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Talking about politics, thinking about the Left. Hosted by Jon Wiener, co-author of "Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties," contributing editor at The Nation, and broadcast live at KPFK 90.7FM in LA Fridays at 4.

Episode Date
Big Dem Victories Coming: Harold Meyerson; Rape at Cornell: Katha Pollitt; Elvis: Peter Guralnik.
Oct 23, 2026
Democratic Governors are Crucial: Harold Meyerson; the real danger of AI: Garrison Lovely; plus John Powers on John Berger
Oct 16, 2026
Dem. Winners in Kansas and Nebraska? Harold Meyerson; Protest: Annie Leonard; Koch Bros. in Minnesota
Oct 09, 2026
The Next No Kings Day: Leah Greenberg; The Supremes and Purging Voters: Rick Hasen; Minnesota iron--and steel
Oct 02, 2026
Norm Eisen on the media consolidation fight; John Nichols on Trump and the press; the National Popular Vote campaign
Sep 25, 2026
How the Dems Win Control of the Senate: Harold Meyerson; The Supremes and Mail Voting: David Cole; the Paramount-Warners merger fight: Rashad Robinson
Sep 18, 2026
That Republican convention: Harold Meyerson; Data Center Politics: David Wallace-Wells; 'Ordinary People': Skye Perryman
Sep 11, 2026
Unions and Data Centers: Harold Meyerson; The Supremes and the Ballroom: Rob Weissman; The Dems' Senate Candidates: John Nichols
Sep 04, 2026
From the Iran War to the Reflecting Pool: Harold Meyerson; The Supremes, the Postal Service, and Voting: David Cole; 'The Sympathizer': Viet Nguyen.
Aug 28, 2026
Surprise Dem Victories - Harold Meyerson; Indivisible and the Elections: Leah Greenberg; Defending Voting: Vanita Gupta
Aug 21, 2026
Wisconsin and Minnesota Dems: Harold Meyerson; ACLU Election Protection; Dave Zirin on Howard Zinn
Aug 14, 2026
Abdul El-Sayed's Tasks: Harold Meyerson; A GOP Ballot Seizure: Zach Roth; Jurassic Museum: David Wilson
Aug 07, 2026
Trump's Todd Blanche problem: Harold Meyerson; Election Protection: Skye Perryman; 'The Odyssey': John Powers
Jul 31, 2026
Sinking Republicans: Harold Meyerson; Rising Democrats: John Nichols: 'Blonde on Blonde": Alan Minsky
Jul 24, 2026
Trump from 2020 to 2026: Harold Meyerson; Smithsonian & History: Beverly Gage; Trump and Golf: Robert Lypsite
Jul 17, 2026
Dems after Platner: Harold Meyerson; House Dems v. Trump: Jamie Raskin; Haitians After TPS: Amy Wilentz
Jul 10, 2026
The Supremes and Us: Harold Meyerson and David Cole; 'Common Sense' for Today: Alan Minsky
Jul 03, 2026
Trump vs. Republicans: Harold Meyerson; Election Protection: Norm Eisen; How Protest Works: John Nichols
Jun 26, 2026
Iran and Ohio: Harold Meyerson; Harvard and Trump: Randall Kennedy; Supermarket Workers: Ann Larson
Jun 19, 2026
California's primary, and Maine's: Harold Meyerson; AI "Poetry": Katha Pollitt; George Harrison: Allan Kozinn
Jun 12, 2026
The Primaries and Us: Harold Meyerson and John Nichols; Girl Groups: Gary Stewart
Jun 05, 2026
Texas Republicans: Harold Meyerson; Suing Trump: Rob Weissman; Elmore Leonard's Rules
May 29, 2026
The Billion Dollar Ballroom: Harold Meyerson; The States Project: Daniel Squadron; Minneapolis vs. ICE
May 22, 2026
A rough week: Harold Meyerson; Jews against Zionism: Adam Hochschild; Historians vs. Tennessee
May 15, 2026
The Redistricting Wars: Harold Meyerson; Election Protection: Ian Bassin
May 08, 2026
After the Voting Rights Act: Harold Meyerson; Trump's ICE Prisons: John Nichols; Confederate Monuments: Christopher Knight
May 01, 2026
Trump is sinking: Harold Meyerson; AI for the People: Ro Khanna; Solar is cheaper: Bill McKibben
Apr 24, 2026
Trump, Jesus & Orban: Harold Meyerson; The Long Term: Rebecca Solnit; Small Towns v ICE: Emma Janssen
Apr 17, 2026
Iran and elections: Harold Meyerson; Minnesota Changed Everything: Deepak Bhargava; Road Trip: Beverely Gage
Apr 10, 2026
Protest after No Kings, plus Abortion after Dobbs
Apr 03, 2026
No Kings Protests v. Trump: Leah Greenberg, Harold Meyerson; 'Antisemitism' on campus: David Myers
Mar 27, 2026
