Red states are enacting universal education vouchers, threatening budget calamity and potentially degrading student achievement.
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Trump Is Laser-Focused on the Final Duel. Harris Is Not.
That will put Trump and Vance in the White House.
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Red-State Abortion Tactics Push Into Deep-Blue Illinois
How pro-choice advocates in two cities moved to take on anti-abortion lawmakers
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Harris In-Home Care Plan Recognizes Information Gap on Seniors
Trump has been blanketing Pennsylvania with dubious claims that Harris would cut Social Security and Medicare.
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Our Cults, Ourselves
Is the best way to understand the MAGA movement to binge-watch docuseries about charismatic leaders sending their acolytes to ruin? Tune in and find out.
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Texas Will Mess With You
The state is a national incubator for bad ideas, which it then seeks to project across the nation.
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Saving Wisconsin’s Publicly Owned Nursing Homes
In Wisconsin, where many nursing homes are county-owned and locally prized, an emblematic privatization battle illustrates the latent progressivism of rural people.
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The Cold Civil War
States have always diverged on policies, but it’s grown more intense. And for red states, that’s not enough.
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The Biden Administration Response to Helene Has Been Good
If Donald Trump were president, this would not be the case.
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The Chasm Between Oklahoma and Connecticut
Stark differences color red- and blue-state lawmakers’ policy choices—which makes all the difference in residents’ well-being.
