’re still thinking about the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict in Kenosha, where Republicans have been celebrating the “not guilty” verdict in the trial of …
4 years, 9 months ago
Why Republicans Want to Ban the 1619 Project: Martha Jones, plus Gregory Boyle on gangs
Republicans continue to work to ban teaching about Black Americans’ place in our history – their legislation, proposed in 27 states, would prohibit t…
4 years, 9 months ago
Trump Will be a Lousy Candidate in 2024: John Nichols, plus Rebecca Solnit on George Orwell
The Democrats need to do big things fast if they want to have a chance of winning in 2022 and 2024. John Nichols says that Trump will be a “lousy can…
4 years, 9 months ago
Cancel Bail Debt, Abolish Student Debt: Astra Taylor; plus Adam Shatz on John Coltrane
The Debt Collective has a new project: Cancelling probation debt of formerly incarcerated people. They’re actually doing it, for tens of thousands of…
4 years, 9 months ago
The Politics of Kidnapping in Haiti: Amy Wilentz; plus Dave Zirin on ‘The Kaepernick Effect”
Who really runs Haiti—the government, or the gangs? The kidnappings suggest it’s the gangs – and the leader of the gang that kidnapped 16 Americans h…
4 years, 10 months ago
How Dems Can Turn Texas Blue John Nichols on politics, plus Adam Shatz on Richard Wright
A recent poll found that only 42 per cent of registered voters in Texas say Republican Governor Gregg Abbott deserves to be re-elected in 2022. Biden…
4 years, 10 months ago