War in Iran, Elections in Illinois: Harold Meyerson; Mamdani & the Midterms: Maurice Mitchell; Politics update: John Nichols
Mar 20, 2026
Iran War: Tom Stevenson; News Avoidant Voters: Tara McGowan; Crossword Poliitics: Natan Last
Mar 13, 2026
Trump's attacks on Iran and Voting: Harold Meyerson, David Cole, John Nichols
Mar 06, 2026
After the State of the Union: Harold Meyerson; Jackie Robinson vs. Paul Robeson: Howard Bryant
Feb 27, 2026
Election Protection: Harold Meyerson; Escaping Slavery: Marcus Rediker; Trump's Attacks on Black History
Feb 20, 2026
Minneapolis Defeats Trump: Harold Meyerson, John Nichols; How Dems can Win in Texas: Steve Phillips
Feb 13, 2026
ICE in Congress: Harold Meyerson; Bad Bunny at the Superbowl: Dave Zirin; Black History: Isabel Wilkerson; Minneapolis: Bruce Springsteen
Feb 06, 2026
Restricting ICE - the Senate Votes: Harold Meyerson; Standing Together in Israel/Palestine: Sally Abed; ICE Politics: Leah Greenberg
Jan 30, 2026
Trump Year Two Begins: Harold Meyerson; ICE out of Minnesota: John Nichols; Victims of DOGE: Sasha Abramsky
Jan 23, 2026
From Minneapolis to Caracas: Harold Meyerson; Capitalism in China: John Powers; Reaganland: Rick Perlstein
Jan 16, 2026
The ICE Murder in Mpls.: Harold Meyerson; Homeless Vets' Victory in LA: Mark Rosenbaum; the Underground RR: Eric Foner
Jan 09, 2026
2025 as History: Harold Meyerson and David Cole; plus remembering Ricky Jay
Jan 02, 2026
LA vs. Trump: Bill Gallegos; Jesus the Revolutionary: Reza Aslan; Bob Dylan's Xmas album: Sean Wilentz
Dec 26, 2025
Trump's Grip on the GOP is Slipping: Harold Meyerson; Epstein's Friends: Katha Pollitt
Dec 19, 2025
Dems win all over: Harold Meyerson; Origins of the Culture War: Adam Hochschild
Dec 12, 2025
Affordability politics: Harold Meyerson; Bob Dylan's beginnings: Sean Wilentz
Dec 05, 2025
From Marjorie Taylor Greene to Mamdani: Harold Meyerson; Alice Waters on School Lunch; Sonia Nazario on 'Enrique's Journey'
Nov 28, 2025
Trump's big defeat: Harold Meyerson and John Nichols, 'The Wounded Generation': David Nasaw
Nov 21, 2025
From the shutdown to the Epstein files: Harold Meyerson; plus Bhaskar Sunkara on Mamdani, and John Fabian Witt on the 1920s
Nov 14, 2025
The Blue Wave: Harold Meyerson; The Springsteen Movie: Greil Marcus; William RAndolph Hearst: David Nasaw
Nov 07, 2025
Voters and Redistricting: Harold Meyerson; Confederate Monuments: Christopher Knight; Mansplaining: Rebecca Solnit
Oct 31, 2025
Trump's bad week: Harold Meyerson; After No Kings: Rebecca Solnit; Reforming the LAPD: Danny Goldberg
Oct 24, 2025
New Threats from The Supremes: Harold Meyerson; No Kings: Leah Greenberg; "One Battle After Another": John Powers
Oct 17, 2025
Peace in Gaza: Harold Meyerson; plus the courts v. Trump: David Cole
Oct 10, 2025
The Shutdown and the Dems: Harold Meyerson; Trump and Tylenol: Gregg Gonsalves; Against Football: Steve Almond
Oct 03, 2025
Bhaskar Sunkara on Trump & Jimmy Kimmel; Beverly Gage on Trump & Harvard
Sep 26, 2025
Trump v. Jimmy Kimmel: Harold Meyerson; Some Good News for Dems: John Nichols; Teachers v. Fascists: Randi Weingarden
Sep 19, 2025
Mamdani v. Schumer & Co.: Harold Meyerson; Courts v. Trump: Erwin Chemersinky; Chinese film: John Powers
Sep 12, 2025
Bill McKibben: 'Here Comes the Sun,' plus Eric Foner on Trump and history, and Adam Hochschild on Mark Twain
Sep 05, 2025
The Class Struggle this Labor Day: Harold Meyerson; Troops to Chicago: John Nichols; Trump and Civil Society: David Cole
Aug 29, 2025
Trump v. DC: Harold Meyerson; Mamdani Interview; Civil Society & Democracy: David Cole
Aug 22, 2025
The National Guard in DC: Harold Meyerson; Trump v. UCLA: David Myers; The Gun Show: Adam Hochschild
Aug 15, 2025
Trump and Texas go after Dem. House seats: Harold Meyerson; after the sixties: Robert Reich; 'From Dictatorhip to Democrcy': Alan Minsky
Aug 08, 2025
Dems Who Didn't Vote: Celinda Lake; Summer Reading: John Powers; Springsteen v. Trump: Alan Minsky
Aug 01, 2025
From Musk to Mamdani: Maurice Mitchell; How Organizers Win: Michael Ansara
