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PoliticsAugust 20, 2021
Can Making Politics Boring Save American Democracy?
The Democrats are betting that making politics seem normal will appeal to enough voters to overcome GOP voter suppression efforts.
Ed Burmila
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LaborJune 4, 2021
Democrats Should Just Create More Federal Holidays
Arguing that Americans work too much is a winning political message.
Ed Burmila
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PoliticsNovember 5, 2020
The Election Nobody Won
A narrow Biden victory offers four years of gridlock—and that’s the best-case scenario.
Ed Burmila
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Election 2020September 21, 2020
Cancel the Presidential Debates—Permanently
We’d gain precious minutes of our lives that we might otherwise be tempted to waste.
Ed Burmila
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CongressSeptember 8, 2020
With Executive Powers, Trump Can Legally Unleash Global Chaos
Congress must never again assume presidents will be fundamentally decent folks.
Ed Burmila
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PoliticsAugust 19, 2020
What Populism Is and Is Not
Thomas Frank’s history of anti-populism helps clarify one of the most contested terms in politics.
Ed Burmila
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PoliticsJuly 20, 2020
You’re Only As Free as You Are Wealthy
Without real economic freedom, Americans cling to petty acts of refusal.
Ed Burmila
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PoliticsApril 7, 2020
When Centrists Sounded Like Bernie
If the Democratic Party won’t listen to the left, it should at least listen to itself from 30 years ago.
Ed Burmila
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ActivismMarch 2, 2020
A Brokered Convention Would Be an Ugly Act of Self-Sabotage
Are establishment Democrats really willing to destroy the party on live television?
Ed Burmila
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Books and IdeasFebruary 27, 2020
The Chicago Police Department’s History of Torture
Laurence Ralph’s The Torture Letters recounts an extensive history of police abuse and violence in the CPD.
Ed Burmila