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Yesterday 5:00 am
Democrats Failed Forward on Voting Rights
Biden forced the Republicans, and two Democrats, to go on record saying voting rights don’t matter—or at least, not more than preserving the filibuster.
Joan Walsh for The Nation
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January 11, 2022
This Is the Unbuilding of America
We’ve long inhabited a perilous world—one that has only grown more so as the decades have passed.
Tom Engelhardt
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January 10, 2022
Why Doesn’t the Supreme Court Want Workers to Be As Safe From Covid as They Are?
The court’s conservative justices are opposed to vaccine “mandates” not because they’re anti-vax but because they’re anti-labor.
Elie Mystal
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January 5, 2022
2 Decades of Military Force Got Us Nowhere
Twenty years of war, around $6 trillion, and nearly 1 million corpses later, there are now more terrorist groups than in 2001.
Nick Turse
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January 3, 2022
“We Have It in Our Power to Begin the World Over Again”
Progressives can win the fight for democracy in 2022. To do so, they would do well to renew their acquaintance with Thomas Paine's wise message.
John Nichols
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December 28, 2021
How Canceling Student Loan Debt Would Be Strategically Smart for Biden
The country desperately needs relief, and the president needs a political win.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
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December 22, 2021
As Covid Surges Again, Decarceration Is More Necessary Than Ever
American jails and prisons have become increasingly deadly places. Lawmakers must stop putting off the real solution.
Amanda Klonsky and Eric Reinhart
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December 22, 2021
What the Pandemic Has Taught Us About American Democracy
A conversation with Danielle Allen about the strengths and faults of federalism during our health crisis.
Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins
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December 22, 2021
We Mobilized Young People to Support Biden. He’s Failing Us.
Sunrise and United We Dream youth organizers trusted Biden and the Democrats to really get things done. They are failing to follow through on campaign promises.
Varshini Prakash and Greisa Martínez Rosas
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December 21, 2021
The Coverage of Build Back Better’s Failure Is Focused on the Wrong Culprits
This isn’t a case of “Democratic disarray.”
Katrina vanden Heuvel