The tough time Democrats put the justice’s family through during his confirmation hearings was nothing compared to what Kavanaugh put Vince Foster’s family through in the 1990s.
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The Afghan Friends We Leave Behind
For loyalty to U.S. troops, translators and others shouldn’t pay with their lives.
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Why Democrats Still Need Moderates
The country’s moving left, but not fast enough for Democrats to ignore their right flank.
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How to Cure Colleges’ Adjunct Addiction
Underpaid adjuncts displacing ever-more tenured professors isn’t good for anybody. The government can stop it.
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The Expanded Child Tax Credit Isn’t Selling Itself
Democrats presumed sending out checks would build public support for extending the policy. It didn’t. They need to find out why.
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Housing Is a National Crisis. Democrats Should Treat It That Way.
With the eviction moratorium set to expire, the housing emergency can’t get left behind while legislators work on roads and bridges.
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That Time I Ran for Congress
Yes, I got creamed. But everybody should try it once.
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Bidenizing the Democrats
In a special election for an open House seat in Ohio, the president scores a victory against his party’s Sanders wing.
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The Politics of Vaccines Might Cost Republicans the Midterms
Public anger at anti-vaxxers will likely overwhelm any advantage the GOP can gain from sabotaging the Biden administration.
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No One Can Out-Organize the GOP Plot to End American Democracy
Republicans have a scheme in mind to tamper with American elections that goes far beyond voter suppression. Democrats have little time left to stop it.
