For decades, any time progressives wanted to push the Democratic Party to go big on social democratic priorities, the most common response was this: we can’t do it because it would be bad for candidates in frontline districts. It was never entirely clear why this would be the case. There was never any real credible polling […]
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D.C. Statehood Should Be Part of Voting Rights Reform
Equal representation for the nation’s capital residents is a genuine necessity for improving our democracy.
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The New Jim Crow Laws Aren’t Just About Suppressing Democratic Voters
They’re also about shoring up the Republican base.
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Biden’s Press Conference Showed a Focused President
There’s just one problem: The press and the Congress will keep trying to take him off course.
Posted inFeatured, Health Care, Political Animal
The FDA Cut Off Covid Vaccine Testing. That Was a Really Bad Idea.
The shots are saving lives, but we don’t know their long-term effects thanks to an agency that often answers to industry instead of the public.
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No More Pretending: Republicans Admit Vote Restrictions Are All About Winning
As one top GOP lawyer says, allowing for mail ballot or other reforms “puts us at a competitive disadvantage.”
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After the Boulder Shooting, Are We Any Closer to Gun Control?
The good news: Democrats have never been more unified behind new restrictions. The bad: the media, the filibuster, and all that polarization.
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The Trillions In Covid Spending Is What the Economy Needed
Should the massive federal assistance have been more targeted? We should be glad it wasn’t.
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Blow Up the Global Trading System
Yes, really. U.S. and international efforts to stop Beijing’s economic onslaught haven’t worked. It’s time for President Biden to go big.
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The Divine Right of Wingnuts
Harvard’s Eric Nelson stokes a loopy monarchist movement in America.
