Kainoa Lowman is an Editor at the Washington Monthly.
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As insurers flee wildfire risk, the leading candidate for insurance commissioner campaigns on “Natural Disaster Insurance for All,” but even fellow progressives are skeptical.
Donald Trump is an inveterate hater. He hates everyone and everything unless they fit neatly into his version of reality. He is the most vindictive and vicious president in American history. As the nation’s chief law enforcement officer, he has prosecuted his political enemies for crimes as dubious as taking a picture of seashells on the beach. He rewards his political friends with pardons, abusing his power to exonerate January 6 criminals and other malefactors of great wealth. He served subpoenas at the homes of New York Times journalists to determine the source of their information that he was recklessly…
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Michigan’s U.S. Senate candidate says he’s for “self-determination for Palestinians and Jewish Israelis alike.” But for most Israelis, self-determination means a Jewish state.
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Competition is intensifying among institutions and recruiters for a dwindling pool of students.
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Christoper Nolan’s epic film is enlightened, not woke.
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The National Collaborative for Health Equity’s Annual Heart of America Survey shows Americans worrying about economic pressure and craving leaders who end polarization.
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