Community disinvestment, lack of economic opportunity, and rampant misinformation were a few of the chronic ills that kept Black Philadelphians from the polls.
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The Cabinet Doesn’t Matter
The second Trump administration will have a Potemkin cabinet and centralized power among the czars in the White House.
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The Bell Tolls—Again—on Immigrant Rights
The last federal attempt to criminalize and expel undocumented immigrants was thwarted by a huge backlash. Could that happen again?
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Fed Chair Powell Enlisted in Failed Bid to Undercut Elizabeth Warren
Wall Street’s effort to keep Warren from becoming ranking Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee did not succeed.
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How to Hear a Fascist
Trump was supposed to be in decline, losing it. He lost it all the way to the White House.
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Trump Voters Are About to Learn He Meant What He Said
His first administration was a farce. The second will be a tragedy.
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Resistance 2.0
Both the circumstances and tactics will necessarily be different from the anti-Trump resistance of 2017, and there is little room for error.
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The Lamest-Duck Session
November and December will nominally be about confirming judges and kicking the can on must-pass bills. More ambitious efforts probably aren’t happening.
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Too Many Americans See the Democrats as a Hostile Elite
Even though that perception is partly the creation of right-wing media, the Democrats surely need to hone their identity.
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The Road Back for Wisconsin Democrats
Down-ballot candidates did well, and if they can get the state back on the path to a broader and more prosperous labor movement, the returns would be even greater.
