Talking about politics, thinking about the Left. Hosted by Jon Wiener, co-author of "Set the Night
Unions are taking up the fight against Amazon - notably the Teamsters, notably in Southern Californi
Racial justice and injustice in America today. We are relieved by the guilty verdicts and life sent
Our politics commentary with Harold Meyerson starts with the House preparing to pass Biden's Build B
The House will pass a Build Back Better bill next week, maybe--Harold Meyerson explains. Plus: A c
Tuesday was a dark day for Democrats: Republican Glenn Youngkin’s victory in Virginia was not partic
Obama spent months negotating with reluctant Dems over his health care bill. The result: massive lo
The latest on the Democrats’ reconciliation bill: Harold Meyerson reports on the big cuts demanded b
What’s the best strategy for the Democrats for 2022, when the odds are against them for holding the
Biden backed the Progressive Caucus in insisting that the bipartisan infrastructure bill not be vote
How to cut the cost of the Democrats’ “Reconciliation Bill” without eliminating programs? Harold Me
Our Washington political update starts with the Fox News report, “Democrats tee up filibuster reform
Harold Meyerson on the sweeping Democratic victory in the California recall: its national significan
Democrats are headed toward passage of both the bipartisan infrastructure bill AND the reconciliatio
America’s longest war came to an end on Monday as the last troops left Afghanistan, 20 years after w
Joe Biden is betting that voters care more about health, education and jobs than about Afghanistan--
Afghanistan in American politics, past and present: Harold Meyerson explains why the disastrous end
The great comics artist Art Spiegelman, who won a Pulitzer Prize for Maus, has a new book out: Stree
The deficiencies in the bipartisan infrastructure bill will be remedied in the big one that Dems aim
The one trillion dollar infrastructure bill has made it to the floor of the Senate—where it is expec
Senate Republicans blocked taking up the bipartisan infrastructure bill on Wednesday-Democrats are t
