A new book chronicles the Clinton-era model of community lending—and where it went wrong.
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Memo to the Veterans Affairs Secretary: Don’t Close VA Facilities
A new study adds more evidence to why the agency’s health care system treats vets better than private facilities. Denis McDonough should take notice.
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It’s the Respect (and Good Policies), Stupid
Growing gaps in economic opportunity between successful urban regions and less successful industrial and rural hinterlands is a well-known problem. Such inequality fuels the fires of the polarizing populism and anti-democratic politics in the U.S. and Europe. The underlying cause of heartland voters’ alienation, unease, and resentment, as we’ve demonstrated elsewhere, is the real and perceived loss […]
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Another Scheme to Curtail Voting Rights
Get to know the “independent state legislature doctrine” which intrigues Justices Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch.
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The Democrats Are In Danger of Becoming “The Establishment”
The left faces a delicate balancing act between protecting American institutions and advancing social and economic change.
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Memo to Democrats: Tie Putin to Trump
The carnage in Ukraine must be laid at the former president’s doorstep.
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Biden’s Wartime State of the Union
The threat of Putin and an uneasy peace with the pandemic dominate a strong speech.
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Meet Vladimir Putin’s Biggest Accomplice in His War on Ukraine
Belarus’s dictator, Alexander Lukashenko, has turned his country into a Russian vassal state. It didn’t have to be this way.
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Must Journalists Air Lies About Ukraine?
A recent moment on the BBC World Service lays bare a journalistic dilemma.
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How to Make Russia Bleed
Vladimir Putin must pay a heavy price for his invasion of Ukraine. Here’s how we did that to the Soviets in the 1980s.
