2024: Welcome to Another Year in Bizarro America.
Max Unfiltered.
Max shakes off the cobwebs to take stock of where the country is as we head into 2024. In this “Max Unfiltered” take to start the year he examines the tension between the past and present. Has the arc of history bent toward progress? Sure. But it's maddening to know that there is still so much unnecessary suffering in the world when the U.S. has the capacity to solve so much of it both at home and abroad.
Show Notes
Clips
Episode Timestamp + Link | Clip Link
- 00:00:44 | Killing them Softly: Thomas Jefferson
- 00:06:52 | The White House: President Biden Discusses American Rescue Plan Investments
Resources
- New York Times: Claudine Gay: What Just Happened at Harvard Is Bigger Than Me
- CBS News: After exit of Claudine Gay, Bill Ackman paints bull's-eye on diversity programs
- The New Yorker: How a Conservative Activist Invented the Conflict Over Critical Race Theory
- Lee Fang: The Secret Dossier Behind Claudine Gay’s Downfall
- Marc Lamont Hill YouTube
- USA Today: The number of homeless people in America grew in 2023 as high cost of living took a toll
- CBS News: Stocks close out 2023 with a 24% gain, buoyed by a resilient economy
- CBS News: 2023 is officially the hottest year ever recorded, and scientists say "the temperature will keep rising"
- Washington Post: Visualizing the size of Gaza City compared with U.S. cities
- Times of Israel: Israel in talks with Congo and other countries on Gaza ‘voluntary migration’ plan
- Human Rights Watch: Human Rights and Humanitarian Organizations Urge United Nations to Mobilize to Address Crisis in Sudan
- Human Rights Watch: Democratic Republic of Congo
- AP: How Houthi attacks on ships in the Red Sea are affecting global trade
- AP: Iran says at least 84 were killed in blasts at a ceremony honoring slain general
- Haaretz: No, an Israeli Real Estate Company Is Not Selling Beachfront Homes in Gaza
- Bad Faith: DEBATE: Vote For Joe Biden vs Cornel West?
- FiveThirtyEight: Latest Polls
- New York Times: The World’s Population May Peak in Your Lifetime. What Happens Next?
- Slate: The Squad Is About to Fight for Its Political Life
- NBC News: 'I'm not a progressive': Fetterman breaks with the left, showing a maverick side
- UNFTR: Progressive Resource Directory
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