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Why Does the Far Right Hold a Near-Monopoly on Political Violence?
Studies show that most people across the political spectrum abhor it. So what might explain the disparity?
Joshua HollandThis Union Ironworker Has a Plan to Beat Paul Ryan
A construction worker takes on the speaker of the House—and sparks fly.
John NicholsRunning for Governor, Stacey Abrams Has a Plan to Turn Georgia Blue
She united the Democratic Party’s competing wings to launch her historic campaign. Now she has to turn out a different kind of electorate.
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The Senate GOP Isn’t Fixing Health Care. It’s Waging Class War.
A draft bill released Thursday offers tax cuts to the rich at the expense of the poor and the elderly.
Zoë Carpenter
Who Is Getting Rich Off the Secret Health-Care Overhaul?
A small group of people knows what the public doesn’t, and that’s ripe for scandal.
George Zornick
The Fight to Save the Affordable Care Act Is Really a Class Battle
Starting to mitigate America’s yawning class divide is exactly what the ACA did. And that’s exactly what the Republican plan would undo.
Angela BonavogliaFeature
Life and Death in Brownback’s Kansas
Twenty-one states have refused to expand Medicaid, leaving millions of sick Americans without decent healthcare.
Kai WrightThis article was reported in partnership with the Investigative Fund at the Nation Institute. RaDonna Kuekelhan and her sister, Cathy O’Mara, have spent their whole lives in and around southeast Kansas, a largely rural area wedged up against Oklahoma and Missouri. Long pastoral stretches separate the region’s smattering of ghostly… Continue Reading >
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Georgia Special Election
Jon Ossoff’s Loss Should Be a Lesson to Corporate Democrats
It’s time to bury the Panera Bread strategy.
D.D. GuttenplanKaren Handel Has a Long History of Suppressing Votes
She’s purged voter rolls, blocked Democratic candidates from running, and supported strict voter-ID laws.
Ari BermanThe Lessons We Learned From Jon Ossoff’s Defeat
The midterms will be much different, but Democrats need better candidates.
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