Jul 25, 2025
Stopping ICE in LA: Mark Rosenbaum; Epstein and Trump: Harold Meyerson; Birthright Citizenship: David Cole
Jul 18, 2025
Trump vs. LA: Harold Meyerson; Musk & Technocracy: Jill Lepore: 'Creation Lake': Rachel Kushner
Jul 11, 2025
The Dems After the Trump Budget Bill: Harold Meyerson; Mamdani's Victory: Bhaskar Sunkara; Harvard v. Trump: E.J. Dionne
Jul 04, 2025
The Supremes Back Trump: Harold Meyerson; How E. Jean Carroll Beat Trump; 2024 Autopsies: Steve Phillips
Jun 27, 2025
Trump and LA: Harold Meyerson; After 'No Kings': Leah Greenberg; the Medicaid Cuts: Ai-jen Poo
Jun 20, 2025
Saturday's 'Day of Defiance': Ezra Levin; National Guard in LA: Harold Meyerson; Trump & Woodrow Wilson: Adam Hochschild
Jun 12, 2025
Congress and the Trump-Musk Feud: Harold Meyerson; Sixties New York: J. Hoberman; 2025 elections: John Nichols
Jun 06, 2025
Tariff Trouble for Trump: Harold Meyerson; Rural voters: Flaccavento and Etelson; Sherrod Brown
May 30, 2025
Trump's 'Grotesquely Cruel' budget: Harold Meyerson; Fighting Trump: Jamie Raskin; 1925: Tom Lutz
May 23, 2025
Free speech on campus: David Cole; Adios to Musk: David Nasaw; Alger Hiss: Jeff Kisseloff
May 16, 2025
Good News about Politics: Harold Meyerson; 'The Tide is Turning': Dahlia Lithwick; Political satire: Al Franken
May 09, 2025
May Day protests: Harold Meyerson: from the Red Scare to Trump: Beverly Gage; the Museum of Jurassic Technology: David Wilson
May 02, 2025
Trump's 100 Days: Harold Meyerson; Universities v. Trump: Michael Roth; Birmingham 1963: Diane McWhorter
Apr 25, 2025
A Big Week for the Resistance: Harold Meyerson and David Cole; Mohsen Mahdawi: David Myers
Apr 18, 2025
Trump's Tariffs Defeat: Harold Meyerson; the Tariffs we Need: Lori Wallach; Fighting for Students facing Deportation: Jameel Jaffer
Apr 11, 2025
Elections, Tariffs & Us: Harold Meyerson; Winning in Wisconsin: John Nichols; A Big Federal District Court Victory: Rob Weissman
Apr 03, 2025
Trump This Week: Harold Meyerson; The Resistance This Week: John Nichols; Bad Laws: Elie Mystal
Mar 28, 2025
Trump vs. the Universities: David Cole and David Myers; 'The Right to Sex": Katha Pollitt
Mar 21, 2025
Dems vs Schumer: Harold Meyerson; Trump vs. Universities: Erwin Chemerinsky; Tripping in Topanga: Oliver Sacks
Mar 14, 2025
After the SOTU: Harold Meyerson; Trump's defeat at the Supreme Court: Rob Weissman; The Week in Protest: John Nichols
Mar 07, 2025
Trump's falling support: Harold Meyerson; Democrats and the Working Class: Ro Khanna and Tom Geoghegan
Feb 28, 2025
House Republicans face an impossible task: Harold Meyerson; The first big election of 2025: John Nichols
Feb 21, 2025
Churches against Trump: Harold Meyerson; The courts and the resistance: David Cole
Feb 14, 2025
Trump vs The rest of us: Harold Meyerson; grassroots action: Leah Greenberg
Feb 07, 2025
Triumph over Trump: John Nichols; Paying Attention: Chris Hayes; Sanctuary in Minnesota
Jan 31, 2025
How We Got Here: Harold Meyerson; The Undocumented: Gustavo Arellano; J. Edgar: Beverely Gage
Jan 24, 2025
Getting Ready to Fight Trump, & to Help Trump's Victims: John Nichols & Katha Pollitt; plus Hidden Wealth: Atossa Araxia Abrahamian
Jan 17, 2025
Trump's Big Budget Bill: Harold Meyerson; Sanctuary Strategies: Ahilan A.; Trump and Golf: Bob Lipsyte
Jan 10, 2025
MAGA vs. DOGE: Harold Meyerson; Project 2025: Rick Perlstein; The Bob Dylan Movie: John Powers
Jan 03, 2025
Best Books about Trump; Why Kamala Lost; Why Danes are Happier than Americans
Dec 27, 2024
Disney Workers Win Big: Harold Meyerson; Bob Dylan's Xmas: Sean Wilentz
Dec 20, 2024
Good news and bad news for workers: Harold Meyerson; The Trump In-Laws: Amy Wilentz
Dec 13, 2024
The GOP’s Tiny House Majority: Harold Meyerson; How to Stop Trump; David Cole
Dec 06, 2024
Learning from the Election: Harold Meyerson; Trumpers for Abortion: Amy Littlefield; Sean Wilentz on Bob Dylan
Nov 21, 2024
Trump's Crazy Cabinet: Harold Meyerson; Hope in the Dark: Rebecca Solnit; Where's Melania?
