The coronavirus survivor and Ferguson activist is primed for this political moment, as she challenges 20-year incumbent congressman Lacy Clay a second time in St. Louis.
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A New Voice for Arab Americans
What a young Yemeni American running for state rep in Michigan says about changing politics nationwide
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A Debate Over Nancy Pelosi
Robert Creamer of Democracy Partners responds to a recent Prospect article on Pelosi. The author responds to him.
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Gideon’s Got Game
Maine House Speaker Sara Gideon faces off against Susan Collins in November, in the state’s most expensive election ever, and with control of the Senate at stake.
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Managing Money, Changing the World
Ronnie Chatterji’s insurgent campaign in North Carolina seeks to expand thinking around what a state treasurer can accomplish.
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Trump’s Tax Returns Remain Hidden. Blame Richard Neal.
The House Ways and Means Committee chair dragged his feet on issuing a subpoena for the tax returns for months. We probably won’t see them before the election as a result.
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Confessions of a Tough-on-Crime Progressive
Throughout the 1990s, Democrats supported punitive criminal justice laws. The nation has changed, and Democrats must do likewise.
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In the Race for Joe Kennedy’s Successor, an Anti-Kennedy Emerges
Ihssane Leckey, a Moroccan immigrant, faces a coterie of Ivy-educated résumé-stuffers in a crowded House primary.
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Still Exceptional After All These Years
On this July 4th, it’s clear American exceptionalism isn’t working out so well.
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This Time, It’s the Democrats’ Infrastructure Week
House Democrats steered an ambitious transportation and infrastructure plan through the chamber. Structured more like a wish list, it’s dead on arrival in the Senate.
