By repealing the individual mandate, which is now functionally inert, the House Speaker can invalidate a push to eliminate the Affordable Care Act.
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The Court: How Did We Get Here and What Will It Mean?
If Trump’s nominee is confirmed, we’ll have the most radically conservative Court since the early 1930s.
Posted inWorking in America
What Happened to Milwaukee’s Black Middle Class?
Democrats will need the support of a Wisconsin city battered by deindustrialization and deunionization.
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Why Ruth Bader Ginsburg Won’t Be Replaced … Until After the Election
You have to put yourself in the shoes of Mitch McConnell.
Posted inPolitics
How Progressives Built a Campaign Machine … Thanks to the DCCC
A fateful decision from the House Democratic leadership inadvertently created a progressive political force.
Posted inPolitics
The Congressional Black Caucus: Necessary but Not Sufficient
On the eve of the group’s 50th anniversary, the new progressives must push the group to be bolder about the problems facing African Americans.
Posted inPolitics
If Biden Wins, Democrats Must Lean In to Partisanship
The truth is that if you have power, being partisan is precisely how you get things done.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Police and Racist Vigilantes: Even Worse Than You Think
Is Trump a fascist? You should ask the same question of your local police.
Posted inCoronavirus
Six Months Into the Pandemic, Transit Workers Are Still Dying—With No End in Sight
Though they’ve kept working in some of the most dangerous jobs, they’re now facing the prospect of furloughs and layoffs if there’s no more federal funding for transit.
