Democrats must deliver some quick wins to satisfy their new coalition. It won’t be easy.
Anne Kim
Anne Kim is a Senior Editor at Washington Monthly and the author of Poverty for Profit: How Corporations Get Rich Off America’s Poor (New Press, 2024). Anne is also a Senior Fellow at FutureEd and the author of Abandoned: America’s Lost Youth and the Crisis of Disconnection, winner of the 2020 Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice. Anne is on Bluesky @anne-s-kim.bsky.social.
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Trump’s assault on the 2030 census is misguided and damaging, says the nation’s pre-eminent historian on the U.S. Census.
Your Vote Is Your Voice
We’re two days away from what could be the most consequential election in U.S. history.
A Bumper Crop of Bad Candidates Running This November
Editor Nate Weisberg counts down the five worst.
Crooks and Cranks
The GOP is putting up a bumper crop of subpar candidates this cycle. Here’s our countdown of the five worst.
How Trump Crushed the GOP Establishment
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Third Way’s Jim Kessler discusses the think tank’s new policy agenda for middle-class America.
Democrats’ Next Big Ideas
Third Way offers a “new economic bargain” with the middle-class: “If you’re busting your butt, you should be able to get ahead.”
Why Political Polling Seems So Unreliable
Veteran pollster Stefan Hankin points to several factors wrecking polling’s reputation.
Is Political Polling Broken?
Veteran pollster Stefan Hankin reveals the industry secrets that help explain why polls seem so unreliable.

