Best of 2022: Elie Mystal on the Constitution, plus Kelly Lytle Hernández on “Bad Mexicans”

<p>For our end-of year show, we are featuring a couple of our favorite book segments from 2022. First, a Black guy’s guide to the Constitution: <strong>Elie Mystal</strong> explains why “our constitution is not good.” He’s <em>The Nation</em>’s justice correspondent and author of <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/allow-me-to-retort-a-black-guy-s-guide-to-the-constitution-elie-mystal/15997841?aid=15865&ean=9781620976814&listref=books-by-the-puffin-nation-fund-2022-student-journalism-conference-speakers" rel="nofollow"><em>Allow Me to Retort</em></a>.</p><p>Also: “Bad Mexicans”—that’s what the revolutionaries of 1910 were called as they fought on both sides of the US-Mexico border against the robber barons and their political allies. UCLA historian <strong>Kelly Lytle Hernandez</strong> tells that story and talks about her book on race, empire, and revolution in the borderlands.</p><p><em>Subscribe to </em>The Nation<em> to support all of our podcasts: </em><a href="https://thenation.com/podcastsubscribe" rel="nofollow"><em>thenation.com/podcastsubscribe</em></a><em>.</em></p><br/><br/>Advertising Inquiries: <a href='https://redcircle.com/brands'>https://redcircle.com/brands</a><br/><br/>Privacy & Opt-Out: <a href='https://redcircle.com/privacy'>https://redcircle.com/privacy</a>