Nov 14, 2024
How Trump Won: Harold Meyerson and John Nichols; Harried Tubman: Tiya Miles
Nov 07, 2024
Closing Arguments: Harold Meyerson; Melania's Memoir: Amy Wilentz; Womens' Reproductive Health Care: Michelle Obama
Oct 31, 2024
On the Ground in Nevada: Harold Meyerson; Voters of Color: Steve Phillips; MLK's last years: Taylor Branch
Oct 24, 2024
Rick Perlstein: The Undecideds; Marc Cooper: Marie Gleusenkamp Perez; Eric Foner: Kamala and 'Freedom'
Oct 17, 2024
Kamala's Media Blitz: Harold Meyerson; Polls and Us: Rick Perlstein; Older Women: Gail Collins
Oct 10, 2024
What Walz Won: Harold Meyerson; Travels in Trumpland: John Nichols; Al Franken v. Fox News
Oct 03, 2024
Kamala in the Polls: Harold Meyerson; Cats, Dogs and Haitians: Amy Wilentz; Small Town Trumpers: Sasha Abramsky
Sep 26, 2024
The Trump Ground Game: Harold Meyerson; Jan. 6 Scenarios: Rick Hasen; The Trumpers: Arlie Hochschild
Sep 19, 2024
How Kamala won the debate: Harold Meyerson; Vets vs. VA: Mark Rosenbaum; The Constitution: Erwin Chemerinsky
Sep 12, 2024
Trump, Bibi, and Kamala: Harold Meyerson: Florida Abortion Vote: Amy Littlefield; 'Creation Lake': Rachel Kushner
Sep 05, 2024
The Kamala Surprise: Harold Meyerson; Summer reading: John Powers; Black history: Isabel Wilkerson
Aug 29, 2024
Trump in Trouble: Marc Cooper; 'Hillbilly Elegy': Becca Rothfeld; Father Greg Boyle
Aug 20, 2024
Trump Sinks while Kamala Soars: Harold Meyerson; Sherrod Brown's strategy; Elon Musk's crimes
Aug 15, 2024
Tim Walz, Yes! Harold Meyerson; Cat Ladies: Katha Pollitt; 'Night of the Gun': David Carr
Aug 08, 2024
Kamala's 1st 10 days: Harold Meyerson, the new electorate: Steve Phillips; Homeless Vets: Mark Rosenbaum
Jul 31, 2024
Kamala! Harold Meyerson; Arizona: Sasha Abramsky; Wellness: Barbara Ehrenreich
Jul 25, 2024
After the Assassination Attempt: Harold Meyerson; Kamala: Joan Walsh; plus "Mack the Knife"
Jul 18, 2024
Biden and Us: Harold Meyerson; The Supremes and the Right: David Cole; "1974": Francine Prose
Jul 11, 2024
What is to be done - about Biden? Harold Meyerson and Marc Cooper; plus Robin Kelley on Thelonious Monk
Jul 03, 2024
Trump v. Biden--The Debate; White Voters & the Dems; Ricky Jay
Jun 27, 2024
Hillary vs. The Squad; Hamas's Endgame; IBM and the Nazis
Jun 20, 2024
Trump Voters' 'Precarious Manhood"; AIPAC v. The Squad; Women voters after Trump's Guilty Verdict
Jun 13, 2024
Gaza, Ukraine, the Border, and Biden; Pundits' problems; Advice for Men
Jun 06, 2024
Free Speech on Campus? Ben Wizner; Biden and Haiti: Amy Wilentz; Abortion Underground: Amy Liittlefield
May 30, 2024
Biden and the working class: Harold Meyerson; Dems and the Senate: John Nichols; Margo Jefferson's memoir
May 23, 2024
The US, Jews, and Palestine: Harold Meyerson; Elizabeth Kolbert on Climate, Katha Pollitt on Judith Butler
May 16, 2024
The mob attack at UCLA: David Myers; Hamas and Rape: Azadeh Moaveni; The Age of Insecurity: Astra Taylor.
May 07, 2024
Gaza Protests From UCLA to Columbia: Harold Meyerson; Rural Voters: Anthony Flaccavento
May 02, 2024
UAW victories: Harold Meyerson; Palestine & Israel: May Pundak
Apr 24, 2024
Anti-War Democrats: Harold Meyerson; Trump's Bad Week: John Nichols; Quality TV: John Powers
Apr 17, 2024
Abortion Politics after Arizona: Harold Meyerson; Hamas and the PLO: Hussein Ibish; Birmingham 1963: Diane McWhorter
Apr 11, 2024
Blue Cities in Red States: Harold Meyerson; Standing Together: Sally Abed; "Super Sad": Gary Shteyngart
Apr 04, 2024
"Vote Yourself a Raise": Saru Jaramayan; Cities against the war: John Nichols; Roots of Jan. 6: Jeffrey Toobin
Mar 28, 2024
Why Dems are Smiling: Harold Meyerson; Jews v. AIPAC: Alan Minsky; Free Speech on Campus: David Cole
Mar 21, 2024
The Long Beach Labor Left: Harold Meyerson; New Voters: Steve Phillips; Haiti: Amy Wilentz
Mar 14, 2024
How the Supremes Are Helping Trump: Harold Meyerson; After Super Tuesday: John Nichols, Right to Vote: Rick Hasen
Mar 07, 2024
Florida Abortion Politics: Amy Littlefield; AIDS in the shadows: Kai Wright & Lizzie Ratner; Opium history: Amitav Ghosh
Feb 29, 2024
Good News from the Supremes: Harold Meyerson; LA politics: Peter Dreier; Haiti News: Amy Wilentz
Feb 22, 2024
Politics and Culture, 2024 and 1924: Harold Meyerson; At the Rafah Crossing: Jeff Merkley
Feb 15, 2024
GOP Failures: Harold Meyerson; Disqualifying Trump: Sean Wilentz; Progressive Heroes: John Nichols
Feb 08, 2024
