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In the First Debates, the Candidates Didn’t Get Enough Time to Answer. Last Night, They Got Too Much.
The best way to avoid the curse of déjà vu would be for the moderators to turn the discussion to topics they’ve thus far scanted.
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Meet the Oligarchs Funding Campaign to Kill Anti-Poverty Programs
Top funders behind a campaign against food stamps and Medicaid include some well-known rightwing political megadonors.
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Ed Rendell’s Sloppy Attempt to Dislodge Elizabeth Warren Backfires. Spectacularly.
The former Pennsylvania governor’s long track record makes it too easy to unearth examples of his own hypocrisy.
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How Democracy Died in North Carolina
Republicans sneaking through a budget bill while Democrats attended a 9/11 ceremony exemplifies how the Tar Heel State’s political institutions have been decimated by right-wing rule.
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African Asylum Seekers to the U.S. Stuck on the Mexico-Guatemala Border
Long-distance victims of Trump’s war on immigrants, African migrants have few options for refuge and fewer ways to support themselves while they wait.
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Warren Gets the Edge at New Hampshire Democratic Convention
Convention-goers lock in their support, and Joe Biden gets mostly locked out.
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Google Is Like Facebook—but a Lot Smarter
Unlike Mark Zuckerberg’s company, Google knows how to wield soft power to avoid estranging Democrats.
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Congress Returns With Health Care Bills at the Desk
There are lots of reasons why health care bills will get passed this fall. There are also lots of reasons why they won’t.
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Private Equity Tries to Protect Another Profit Center
The fight in Congress heats up over surprise medical billing, another abuse of the public driven by the private equity industry.
