Real talk about abortion, the economy, and crime from the heart of Abigail Spanberger’s tightly contested district.
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Republicans Seize on Congressional Stock Trading Ban
On the campaign trail, Republicans are attacking Pelosi and Democrats over a failed bipartisan effort at the end of September.
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The Hidden Reason for Starbucks Worker Organizing
Pandemic changes exacerbated long-standing tensions between the company and its workforce.
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A Personal History Along Route 28
Danica Roem, the nation’s first openly transgender state legislator, triumphed by owning her story and focusing on what voters care about.
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How Oligarchs Stash Money in Foreign Real Estate
The ‘laranja’ business, as seen in Iraqi Kurdistan
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Red Alert in Virginia
Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin displays his Trumpist credentials.
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The Critical Power of State Legislatures
A Q&A with David Toscano, the former Democratic leader of the Virginia House of Delegates, on nullification, federalism, voting rights, Glenn Youngkin, and more
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The Center-Right and Our Future
Should liberals and progressives take the hand that some anti-Trump conservatives are extending? Let’s talk.
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A ‘Roe’ Repeal Would Drive a Wedge Into Republicans’ Aspirations
Today on TAP: The party base is all for it, but the suburban swing voters who went Republican last month in Virginia would be appalled.
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How Democrats Can Break the Vicious Political Cycle
Nominating corporate stand-ins rather than candidates with conviction makes it difficult to deliver meaningful results when in power.