The Trump Meltdown: Harold Meyerson; Calif. Healthcare: Sasha Abramsky; Franz Fanon: Adam Shatz
Feb 01, 2024
After New Hampshire: Harold Meyerson and John Nichols; plus Mazie Hirono
Jan 25, 2024
From Iowa to New Hampshire: John Nichols; "American Fiction": John Powers; Irish politics: Fintan O'Toole
Jan 18, 2024
Trump in Court: Harold Meyerson; Israel in Gaza: Amy Wilentz; 'Corporate B.S.': Joan Walsh
Jan 11, 2024
Dread and Hope in 2024: Harold Meyerson; Political forecast: John Nichols; Bill Gates:Tim Schwab
Jan 04, 2024
End-of-year Giving: Katha Pollitt; the Xmas Truce of 1914: Adam Hochschild; Bob Dylan's Xmas: Sean Wilentz
Dec 27, 2023
Class struggle in 2023: Harold Meyerson; Hamas and rape: Katha Pollitt; schools and politics: Randi Weingarten; plus Arthur Danto on Las Vegas
Dec 21, 2023
The Palestinian Future: David Myers; Democrats are Sleepwalking toward disaster: Harold Meyerson; "Rebel Cinderella": Adam Hochschild
Dec 14, 2023
LA Hotel Workers Occupy LAX Approaches: Harold Meyerson; plus Randi Weingarten on Israel and Gary Younge on 'Rustin'
Dec 07, 2023
Trump's plans for 2025: Harold Meyerson; Gaza and us: D.D. Guttenplan; 'Slow Horses': John Powers
Nov 30, 2023
Biden after the Hostage Exchange: Harold Meyerson; the Israeli Left: Dahlia Scheindlin; "Dear California": David Kipen
Nov 23, 2023
Rachel Kushner on Palestinian refugees, Adam Shatz on Edward Said, Viet Nguyen on immigrants
Nov 16, 2023
This week's Democratic victories: John Nichols, Harold Meyerson; Gaza and history: Fintan O'Toole
Nov 09, 2023
UAW Makes History: Harold Meyerson; Hamas and history: D.D. Guttenplan; 'American Midnight": Adam Hochschild
Nov 02, 2023
Biden and Israel: Harold Meyerson; Israel and Hamas: Adam Shatz
Oct 26, 2023
Biden and Bibi, Israel and Hamas and Gaza: Harold Meyerson and Amy Wilentz
Oct 19, 2023
UAW victories at GM: Harold Meyerson; Public Power in Maine: Bill McKibben; "The Forgotten Girls": Katha Pollitt
Oct 12, 2023
Our Biggest Ever Healthcare Strike: Harold Meyerson; plus the 'Fabulous Failure' of Bill Clinton: Nelson Lichtenstein
Oct 05, 2023
Biden on the picket line: Harold Meyerson; plus Dahlia Lithwick on voting rights, and Adam Hochschild on guns
Sep 28, 2023
Is the UAW Asking for Too Much? Harold Meyerson; plus Astra Taylor on Insecurity and Amy Wilentz on Melania and Ivanka
Sep 21, 2023
Fast Food Workers Victory: Harold Meyerson; Haiti update: Amy Wilentz; Black Writing: Gary Younge
Sep 14, 2023
Biden's Bad Poll Numbers: Harold Meyerson, plus Marc Cooper on Chile and Heather Cox Richardson on Democracy
Sep 07, 2023
Labor's Big Win: Harold Meyerson; Growing up in the Sixties: Drew Faust
Aug 31, 2023
Hollywood Strikes: Light at the end of the tunnel? Harold Meyerson; plus Erwin Chemerinsky on the Georgia Indictments
Aug 24, 2023
Sasha Abramsky on the Culture Wars; D.D. Guttenplan on Cornel West; Francine Prose on "Vixen"
Aug 17, 2023
Abortion Rights Win Again: Harold Meyerson; Trump's Jan. 6 indictment: Erwin Chemerinsky; "Barbie": Katha Pollitt
Aug 10, 2023
Trump's Big Crime: Harold Meyerson; "Barbie" and Oppie: John Powers
Aug 03, 2023
Teamsters victory: Harold Meyerson; Hollywood strikes update: Ben Schwartz; Ireland since the '50s: Fintan O'Toole
Jul 27, 2023
Trump's worst crimes: Harold Meyerson; War on Black Studies: Robin Kelley; RFK Jr.: Joan Walsh
Jul 20, 2023
Actors on Strike: Harold Meyerson; The Supremes in 2023: David Cole; Cornel West: D.D. Guttenplan
Jul 13, 2023
LA's Summer of Strikes: Harold Meyerson; After Affirmative Action: John Nichols; Writers and Politics: Adam Shatz
Jul 06, 2023
L.A. Strikes: Harold Meyerson; Abortion Borderlands: Amy Littlefield; 'Learning to Drive': Katha Pollitt
Jun 29, 2023
Democrats and Working Class Voters: Katie Rader; Doctors vs. Hospitals: Eyal Press; Biden and 'Freedom': Eric Foner
Jun 22, 2023
Cornel West Should Not be Running for President: Joan Walsh; plus Katha Pollitt on divorce and Brenda Stevenson on the enslaved Black family
Jun 15, 2023
Actors, Dock Workers, threaten strikes: Harold Meyerson; Shasta County Takeover: Sasha Abramsky; Black Migration: Isabel Wilkerson
Jun 08, 2023
Biden's Debt Deal: Harold Meyerson; The Oklahoma City Bombing: Jeffrey Toobin; Margo Jefferson's Memoir
Jun 01, 2023
Minnesota Takes the Lead: Harold Meyerson; plus Eyal Press on Planned Parenthood and Christopher Leonard on the Koch Brothers
May 25, 2023
