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Posted inEconomic Policy
What Does the Tax Bill Do for Low-Income Workers?
Basically, nothing. But will that be sufficient to peel away voters?
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Most Americans Are Liberal, Even If They Don’t Know It
Don’t believe it? Check out these polls.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Republicans’ Disdain for Trump’s Base Oozes Into Tax Plan
Could the GOP tax plan erode Trump’s support among key parts of his base?
Posted inAmerica and the World
In the Saudi Game of Thrones, a Prince Knocks Over the House of Cards
The young crown prince wants to end decades of power-sharing. His gambles could shake up the kingdom and the Middle East.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Could Alabama Be Next?
Doug Jones’s uphill battle against Roy Moore in the Alabama Senate race
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Democracy Is in Shambles — or Is It?
Democracy advocates are reeling after a year of Trump, but the center still holds.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The GOP’s Suburban Collapse
The revolt of the anti-Trump suburbs is a fire bell in the night for congressional Republicans.
Posted inAmerica and the World
My Man Martov
On the 100th anniversary of the Bolshevik seizure of power, a look at the great dissident of November 7, 1917
Posted inCivil Rights in America
The New Workers, and New Militancy, of the Seventies
A new book highlights how women and people of color were organizing their workplaces at impressive rates during the 1970s—they just weren’t winning.
