The national service program was left out of the Inflation Reduction Act. Even without this funding, there’s a lot that can be done.
Bill Clinton
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Ten Days of Grace
A former White House speechwriter remembers a critical period that shaped the Obama presidency.
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Trumpism Before Trump
How a small group of reactionaries hijacked the Republican Party—decades before the 2016 election.
Posted inPolitics
How Democrats Could Actually Keep the House
In times of crisis, the president’s party has proved that it can buck the trend of losing seats in the midterms—and voters are experiencing several crises this year.
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Fifty Years After the Tuskegee Syphilis Study, Black Health Care Continues to Lag
Since the AP’s landmark exposé on the health study, the gap between Black and white health care continues.
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Don’t Run Joe. Second Terms Suck.
A pundit pleads with the president: You’re better off not running.
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The Case for Bill Clinton’s Economic Record
No, progressives, the former president wasn’t some neoliberal corporatist helping the rich. Clinton delivered the strongest economy of the past half century and helped working families.
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Why We Need Speechwriters Who Look Like America
America’s first Black presidential speechwriter on how leaders can speak more effectively to a diversifying country.
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Neoliberalism Is Dying. What Comes Next?
History shows that the period between the end of one political order and the beginning of another is a time of maximum danger.