A Good Week for Workers: Harold Meyerson; plus Bhaskar Sunkara on Biden and Adam Hochschild on Woke History
May 18, 2023
Worrying about Biden: Harold Meyerson; Writers' Strike: Josh Gondelman; Working Class Voters: Senator Sherrod Brown
May 11, 2023
The Writers' Strike: Harold Meyerson; plus D.D. Guttenplan on Clarence Thomas and Anatol Lieven on Ukraine
May 04, 2023
Tucker Carlson & History: Harold Meyerson; Amy Wilentz on Haiti; Anatol Lieven on Ukraine
Apr 27, 2023
Fox News & Us: Harold Meyerson; Afghan girls: Shabana; Abortion Politics: John Nichols
Apr 20, 2023
Abortion politics: Harold Meyerson; J. Edgar Hoover: Beverly Gage
Apr 13, 2023
How progressives won - in Chicago and Wisconsin: Harold Meyerson and John Nichols; plus Chris Lehmann on Trump
Apr 06, 2023
Low-Wage Workers' Victory in LA: Harold Meyerson; the Minor League Baseball Union: Kelly Candaele and Peter Dreier; Women v. Trump: Dahlia Lithwick
Mar 30, 2023
Billionaires and banks: Harold Meyerson; Women in 2023: Katha Pollitt; Vietnam Era Protest: Christian Appy
Mar 23, 2023
Banks and Democrats: Harold Meyerson; Masks and Covid: Gregg Gonsalves; Wisconsin votes: John Nichols
Mar 16, 2023
The Kamala Conundrum: Harold Meyerson; Covid: Gregg Gonsalves; The Oscars: John Powers
Mar 09, 2023
Palestinians and Liberal Zionism: Saree Makdisi; Black Studies: Kimberlé Crenshaw; Walmart: Rick Wartzman
Mar 02, 2023
Israel & American Jews: Harold Meyerson; Wisconsin & Politics: John Nichols; Blacks & the Constitution: Elie Mystal
Feb 23, 2023
The 1619 Project on Hulu: Robin Kelley; 'The Crown' on Netflix: Gary Younge; The Supremes: Erwin Chemerinsky
Feb 16, 2023
Biden and the crazies in the GOP-Harold Meyerson, Chris Lehmann; "The Warmth of Other Suns"-Isabel Wilkerson
Feb 09, 2023
The Debt Limit and the Constitution: Eric Foner; plus the 1619 Project, Victor Navasky Remembered, and Oliver Sacks 'Tripping in Topanga'
Feb 02, 2023
Red States and Green Energy: Harold Meyerson; Kyrsten Sinema and Ruben Gallego: Steve Phillips; UBI and LA: Sasha Abramsky
Jan 26, 2023
Bernie's Priorities: Harold Meyerson; UC Strike, Cont.: Nelson Lichtenstein; Abortion Voters: John Nichols; Happy in Denmark: Joshua Holland
Jan 19, 2023
Unions at Yale and UPS: Harold Meyerson; Coups in the US: Fintan O'Toole; "She Said": Katha Pollitt
Jan 12, 2023
The House Republican Mess: Harold Meyerson; plus Nelson Lichtenstein on the UC Strike Victory and Andrew Bacevich on "The Long War"
Jan 05, 2023
Best of 2022: Elie Mystal on the Constitution, Kelly Lytle Hernandez on 'Bad Mexicans,' Beverly Gage on the FBI
Dec 29, 2022
UC Strike Settlement? Nelson Lichtenstein; the WWI Xmas Truce: Adam Hochschild; Bob Dylan's Xmas: Sean Wilentz
Dec 22, 2022
Homelessness in LA: Harold Meyerson; On Strike at the U of Cal: Nelson Lichtenstein; plus Beverly Gage on J. Edgar Hoover
Dec 15, 2022
After Georgia: Harold Meyerson and Joan Walsh; the UC Strike: Nelson Lichtenstein
Dec 08, 2022
After DACA: Ahilan Arulanantham; Hoover's FBI: Beverly Gage; LA’s Grassroots Activists: Eliza Moreno
Dec 01, 2022
The U. of Calif. T.A. Strike: Harold Meyerson; plus Father Greg Boyle on Homeboy Industries
Nov 23, 2022
Lessons from the Democrats' victories: Harold Meyerson, Gustavo Arellano, and Joan Walsh
Nov 17, 2022
The Midterms Analyzed: Harold Meyerson, plus The Nation's writers
Nov 10, 2022
The Midterms and Democratic strategy: Harold Meyerson, Steve Phillips; Stacy Abrams on Georgia
Nov 03, 2022
Dems' Closing Message: Harold Meyerson; plus Mike Davis Remembered and Adam Hochschild on Woodrow Wilson
Oct 27, 2022
Latinos and the Midterms: Harold Meyerson; Marijuana and the Democrats: John Nichols; plus Greil Marcus on Bob Dylan
Oct 21, 2022
LA's Political Scandals: Harold Meyerson; Bryce Covert on Nurses' Strikes; John Powers on "The Trees"
Oct 13, 2022
Bernie in 2024? Bhaskar Sunkara; The Senate campaigns: John Nichols; The Brooks Brothers Riot: Chris Lehmann
Oct 07, 2022
The Youth Vote: Harold Meyerson; Ken Burns's 'Holocaust': David Nasaw; 'Bad Mexicans': Kelly Lytle Hernandez
Sep 30, 2022
Gustavo Arellano on L.A.'s Lying Sheriff; Eyal Press on Dirty Work; Eric Foner on 1776 & 2022
Sep 23, 2022
Abortion Politics: Harold Meyerson; Sarah Posner: Southern Baptists; Amy Wilentz: Jared's book
Sep 16, 2022
Biden v. Newsom: Harold Meyerson; Amy Littlefield on Kansas; Remembering Barbara Ehrenreich
Sep 08, 2022
A Labor Landmark: Harold Meyerson; The GOP & the NLRB: Chris Lehmann; Jan. 6: Patrick Leahy
