Term 2
Features
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Obama's Second-Term BFD Agenda
The president has a new opportunity for immigration reform, old business to finish on health care, and fateful decisions to make about energy and climate.
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New Voters, New Values
Women, Latinos, African Americans, and the young don’t believe what older white men believe. Their views fueled Obama’s victory and may portend a new Democratic majority.
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The President's Running Room—and Ours
With Republicans divided, the president could open up space to move progressive policies. First, the progressive community needs to move him.
Columns
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Did Republicans Lose the Election?
The 2012 election awarded us a peculiar form of coalition government. Will it hinder Dems as they pursue their ambitious agenda?
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Where the Wingers Won
The 2012 election's progressive victories didn't stem the tide of conservatives flooding state legislatures.
Culture
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Camelot’s Begetter
Besides being the father of John, Bobby, and Teddy, Joe Kennedy left behind a tattered legacy.
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When Assad Dropped the Façade
It's hard to believe, but Bashar al-Assad once presented himself to the world as Syria's modernizer.
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Zero Dark Thirty: Homeland's Prequel?
In both cultural depictions, September 11 is a wound that never heals.
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The Past, Reclaimed from Right-Wing Myth
Now can we get to work saving the future?
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Intelligence Squared U.S.'s Talking Heads
A reporter checks out a live taping of the cult podcast hit, whose new season starts tonight.
Special Report
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What Democracy Lost in 2012
No matter the outcome, big money and voter suppression crippled the election. This is no way to run the world’s oldest democracy.
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Making Voting Constitutional
Our governing document creates no right to vote. It’s time it did.
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How to Vote Down Voter ID
Minnesotans defeat the GOP’s plan to restrict the franchise.
Notebook
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Alt-Labor
Nonunion workers’ groups are gathering strength across the country. But will they ever make the kind of impact that traditional labor once did?
