Wherein our hero finally gets his first Covid shot by traveling deep into MAGA country.
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Biden Is About to Undo Trump’s Judiciary Project
He has tons of lower court seats to fill and their impact will be substantial.
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Are We Getting Railroaded?
A train merger and the threat of monopolism on the tracks.
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The Visionary Politics of Nomadland
Chloé Zhao’s film offers a rare depiction of the American working class in the deindustrialized heartland.
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Bill Burns’s CIA and the Roads Not Taken
The spy agency’s new chief gets a second chance to tell truth to power.
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How Women Might Change the Role of the Vice President
Kamala Harris broke the glass ceiling but is she in danger of being pushed off the glass cliff?
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The “Talking Filibuster” Has Unintended Consequences
The idea of making senators pull all-nighters sounds like a sensible filibuster reform. But the procedure, a favorite of Strom Thurmond and Frank Capra, has its limits.
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What I Learned Teaching Students In Vietnam
Call it closing-the-distance learning. Thanks to guest lecturers like Joy Reid and Margaret Carlson, I saw how shared understanding bridges the Washington-Hanoi divide.
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Democrats Must Push an Antitrust Agenda
It’s good policy, but having run Democratic groups for years, I know it’s good politics, too.
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By Punishing Raffensperger, The GOP Moves One Step Closer to Nullifying Democracy
The recent legislation passed by Georgia Republicans to suppress Democratic votes in future elections deserves the heavy attention it has received. It’s part of a larger effort in red states across the country to prevent Democratic constituencies from voting while re-energizing their own low-trust base. But one aspect of the new Georgia law has received […]
