Republican leaders argued that rolling back unemployment benefits would increase employment in the Tar Heel State. Nice try.
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Thirsty Detroiters Demand End to Water Shut-Offs
Surrounded by the Great Lakes, home to 20 percent of the world’s fresh water, Detroit faces a crisis that is not only paradoxical; it’s complicated.
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Will Electioneering From the Pulpit Be the Next Big Battle Over ‘Religious Liberty’?
Most at stake isn’t the freedom to worship or speak out, but eligibility for tax subsidies that are estimated to cost the government over $80 billion in revenues every year.
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House Intel Committee Finds No Benghazi Scandal; Will Boehner Ignore Its Findings?
House Speaker John Boehner faces a choice: Either he can accept the findings of a responsible, Republican committee chair, or cynically allow a kangaroo court to proceed.
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Can Liberalism Survive the Obama Presidency? (Yes, It Can.)
If Obama is a transformative figure, it isn’t in the ideological way he seemed after his election.
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Will Economic Populism Win Back the Midwest for Democrats?
The decline of industrial unions and significant demographic changes portend challenging times for the region’s Democrats.
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How Did the GOP Turn Into Such a Bunch of Clowns?
Democrats used to marvel at Republicans’ political skill. But it’s been a decade since the GOP won a victory in policy or elections that wasn’t pre-ordained by circumstance.
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Hillary for Liberals: A Conversation With Walter Shapiro
“As a campaigner, Hillary can do a shot and a beer better than Barack Obama can,” Shapiro says. So there’s that.
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There Is No Border Crisis: There Are Frightened Children, Fleeing Death
America’s response to child refugees from Central America is downright shameful.
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How Two Centrist Dems May Herald a Progressive Future for Georgia
As Republicans head to the polls to select a U.S. Senate candidate who will almost certainly hail from the right, Michelle Nunn and Jason Carter–daughter of Senator Sam and grandson of President Jimmy–take the middle path on a road destined to veer left.
