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March 17, 2023
Trump Might Face Criminal Charges—But He’s Unlikely to Face Justice
Georgia DA Fani Willis is expected to announce whether she’ll bring charges against Trump any day. The only question—what happens after that?
Elie Mystal
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February 17, 2023
Trump’s Legal Team Is in Hot Water
With a federal prosecutor seeking an exception to the former president’s attorney-client privilege, a Georgia court has recommended that some of his allies be charged with perjury.
Chris Lehmann
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February 8, 2023
America’s Failure to Prevent Black Cervical Cancer Deaths
The government needs to eliminate the barriers to reproductive health care that are fueling inequalities for Black women.
Annerieke Smaak Daniel
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February 3, 2023
Deadly Violence Against Protesters Is the New Normal
Our over-militarized police force makes de-escalation unthinkable and violence inevitable—and, in the case of the “Cop City” shooting, lethal.
Michael Gould-Wartofsky
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January 17, 2023
A Georgia Republican Brags That Voter Suppression Helped Them in 2022
This is a perfect example of how even comparative GOP “moderates” are promoting the Big Lie—and have participated in deranging their own party and eroding American democracy.
Joan Walsh
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December 8, 2022
Joan Walsh on the Georgia Runoff and Nelson Lichtenstein on the UC strike
On this episode of the Start Making Sense podcast, discussions on what the Georgia runoff results mean for Democrats and on the impact of the largest strike in the country this year.
Jon Wiener and Start Making Sense
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December 7, 2022
Warnock Wins, but Jim Crow and Liberal Self-Sabotage Are Still Alive in Georgia
And the coalition that helped defeat the GOP is fractured and needs attention.
Joan Walsh
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December 6, 2022
Barack Obama’s Politics 101: Ridiculing Republicans Works
The former president is still the ablest campaigner the Democrats have, as his takedown of Herschel Walker’s vampire-vs.-werewolf rumination proved.
John Nichols
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December 5, 2022
Georgia Democrats Are Going Into Overdrive to Reelect Raphael Warnock
And GOP opponent Herschel Walker is giving them a hand. But don’t ignore the way voter suppression made this harder.
Joan Walsh
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November 23, 2022
Can Raphael Warnock Win an Even Tougher Runoff Election?
The Georgia Senate race is again in a runoff election. But this time around, it’s a lot harder for voters to participate.
Joan Walsh for The Nation