His neighborhood story was gripping; his buyback policy could actually work.
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How’s This for a Radical Campaign-Finance Proposal? Follow the Existing Rules.
Democrats are big on purity tests, but it will take a lot more than gimmicks to solve the party’s political money conundrum.
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Democrats Get Serious About Affordable Housing
Ahead of the first 2020 presidential debates, Dems have released some of the most far-reaching housing plans in decades.
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Do Pete Buttigieg’s Donors Know Him Better Than We Do?
The South Bend mayor has become a darling to Silicon Valley and Wall Street elite. That alone is a red flag.
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The Voter Suppression Chronicles
When the Roberts Court all but nullified the Voting Rights Act, it said the pre-1965 practices were long gone. New hearings by the House make clear: They’re back.
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Collins Is the Maine Event in 2020
Susan Collins remains favored to recapture her Senate seat. But she will have her work cut out for her—if she decides to run.
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They’re a Blue Tidal Wave—If They Vote
Today’s teens are likely to be even more progressive than the millennials who voted in 2018, but will they show up?
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Can Europe Come Together?
The elections to the European Parliament halted the rise of the far right but produced more fragmentation—and that’s not good enough.
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Maine Exhales
Democrats are ascendant in the Pine Tree State. As Mainers breathe easier and state officials begin to clean up the mess left behind by former governor Paul LePage and his cabal, can Maine provide a beacon for the rest of America?
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Texas Tried to Mess with Voting. It Failed.
Grassroots organizers and civil rights groups banded together to stop Texas officials from denying the franchise to voters of color.