Sep 02, 2022
Advantage Democrats: Harold Meyerson; The States: Daniel Squadron; Wisconsin: John Nichols
Aug 25, 2022
Liz Cheney and the GOP: Harold Meyerson; Abortion: Katha Pollitt; Haiti: Amy Wilentz
Aug 19, 2022
Biden's Big Bills: Harold Meyerson; John Nichols on Liz Cheney; Peter Richardson on Carey McWilliams
Aug 11, 2022
Pramila Jayapal: from Banker to Organizer; Eric Foner on the Right to Vote
Aug 05, 2022
Advice for Men from Katha Pollitt; J. Hoberman on Film in the Age of Reagan
Jul 29, 2022
Climate Action: Harold Meyerson, Rebecca Solnit, & Thelma Young Lutunatabua; Amy Wilentz on Ivana
Jul 22, 2022
Harold Meyerson on Jan. 6, plus Sarah Posner and David Cole on the Supreme Court
Jul 15, 2022
Biden's failure: Harold Meyerson; Abortion Rights: Michele Goodwin; Ukraine: Anatol Lieven
Jul 07, 2022
Trump and the Armed Mob: Harold Meyerson; Evangelicals and Jan. 6: Sarah Posner
Jul 01, 2022
The Hearings on Trump's Crimes: John Nichols; plus Joan Walsh on Sex Ed
Jun 24, 2022
Jan. 6 Revelations: Harold Meyerson; Voters and Progressive Prosecutors: Peter Dreier
Jun 17, 2022
LA Primaries: Harold Meyerson; Abortion: Katha Pollitt; 'Bad Mexicans': Kelly Lytle Hernandez
Jun 09, 2022
Cops in LA Politics: Harold Meyerson; Abortion rights: Katha Pollitt; "La Nijinska": Lynn Garafola
Jun 02, 2022
Abortion in the midterms: Harold Meyerson; Haiti in the NYTimes: Amy Wilentz; plus Hunter S Thompson
May 24, 2022
Harold Meyerson and John Nichols on the primaries, plus Chesa Boudin on Progressive DAs
May 20, 2022
Politics & Abortion Rights: Harold Meyerson & Amy Littlefield, plus Rebecca Solnit: People change
May 12, 2022
Democracy Summer: Harold Meyerson; Ukrainian Refugees: David Nasaw; Margo Jefferson's new memoir
May 04, 2022
Progressives in Primaries: Alan Minsky; Amazon Workers: Jane McAlevey; Happiness: Joshua Holland
Apr 28, 2022
Democrats: Michael Kazin: Ketanji Brown Jackson: Michele Goodwin; Cops & courts: Erwin Chemerinsky
Apr 21, 2022
Inflation Blame: Harold Meyerson; The Sheriff: Gustavo Arellano; Ukraine: Anatol Lieven
Apr 15, 2022
Amazon workers: Harold Meyerson; EJ Dionne & Miles Rapaport: Voting; Peter Dreier: Baseball
Apr 07, 2022
Biden's Budget w/out Build Back Better: Harold Meyerson; Student Debt: Astra Taylor
Apr 01, 2022
Biden's Tasks Now: Harold Meyerson; Confirmation Hearings: Fishkin & Forbath; Jan. 6: Jamie Raskin
Mar 24, 2022
Biden, Zelensky, & Putin: Harold Meyerson; plus Bhaskar Sunkara and Katha Pollitt
Mar 17, 2022
Elie Mystal: Blacks and the Constitution; plus Eric Foner on slaveholders in Congress, & Eyal Press
Mar 07, 2022
After Biden's State of the Union: Harold Meyerson; Katrina vanden Heuvel: Ukraine; plus Jeet Heer
Mar 03, 2022
Republicans and Ukraine: Harold Meyerson; Amy Wilentz on Paul Farmer; Ahilan A. on immigration
Feb 24, 2022
Ukraine and the Left: Harold Meyerson; Trump and the Republicans: John Nichols
Feb 18, 2022
Hope for Democrats: Ro Khanna; Amy Wilentz on Haiti & John Nichols on Trump & the Virus
Feb 11, 2022
Biden's Pick for the Supremes: Meyerson; Great Migration: Wilkerson; on Organizing: Jayapal
Feb 04, 2022
Breyer Will Retire: Harold Meyerson; Gustavo Arellano: the OC; & Ellen Schrecker: the '60s
Jan 28, 2022
What Dems Need Now: Harold Meyerson; plus Steve Phillips on Beto & Dave Lindorff on Atom Spies
Jan 21, 2022
Inflation & Joe Biden: Harold Meyerson; plus Mike Davis on Omicron & Martha Jones on 1619
Jan 14, 2022
Voting Rights after Jan. 6: Harold Meyerson, plus Eric Foner & Henry Louis Gates
Jan 07, 2022
2021: Gary Younge on the Insurrection, Mike Davis on the Pandemic, plus Rick Perlstein
Dec 31, 2021
Why Trump Won't be the Candidate: David Cay Johnston; plus Amy Wilentz & Tom Lutz
Dec 24, 2021
Bad news for Biden: Harold Meyerson; Alfred McCoy on Climate Change, Kristina Wong on Mask Making
Dec 17, 2021
Stacey Abrams: Harold Meyerson; Gary Younge on Josephine Baker, and Father Greg Boyle
Dec 10, 2021
Unions vs. Amazon: Harold Meyerson; Omicron & Inequality: Gregg Gonsalves; Beatles: Gustavo Arellano
Dec 03, 2021
Kyle Rittenhouse, Republicans, and Vigilantes: John Nichols, plus Eric Foner
Nov 25, 2021
Politics from Glasgow to Texas: Harold Meyerson, plus Rebecca Solnit on George Orwell
Nov 19, 2021
Build Back Better gets closer: Harold Meyerson; plus Francine Prose and Ella Taylor
Nov 12, 2021
Democrats in Defeat: Harold Meyerson; The Underground Railroad: Eric Foner
