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Picking up where the Great Society left off
Pay attention. A sea change in thinking is underway.
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When the chips are down, you can count on the Democrats to come through. The GOP? Nah
Issac J. Bailey explains why Mitt Romney the Statesman isn't.
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This Democratic Party is the one progressives wanted. Will they recognize their success?
It depends on the kind of progressive you are, liberal or illiberal.
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American Rescue Act is the BFD that we've been waiting for but that everyone misunderstands
The old stories no longer align with the new facts.
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Why right-wing fetishes are never benign
Lindsay Beyerstein explains a relentlessly false GOP narrative.
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Focusing so much on $1,400 is a mistake
American Rescue Act offers deep structural change to health insurance.
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Using the n-word did not end Donald McNeil's storied career at the Times. His incuriosity did
Issac J. Bailey has the last word on issues of journalism, not wokeness.
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GOP radicalization won't stop on its own
María Isabel Puerta Riera says a legislative response is needed.
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The Democrats have run out of fucks
The party is the full spectrum of legitimate partisanship.
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Actually, conservative Senate Democrats are doing exactly what they are supposed to. Playing ball
Unlike the GOP, they are engaging the democratic process.
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Republicans know their new 'culture war' isn't fooling anyone, much less Republicans
Claire Bond Potter explains how we've been here before.
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The Democrats are not going to stand with Cuomo the way the Republicans still stand with Trump
The GOP wants you to forget two words: Al Franken.