Next year, promises to be tough but House Democrats can beat the usual trends of losing enough seats to hand the majority to the Republicans.
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Why Biden Needs to Go Big on Abortion
To be a transformational president, Biden has to fight loud and hard against the Republican assault on reproductive rights.
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For Mother’s Day, Please Get Vaccinated
For Mother’s Day today, the regular reminders apply: call your Mom. Visit if you can. Give flowers or gifts. Reach out to those whose mothers may have passed, too, because this is a hard day for them. But since this is a space for politics and public policy, consider this also a reminder that one […]
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What Joe Biden Learned from Ronald Reagan About Governing
The president understands the importance of serving your base and passing bills that really matter to them.
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What Happens When Republicans Simply Refuse to Certify Democratic Wins?
It’s something we need to start preparing for now.
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Yes, Sexism Really Did Doom the Warren Campaign
Elizabeth Warren has a new memoir out that is driving some interesting discussion this weekend. Unfortunately, some in the pundit world are using it to draw false conclusions in support of positions that mischaracterize both the Democratic base and the general electorate. Those misconceptions need correction. In Persist, Warren mostly focuses on the policy themes […]
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Farmers’ Market: A Sketchy Scheme to Reduce Rural Greenhouse Emissions
A coalition of Big Ag, Republicans, Democrats, and some environmental organizations is pushing so-called carbon capture markets to stem climate change. But family farm groups see lots of problems.
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Britain’s Labour Party Takes Hit in Local Elections
White working-class voters went Tory in this week’s local elections. Should Democrats in the U.S. be nervous?
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Klobuchar: “Monopolies Hurt Everyone”
In an interview with the Washington Monthly, the Minnesota Democrat vows to crack down on concentrated power.
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How Virginia’s Death Penalty Finally Ended
The commonwealth was once the epicenter of executions. Now the first former Confederate state has abandoned the practice. How a small group of activists helped turn the tide against capital punishment.
