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Senate Democrats to forge ahead with voting rights bills, despite Republican obstruction; White House warns Russia could attack Ukraine at any moment; Nurses at U.C. hospitals oppose new policy they return to work sick with COVID-19

Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. Senate Democrats pledge to forge ahead with voting rights bills, despite Republican obstruction. House panel investigating January 6th insurrection subpoena Donald Trump’s election lawyers. White House warns Russia could attack Ukraine at any moment, as Russia stages … Continued


Who were the Jacobins? What did they believe in, what did they accomplish during the French Revolution, and how should they be judged? Micah Alpaugh discusses the Jacobin clubs’ social and political stances, the policies they enacted, and the Jacobins’ turn toward terror. Micah Alpaugh, ed., The French Revolution: A History in Documents Bloomsbury, 2021 … Continued


UpFront

Senate at an impasse over filibuster; COVID science with Dr. Swartzberg; LAPD collaterally kills 14-year-old Valentina Orellana Peralta days before Christmas; Plus the racism of Chicago’s automated traffic enforcement

On today’s show: 0:08 – John Nichols (@NicholsUprising), National Affairs Correspondent for The Nation joins us to discuss the Senate’s impasse over the filibuster. 0:33 – Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health joins us again for our weekly COVID science segment. 1:08 – Hamid Khan, … Continued