Maine Students Turn Out for Troy Jackson and AOC
The two politicians received a rock-star welcome in Portland, but whether young people will vote this time around is still a very big question mark in a seriously close contest.
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Robert Rubin, Faux Statesman
His seemingly high-minded piece in the Times is a reminder of who really governs.
The Trump Administration May Have Just Lied to Judge About an ICE flight to Equatorial Guinea
An ICE agent told a judge a charter flight to Equatorial Guinea had been canceled. The plane landed there the next day.
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What a Health Care Crisis Looks Like on the Ground
In South Los Angeles, ER patients are cared for in a gift shop, in tents, and even outdoors. And that’s before the crushing Medicaid cuts.
Can Tom Perriello Win Back His Old Seat, 18 Years Later?
The former Democratic representative for Virginia’s Fifth Congressional District is in a tight race for the seat he once held.
The Quirkiest House Race in America Is in Alaska
Independent candidate Bill Hill, a commercial fisherman and educator, embodies the state’s subsistence lifestyle. He wants to take that sensibility to Washington.
SpaceX Is a De Facto Government Agency. It Should Be Nationalized.
Otherwise, Elon Musk sets U.S. foreign policy.
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Organized Money: How Gamers Are Organizing for Consumer Rights
Digital gaming has been a frontier in commerce for decades, now it’s the leader in predatory capitalism, and that’s turning gamers into progressive antitrust warriors.
Organized Money: Charting a New Course on AI Regulation (With Rep. Pramila Jayapal)
Why do we need new regulations if we don’t enforce existing law?
Organized Money: The Bill Looking to Turn College Athletes Into Cheap Labor
NCAA looking to pull a ‘socialism for me’ move in Congress.
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Time on Task
The Trump administration has abused the interagency task force process to intervene in law enforcement across the country.
Can the States Stop the Corporate Domination of Our Politics?
States giveth corporations the right to exist, so the states can taketh away their political spending power—or at least, Hawaii and Montana are trying.
The Road to Universal Medicare
The apparent split between advocates of Medicare for All and a more incremental approach is misleading and easily remedied.
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The Sad Republicans Exploiting Family Tragedy
What Ken Paxton and Vivek Ramaswamy have in common
As Lawmakers Scrutinize Pentagon Equity Deals, Pentagon Keeps Making Them
Congressional gridlock has been a boost to the private equity-style shop at the Defense Department that’s free to do their bidding with impunity.
The Funny Math Behind Centrist ‘Electability’ Arguments
‘Wins above replacement’ makes sense in baseball. In politics, not so much.
It Should Be a Rescue Flight; Docs Show It Will Be Another Immigrant Expulsion
An ICE flight is scheduled to land in Equatorial Guinea, where immigrant Ahmed Soliman is currently imprisoned—but only to expel more immigrants.
A Major Roger Marshall Donor Is a Hospital Bandit
Inside the Kansas senator’s multilayered relationship with one of the most audacious profiteers in rural health.
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Robert Rubin, Faux Statesman
His seemingly high-minded piece in the Times is a reminder of who really governs.
SpaceX Is a De Facto Government Agency. It Should Be Nationalized.
Otherwise, Elon Musk sets U.S. foreign policy.
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Leonard Peltier’s Fight Isn’t Over
A New York City art show featured works by the American Indian Movement activist, who was incarcerated for nearly half a century until a partial commutation by President Biden.
The Supreme Court’s Power Is Based on the Lie of Its Supremacy
The Constitution does not establish a judicial dictatorship.
Battling an Army of Price-Setters
Lindsay Owens’s new book details all the ways that corporations seek to maximize profits at your expense.
