The Oregon senator’s new book harnesses 15 years of fighting to end the filibuster.
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America Is Not a Democracy
The movement to save democracy from threats is too quick to overlook the problems that have been present since the founding.
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American Fascism
Author and scholar John Ganz on how Europe’s interwar period informs the present
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Metaphors Journalists Live By (Part II)
The conclusion of our story of the bad things that can happen when journalists refuse to criticize themselves
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Metaphors Journalists Live By (Part I)
One of the reasons political journalism is so ill-equipped for this moment in America is because of its stubborn adherence to outdated frames.
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Trump’s Liberal Appeasers
A would-be dictator does not need help from the opposition making his legal arguments.
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The Far Left and the Possible Left
Today on TAP: The odyssey of some confused lefties who migrate to the far right—and the cure
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Trading Hard Corruption for Soft Corruption
New Jersey’s U.S. Senate Democratic primary, likely the end of the road for twice-indicted Robert Menendez, will be shaped by similarly distasteful machine politics.
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Israeli Civil and Human Rights Degrade in a Time of War
Many have been arrested, public demonstrations have been banned or discouraged—even social media postings have been policed.