Nov 05, 2021
The threat from Manchin & Sinema: Harold Meyerson; Amy Wilentz on Haiti, Adam Shatz on Coltrane
Oct 29, 2021
Dems scale back big plans: Harold Meyerson; plus Dave Zirin on 'The Kaepernick Effect'
Oct 22, 2021
Winning in 2022: Harold Meyerson; Draft Resistance: Bruce Dancis; "Pauli Murray": Ella Taylor
Oct 15, 2021
Biden Backs the Left: Harold Meyerson, plus Melina Abdulla on the LAPD, & Louis Menand
Oct 08, 2021
Reconciliation: The Solution--Harold Meyerson, plus Carol Sobel on the LAPD, and Occupy at 10
Oct 01, 2021
Filibuster reform: Harold Meyerson; Haitian refugees: Amy Wilentz; 'The Stone Face': Adam Shatz
Sep 24, 2021
The California recall: Harold Meyerson; plus Alan Minsky on the legacy of Occupy Wall Street
Sep 17, 2021
Political Update: Harold Meyerson; Abortion in Texas: Rick Perlstein; 'Summer of Soul': John Powers
Sep 10, 2021
Biden After Afghanistan: Alan Minsky; Ethel Rosenberg: Anne Sebba; Ed Asner: Ella Taylor
Sep 03, 2021
Biden's big idea: Alan Minsky; Afghan women: Katha Pollitt; 'Chair': Ella Taylor
Aug 27, 2021
Afghanistan & American politics: Harold Meyerson & Andrew Bacevich; Ella Taylor on Barbara Lee
Aug 20, 2021
Art Spiegelman: ‘Street Cop’; David & Margaret Talbot: The Sixties; Ella Taylor: Ady Barkan
Aug 13, 2021
Harold Meyerson on Infrastructure; Alan Minsky on Nina Turner; Gregg Golsavles on the Delta variant
Aug 06, 2021
Bipartisanship Lives! Harold Meyerson; Boyle Heights: George Sanchez; Dick Gregory: Ella Taylor
Jul 30, 2021
The 'Bipartisan' Infrastructure Bill: Harold Meyerson; Utopia: Jeet Heer; Alvin Aliey: Ella Taylor
Jul 23, 2021
Biden's Big Budget: Harold Meyerson; The Sixties: David & Margaret Talbot; Bourdain: Ella Taylor
Jul 16, 2021
Voting after the Supremes: Meyerson; Critical Race Theory: Kim Crenshaw; 'Summer of Soul': Taylor
Jul 09, 2021
The Gates Foundation: Tim Schwab; Kyrsten Sinema: Aida Chavez; Katha: Dr. Seuss, Eric Foner: Obama
Jul 02, 2021
Voting rights: What Now? Harold Meyerson; Jimmy Carter: Kai Bird; 'Rebel Hearts": Ella Taylor
Jun 25, 2021
GOP vs. Voting: Harold Meyerson; Advice to Men: Katha Pollitt; "In the Heights": Ella Taylor
Jun 18, 2021
Filibuster vs. Democracy: Alan Minsky; Israeli politics: Amy Wilentz; ‘Lupin’: Ella Taylor
Jun 11, 2021
Progressives & Biden: Alan Minsky; Tulsa & history: David Perry: Tulsa on TV: Ella Taylor
Jun 04, 2021
Bipartisan Biden? Harold Meyerson; Adam Shatz on Edward Said; “Don’t Look Back”: Ella Taylor
May 28, 2021
Palestinians & Congress: Harold Meyerson; Inside Israel: Saree Makdisi; Big Pharma: Ella Taylor
May 21, 2021
Palestinians v. Israel: Rachel Kushner; Booming Cal.: Harold Meyerson: 'Underground RR": Ella Taylor
May 14, 2021
Senator Mazie Hirono on politics; Harold Meyerson: Eli Broad; Ella Taylor: “Exterminate the Brutes”
May 07, 2021
Biden's 100 Days: Harold Meyerson; Amy Wilentz: Hunter Biden; Ella Taylor: The Oscars
Apr 30, 2021
The George Floyd Verdicts: Jody Armour, Harold Meyerson; Earth Day Action: Mark Hertsgaard
Apr 23, 2021
Why the Union lost at Amazon: Harold Meyerson; Breyer Retire: Joan Walsh; 'Our Towns': Ella Taylor
Apr 16, 2021
Global Corporate Taxes: Harold Meyerson; LA’s Homeless: Ananya Roy; Ella Taylor on film
Apr 09, 2021
Biden's Infrastructure Plan: Harold Meyerson; Covid & Big Pharma: Gregg Gonsalves; TV: Ella Taylor
Apr 02, 2021
Biden’s next big thing: Harold Meyerson; Michelle’s memoir: Amy Wilentz; Q-Anon: Ella Taylor
Mar 26, 2021
Bernie & Biden's covid relief bill: Harold Meyerson; BLM & the LAPD: Carol Sobel; TV: Ella Taylor
Mar 19, 2021
Biden's Triumph: Harold Meyerson; Parents in Prison: Chesa Boudin; 'Night of the Kings': Ella Taylor
Mar 12, 2021
Biden & Unions: Harold Meyerson; Trumpers & Us: Katha Pollitt; Will Smith on Netflix: Eric Foner
Mar 05, 2021
Biden's Pandemic Relief Bill: Meyerson; Trump's future: Perlstein; TV this week: Taylor
Feb 26, 2021
Biden & the economy: Meyerson; UCLA & the LAPD: Hernandez & Speed; TV this week: Taylor
Feb 19, 2021
Impeachment: Harold Meyerson; the Progressive Agenda: Alan Minsky; 'The Maurianian': Ella Taylor
Feb 12, 2021
Pandemic Aid: Harold Meyerson; plus Barbara Ransby, Ella Taylor--& Remembering Rennie Davis
Feb 05, 2021
Biden's First Week: Harold Meyerson; The Insurrectionists: Gary Younge; "White Tiger": Ella Taylor
Jan 29, 2021
Returning to Normal: Harold Meyerson; Progressives and Biden: Alan Minsky; 'Assassins': Ella Taylor
Jan 22, 2021