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April 11, 2022
How Biden Can Save Democracy From the GOP
The president needs bold plans to hold back an increasingly authoritarian Republican Party.
Ed Burmila
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April 8, 2022
Did Ranked-Choice Voting Make It Easier for 2 Republicans to Back Ketanji Brown Jackson?
There is a good case to be made that the election systems in Alaska and Maine made it easier for Murkowski and Collins to show support for Biden’s Supreme Court nominee.
John Nichols
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April 8, 2022
Will Biden Keep His Word and Pardon Federal Cannabis Offenders?
Running for president, Joe Biden promised he’d decriminalize marijuana and pardon federal offenders. So why is Daniel Muessig about to go to prison for five years?
Ben Burgis
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April 7, 2022
Anatol Lieven on How the Ukraine War Could End
Plus E.J. Dionne and Miles Rapoport on Universal Voting.
Jon Wiener and Start Making Sense
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April 1, 2022
Why Does the Media Care More About “the Slap” Than Trump’s Missing Call Logs?
After helping to create the former president, the mainstream media still does not know how to cover him.
Elie Mystal
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March 31, 2022
It’s Come to This: I Believe John Bolton
Trump’s former national security adviser is stating the obvious: Of course the twice-impeached president is lying about the 457 minutes missing from his January 6 phone logs.
Joan Walsh
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March 25, 2022
The Corruption of Clarence and Ginni Thomas
Texts between the justice’s wife and the Trump White House reveal the extent of her involvement in trying to subvert the election of Joe Biden.
Joan Walsh
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March 15, 2022
New York’s Lieutenant Governor’s Race Has a New Addition: Competition
Though the role has little power, in recent years the state’s governors-in-waiting have often moved up. Can Ana María Archila make the road from activist to statewide office?
Ross Barkan
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March 15, 2022
How Progressives Won the School Culture War—in New Hampshire!
An upset victory last week in a red state suggests that the Republican Party’s game plan for attacking public education may not be a winning strategy.
Jennifer C. Berkshire
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March 14, 2022
And the Winner of a Safe Seat in Congress Is… Elise Stefanik!
Donald Trump’s upstate cheerleader turns out to be one of the chief beneficiaries of New York State’s congressional redistricting.
Tom Gogola